Posted on 07/16/2004 8:13:25 AM PDT by Always Right
'AIR AMERICA' FADES MONTH TO MONTH: 2.2 SHARE APRIL DEBUT, 1.7 SHARE IN MAY, 1.2 SHARE IN JUNE...
Al Jezzera, Al Qeada, Al Gore, Al Franken...
BUT... Al Franken beat Rush in New York City...
IS THAT TRUE????
I have had the recent misfortune, er, opportunity I mean, to listen to Franken here in the liberal Mecca of Amherst/Northampton, MA due to a programming change in a local radio station (I guess the figure if it can't fly here, it can't fly anywhere). Natually, they have no email address for commentary by listeners (cowardly liberals!).
Out of a sense of fairness and curiosity, I have listened regularly for the past 2.5 weeks, and have come to one conclusion:
Rush and Sean have little to fear.
The "O'Franken Factor" (which, oddly enough, follows O'Reilly on the same station) is vapid, smarmy, insipid, and just plain not funny, entertaining or informative.
Franken, unlike Rush and Sean, actually "Michael Moores" the stories he and his bimbo sidekick read, *then* comment on it. They hack the story, then comment on how "dirty" the Republicans are. It is so bad I can't even get mad. I just shake my head. His daily "Oi, oi, oi!" segments are nearly as pathetic as his Stuart Smalley sketches that died on SNL. Even the most amateur of political buffs could point out his mistakes (okay, lies), deliberate omissions, and fabrications.
Franken tries to copy O'Reilly, and goes so far to take cuts from his show and criticize them. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but you almost feel sorry for Franken because he is so woefully inept as the host of this show, and he can't even steal techniques from successful shows. The pity ends quickly with the vitriol that spews out of his mouth.
Franken is not, and never will be, the next Rush, Sean, Oliver or Bill. The ratings are proving it. He should be getting better, more comfortable etc. in his role, but he is simply becoming more and more sad and desperate.
If his show was a horse, someone would shoot it to put it out of its misery.
So if you love AIR AMERICA....would that make you an AIRHEAD?
Circling the drain with the bottom of the sewer in sight.
Hee hee hee...
I'm filled with glee.
Though it's wrong to have comfort
in another man's troubles,
in this case I'll make an exception.
And away goes trouble down the drain.
Don't forget El Rosie's cruise line......
They voted on what they wanted. They actually had to write-in Rush to get him on the air. Rush uplifts their spirits, so they know that not all the news that we get back home is the negative crap that the major media spews out. So yeah, many of them REALLY DO want to listen to Limbaugh.
Isn't "share" the percentage among people who are actually listening to their radios at the time, as opposed to "ratings" which judges by how many people there are in total?
No.
The station that Air America is on had a higher rating for the entire day (as opposed to noon-3) for a certain segment of listenership.
Thanks...looks like they noticed our concern.
Correcto. Michael Moore is the top carney at the Bush-Whomp game at Lefty's Carnival and Swap Meet.
And O'Reilly has FINALLY caught on to Franken's plan of yanking his chain repeatedly to get him to go off on Franken. Bill's just ignoring him now, and won't even speak his name. I heard Al admit recently, when it was announced that he was going to change the name of his show back to the "Al Franken Show" since he had "tried everything to get Bill O'Reilly to sue him" but wasn't successful. Ignoring is a very useful tool, that is mostly underused...
I was disappointed to find out Air America had been added to the Sirius Satellite lineup. On the upside, they also added Elvis Radio - All Elvis, All the Time...
I didn't know Al Franken was gay - not that there's anything wrong with that.
I think so. I wish Drudge would report more fully.
So when they came out with that "interpretation" of the numbers that had Franken beating Limbaugh, they were basing it on the earliest numbers possible. The Rubbernecking numbers, as it were.
IIRC, when Air America first started, his stated goal was to get sued by some right wing wacko, which would turn him into a media superstar.
I think the flaw here is that Air America is so unlistenable that nobody can tune in long enough to be that offended.
As I understand it, the more full ratings numbers are proprietary and extremely expensive to subscribe to. I think Drudge is reporting about as much as he legally can here.
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