Air America Deflates - The “progressive” radio network isn’t long for this world.

City Journal ^ | 29 April 2006 | Brian C. Anderson

[martin_fierro]

This segment was routinely DEATH on SNL. I mean, it stunk on ice.

I dunno where Franken gets the idea that he's some sort of entertainer.

[KoRn]

I was actually hoping that they would have some measurable success. If they die out completely it could clear the way for the return of 'The Fairness Doctrine' when less desirable people get control of congress. They can't win straight up on the radio with their bankrupt ideas, so they will go the regulatory route instead.

[Zetman]

The sooner the better.

[Springman]

Ping.

[JRios1968]

[Zetman]

The sooner the better.

Their demise, that is.

[A CA Guy]

I thought Rosie was going to go there to save the network.

[tobyhill]

Air America is like the toilet that keeps flushing no matter how many times they jiggle the handle.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I hate long good-byes.

[MitchellC]

This just proves that capitalism is evil.

[Jimbaugh]

Never Listened to them and never will.

[ArcadeQuarters]

The liberal audience can get all the left leaning talk they want from the evening news. They don't need radio.

[ashtanga]

Only the mentally deranged can listen to a bunch of degenerates praising sedition, sexual laxity, low sodium Marxism and loutishness. Even the gimmicrats are tuning out.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

They never had credibility from the beginning. That is their problem.

[AndyTheBear]

Never Listened to them and never will.

I did out of curiosity. You are not missing much. I was actually a little embarrassed for them. The task of filling their time at the microphone seemed a burdensome task to them, and it was just as burdensome to listen to.

[Txsleuth]

Hey..Springman...it seems like you and I may be the bulk of their audience sometimes...LOL

[AntiGuv]

Air America's problem is that they're totally unnecessary. Liberals already have NPR. What self-respecting liberal would rather listen to the inane drivel on AAR when NPR is actually interesting once in a while? Not only that, but NPR is a socialist enterprise so it makes liberals feel warm and fuzzy inside when they support it.

[Jimbaugh]

I did one hour on a radio show and I thought it felt like five hours

[AndyTheBear]

The liberal audience can get all the left leaning talk they want from the evening news. They don't need radio.

The evening news is not honest about what they represent and what their agenda is any more then NPR or PBS. Liberals have always done their best rhetoric through fiction and deceit. Presenting their thoughts and views in the light of day just does not sell.

When it comes right down to it, present day liberalism is a combination of mental laziness and moral cowardice recast as intellectualism and moral superiority. It is an ugly thing for its disciples to share openly.