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Live, From the Left, It's... [Lying Liar Al Franken]
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| 3/29/04
| Weston Kosova
Posted on 03/21/2004 6:29:20 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: In_25_words_or_less
I thought they were talking about Kerry.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
This liberal radio network will have a brief burst of near-success, due to hype and curiousity, and then fade. The reason? Their core audience already has NPR, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc., etc...
Good logic, but there's one very important flaw: The existing liberal mouthpiece networks don't acknowledge that they're liberal. In fact, they occasionally try to deny it. Frankin and Co. are trumpeting that they're radio for the Left. I think that, even if it's really bad, millions of loony libs will listen just to show solidarity.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:47:09 AM PST
by
Starve The Beast
(I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
If Franken's show is going to be REAL genuine talk radio, I think it may be a great thing -- here's why:
If Franken takes calls from conservative Freeper types who challenge him on issues, and his 'garden-variety' lib audience is listening, it will provide an outlet for "us" to talk to, and slowly win over, "them".
I'll put my money on a well-informed Freeper against Franken any day of the week. Hell, I'll volunteer to be in the first wave.
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posted on
03/21/2004 8:06:41 AM PST
by
WL-law
To: Starve The Beast
"To survive on comercial radio the show must attract sponsors. What sort of paying customers would shell out real money to advertise on a radio network aimed at socialists and anarchists?" Sponsor reaction may hurt local affiliates, but don't forget:
Air America is funded in part by our friends at the DNC!
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"Franken, who goes on in the same time slot as Limbaugh, is one of a handful of liberal celebs with shows on Air America. Comedian Lizz Winstead will host a program with rapper Chuck D. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo has her own three-hour slot in the evening. The network will go live March 31 in just four marketsNew York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Even if the show is a hit, it could be a long time before Franken makes a serious dent in the market."
Oh boy, he is going on in the same time slot as Rush? He will die very quickly. Garofalo will go down just as quick, lots of libs up for radio talk at night during their favorite TV shows. This project is doomed.
To: Former Proud Canadian
Garofalo will go down just as quickWell... practice makes perfect, after all. :)
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posted on
03/21/2004 8:20:42 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: syriacus
One of the grossest things imaginable is listening on the phone to someone chewing food on the other end of the line.I guess you've never been in a restaurant with a four-year old.
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posted on
03/21/2004 8:21:00 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Franken is a disgusting and pitiful soul.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Franken's spacious, comfortable apartment on the city's Upper West Side seems much more Minnesota than Manhattan. How's that again? That doesn't even make any sense -- a big apartment in the heart of limousine liberal land is "much more Minnesota than Manhattan"? What a crock!
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