Cumulus Media refused to broadcast the segment with the candidate and Blair Garner
Garner added that he was initially surprised Buttigieg wanted to appear on the show, “since country music tends to lean in a conservative direction,” but said he was “extremely flattered” at the offer.
“One of the few truly viable candidates in the race raised his hand and asked for a place at the table. I was willing to give him that seat,” Garner said. “I would have also given a seat to any other viable candidate, from both sides. The only condition? They must also value and appreciate our listeners, and never treat them as pawns.”
Since Garner posted the interview on Soundcloud on Friday, listeners have played it more than 4,000 times. In the interview, Buttigieg said he was intentionally seeking out traditionally right media to reach an untapped audience and said the Democratic Party should do the same. “I think there is a genuine thirst, a desire for people to look for optimism, to look for hope… not anything about trashing one side or the other,” Garner told theGarner offered to create alternative programming to the interview if certain stations didn’t want to broadcast it.
Cumulus Media is one of the largest broadcasting networks in the country that syndicates many conservative talk shows. A spokesperson said in a statement that Cumulus blocked Garner from airing the segment “because of the large number of political candidates currently in this race,” citing the FCC’s Equal Time Rule. But, the Equal Time Rule
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