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MONEY PIT (Air America gets even deeper)
New York Post ^ | August 22, 2005 | BRIAN MALONEY & MICHELLE MALKIN

Posted on 08/22/2005 7:58:59 AM PDT by AliVeritas

August 22, 2005 -- AIR America, the much-hyped liberal media ven ture that was supposed to revolutionize talk radio, is "solvent and apparently stable": So claim the gullible cheerleaders at The New York Times, who made that unsubstantiated assertion in a recent glowing profile of Air America host Janeane Garofalo. But behind the fawning headlines and celebrity kiss-ups is a tale of astounding financial and legal chaos. The city Department of Investigation and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer continue to conduct separate probes into a dubious loan scheme involving Air America and the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club.

An estimated $875,000 of the charity's funds have disappeared. Evan Montvel-Cohen, who served as both chief of Air America and director of development at Gloria Wise, reportedly steered the funds to himself (for claimed medical expenses) and Air America (for operations). Network officials are pinning all the blame on him, and are reportedly pressuring the inner-city charity to back up their story.

But the charity scam is just the tip of the iceberg.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airamerica; brianmaloney; frankenfraud; herramerika; leftwinghateradio; liberalbigots; lyingliars; mediabias; michellemalkin; nohonor; opm; otherpeoplesmoney; propaganda; radio; rattricks; scam; scareamerica; talkradio; theives

1 posted on 08/22/2005 7:59:01 AM PDT by AliVeritas
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To: AliVeritas; Liz; Grampa Dave; Timesink; weegee
The dispute made national headlines in April 2004, when Multicultural Radio booted Air America off its stations in Chicago and Los Angeles over bounced checks. [cun: may lose this stuff: ]A New York judge ruled against Air America and castigated it for its "meritless" legal actions against Multicultural Radio in June 2004 — yet the network has since remained mum about its failure to pay up.

Wonder what that bracketed part means in Journo-speak.

2 posted on 08/22/2005 8:02:56 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: AliVeritas

3 posted on 08/22/2005 8:04:47 AM PDT by BJClinton (Billy Jack: One tin moonbat rides away)
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To: AliVeritas

As goes Air America so would the nation. Thank God the Dems are out of power.

There's an English expression that runs "couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery". Should be their epitaph.


4 posted on 08/22/2005 8:07:06 AM PDT by cambridge (Yes...a recent Freeper, but I lurked.)
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To: AliVeritas

So what has the prosecutor Spitzer said about the scandal?

(... crickets.....)


5 posted on 08/22/2005 8:07:06 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: AliVeritas

So, Air America is "financially stable"? Then why is Franken claiming he hasn't been paid since the 3rd week of broadcast?


6 posted on 08/22/2005 8:09:19 AM PDT by sharkhawk
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To: keglined

You're assuming that the problem is presentation. It's not. The problem is substance.

America is by and large a conservative nation. Presenting liberalism in different packages isn't going to change that.


9 posted on 08/22/2005 8:19:58 AM PDT by Rammer
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To: keglined
AAR's shortcoming isn't its lack of an audience.

As far as I'm concerned the American left can keep thinking that. The real problem with AAR is that no-one wants to listen to crypto-socialist polemic.

10 posted on 08/22/2005 8:22:32 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: martin_fierro; AliVeritas; Liz; Timesink; weegee; SierraWasp; Southack; CaptainK; BOBTHENAILER

Besides the obvious reality about Err Amerika, there is a bigger and more important reality for American investors.

Don't risk your money on any liberal controlled company. Lunatic liberals in control of a company are not good managers.


11 posted on 08/22/2005 8:25:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The civilized world must win WW IV/the Final Crusade and destroy Jihadism!)
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To: keglined
I wouldn't worry too much much about AAR. Red or black, they're in more markets than Limbaugh was after his first year.

The difference being that Limbaugh was being paid to be in those markets (a money maker), whereas ErrAmerica has to pay its markets to be on the air (a money loser). Yes, winners and losers are on national display.

12 posted on 08/22/2005 8:28:57 AM PDT by Socratic (Liberal's motto: Capio ergo sum.)
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To: keglined

So do you think they will overtake Rush's total daily listeners, or just in liberal meccas.

Welcome to FR


13 posted on 08/22/2005 8:35:45 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: Grampa Dave
"Err Amerika"

I love the way you think, man!!!

"To err is human, but to forgive is devine," but there's no excuse for these morons!!!

14 posted on 08/22/2005 8:39:21 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Iraq! Our exit strategy should be... VICTORY!!!)
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To: keglined
Miller has zoomed to #1 here in D.C. and Schultz is not far behind. DC, please...

HA ha...
15 posted on 08/22/2005 8:54:03 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Grampa Dave
Don't risk your money on any liberal controlled company.

Very sage advice.

16 posted on 08/22/2005 11:03:35 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
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