Well, money and power at least. An article of interest in this area from the American Dream details the ownership by Bain Capital, Mitt Romney's company, of a large piece of Clear Channel Corporation. Clear Channel went private in 2006 and a large percentage was purchased by Bain Capital.

One of the subsidiaries of Clear Channel is Premiere Radio Networks.

Premiere Radio Networks distributes a whole host of conservative talk radio shows. Everyone in the conservative world knows names such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Clear Channel also controls some other conservative talk radio hosts (such as Michael Savage and Mark Levin) that are not part of the Premiere Radio family.

The power that Premiere Radio Networks has is absolutely staggering. The following is directly from the official Clear Channel website....

Premiere Radio Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, syndicates 90 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliations and reaches over 190 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number one radio network in the country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Delilah, Steve Harvey, Blair Garner, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Big Tigger, Dr. Dean Edell, Bob Costas, Sean Hannity and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 13 offices nationwide.

So do you think that any of those hosts is going to risk viciously attacking Mitt Romney and Bain Capital during this election season?

Understand, real journalism is dead in the mainstream media. Obviously, journalism is flourishing on the web but until the web generations gain more influence the MSM will still cater to the AARP crowd who still somewhat believes there is any value in watching the nightly news. The radio stations will cater to those who can be emotionally stirred by there arguments and propaganda.

Another interesting piece of the article shows how conservative talk radio hosts have been paying actors to call in to their shows expressing the "correct" views. From Raw Story March, 2011