Posted 1:18 PM by Scoobie Davis

Quick Note to People Who Appear on Right-Wing Talk Radio: Record The Conversation
Mark Benjamin of Salon.com recently reported that when he appeared on right-wing radio talk show host Laura Ingraham's show, at crucial times Ingraham hit the mute button so that information he was conveying did not reach her radio audience.

One thing to keep in mind is that the hard right talkers aren't interesting in discussing ideas, they are only interested in ratings and their own reactionary agenda; accordingly, they will not hesitate to play dirty. I've had a pretty good run when it comes to fighting the right on their own turf (check out the transcripts on the sidebar); fortunately, I was able to get my points in before I was cut off or muted. Former Fox News Marc Lamont Hill reports that Sean Hannity liberally used the mute button. I received an e-mail from someone who appeared on Limbaugh's radio show, he told me that he recorded the radio and that when he listened to the tape, and said "yeah, right" to one of Limbaugh's phony points, that Limbaugh or the radio engineer used that mute button and there was a second of dead air instead of his comment, and thus giving the radio audience the impression that the caller had no objections to Limbaugh's remark.

If you call into a right-wing talk show, record the radio and the phone conversation so that you can catch them dishonestly muting you.