“When the liberal radio network Air America debuted on March 31, 2004, NBC trumpeted it as the ‘counterweight’ to the ‘right-wing bent’ of talk radio. Katie Couric enthused that Al Franken and his colleagues hoped ‘to break into what has been a conservative lock on the radio.’ However, when the beleaguered Air America announced bankruptcy on Thursday, both the Nightly News and Friday’s Today skipped the story.”
— Scott Whitlock, Newsbusters
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Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan.
Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan.
No one was listening any.way.
No one was listening any.way.
Air America’s problem was the market was saturated with liberal talk on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, AP, Reuters, NYT, scores of liberal rags, and of course NPR on the radio. And it was boring. Did you ever listen to it? It really really did suck–not just on policy but it was boring, sloppy, and poorly done.
I like NPR occasionally. Like PJ O’Rourke says, you have to get out of the conservative bubble occasionally if only to understand where they are coming from. But Air America never even foot that bill–frankly I would prefer to listen to Pacifica or some hippie college station.
Air America’s problem was the market was saturated with liberal talk on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, AP, Reuters, NYT, scores of liberal rags, and of course NPR on the radio. And it was boring. Did you ever listen to it? It really really did suck–not just on policy but it was boring, sloppy, and poorly done.
I like NPR occasionally. Like PJ O’Rourke says, you have to get out of the conservative bubble occasionally if only to understand where they are coming from. But Air America never even foot that bill–frankly I would prefer to listen to Pacifica or some hippie college station.
Heads will roll for this monstrosity! The New York Times is banned from LGF.
Heads will roll for this monstrosity! The New York Times is banned from LGF.
It’s a shame that Al Franken couldn’t have been there at the end to finally get sucked down the drain along with his network.
It’s a shame that Al Franken couldn’t have been there at the end to finally get sucked down the drain along with his network.
Smaller audience than Conan O’Brien’s.
Smaller audience than Conan O’Brien’s.