Hey Beetle,

I really appreciate your comments and I would be interested in discussing them more with you, perhaps one on one, but for the sake of the blog, I want to address the comments individually and offer clarification when needed.

Numbered based on Beetle’s comments:

1) This is a fair criticism and when I am not just doing an overview and I have an entire show (or at least multiple segments) dedicated to one topic, I intend on going a lot deeper. The show was very long as it was, but those elements were missing and should have been in there.

2) I did say "um" way too much; this can be fixed with rehearsal and experience.

3) Radio will not be as precise as printed media and pinpointing semantics around every detail is unrealistic, but it is still fair to point out that I should put in a better effort on that front. Hopefully people interpreted that comment as meaning "what portion of the total tax revenue of the country comes from the top 1%." I clarified that statement later on in the segment when I said “the top 1% of the income earners pay 35% of the taxes.” Bye the way, having worked in radio, I know that hosts aren’t sitting in the studio eyeing perfect statistics as if they were writing a book, are in a formal debate, or conducting a survey.

4) I acknowledged what this audience would be: Conservatives. This is the first show and the only advertising we did was through the Patriot Blog, our two blogs, and Kyle Tibbitts’ My Space profile; that’s it. I intended on drumming up support from my base, which is intelligent conservatives on campus who would see eye to eye with me on the issues I brought up. As our listener base grows, I won't be preaching to the choir. In fact, I hate that. Although I had conservative in mind when recording, I felt like a substantial portion of the show did transcend partisan lines anyway.

5) I am sorry you felt that way.

Still, the fact that you held me to such a high standard on my first show shows respect, and I am grateful for it.

-Alex Marlow