Anybody Listening To Air America?

[yabanci]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Reading comprehension time: The first three words of that quote were "NPR is good."

So, I don't know what you're trying to put into my mouth, but you obviously don't understand my point at all.

you are like a bad comedy skit.

Subby: I don't understand the right's preoccupation with NPR.

Cronin: NPR is good, but there is some outrageous stuff on there, such as Democracy Now.

yabanci: Democracy Now is not an NPR program.

Cronin: I was just trying to explain why there wasn't a market for Air America.

yabanci: Mmmkay.

Cronin: your reading comprehension is bad, you don't understand me at all.

[st.cronin]

Ok, let me say it as clearly as possible: I like NPR, I listen to it all the time. There is stuff on there that appeals to liberals. I am staying on topic, which is why Air America failed. I do not pretend to speak for conservatives. I don't have any idea why you're trying to pick a fight with me.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by yabanci

yabanci: Democracy Now is not an NPR program.

Holy crap, I think you just saved my opinion of Quiksand with that remark.

In my "streaming radio" thread, I asked for suggestions and Quiksand put up a link and challenged me that it wasn't "my cup of tea". So I checked it out and the first link I clicked on was "Democracy Now". My first thought was that it was absolute rubbish. My second thought was...Quiksand listens to this crap?

To be fair, there are lots of links on the site he provided and "Democracy Now" just stood out. Maybe I'll try some other links if I ever go back.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

HB, if that's your assessment of the current administration, then you're really so out of touch with both reality & morality that there's not much else for me to do but ... Yawn.

Oh really?

Here's a list and this is just from the first four years...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feat...x_np.html?pn=1

This doesn't touch on this Foley non-sense, the latest Abramhoff stuff that's just come to light, the shit still piling up in Iraq, the latest intel reports claiming the Iraq war has made the world an even more dangerous place (and that there was no link at all between Sadam and Al queada), etc, etc, etc.

The list goes on and on and on and on and on... And we've still got two more years of these jack asses.

This is reality. This is what happening. Just sitting back and claiming they're the "moral majority" because they are pro-life and hate gay people does not make them moral. They are lying, immoral scum bags of the lowest order.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Oh really?

Here's a list and this is just from the first four years...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feat...x_np.html?pn=1

This doesn't touch on this Foley non-sense, the latest Abramhoff stuff that's just come to light, the shit still piling up in Iraq, the latest intel reports claiming the Iraq war has made the world an even more dangerous place (and that there was no link at all between Sadam and Al queada), etc, etc, etc.

The list goes on and on and on and on and on... And we've still got two more years of these jack asses.

This is reality. This is what happening. Just sitting back and claiming they're the "moral majority" because they are pro-life and hate gay people does not make them moral. They are lying, immoral scum bags of the lowest order.

H_B, you're attempting to argue with someone for whom the sky is not the same color as it is for you and I.

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by Warhammer

OK, then have you ever listened to Rush or read Socrates (Plato)? Seriously, I think half the time Rush is a big windbag, but he is far better than just about everyone else at what he does. Personally, I don't listen to him because of his political views, but because he is pretty entertaining.

Any one can take anyone out of context. As to the items you posted, I heard the feminazi comment and blacks on air, and it was delivered pretty deadpan, but you know what, the first part of it is pretty close to being spot on because that is what the common definition of a feminazi, hell I've been using that term since high school in the early 90s. The last part of the feminazi comment is opinion. That is plain to see.

The fact about the number of blacks in the general population is true (or was at one point, not sure about when that comment was made or what the last census figures show. Anyhow, the point he was trying to make is that in most other areas, you never hear about what 12% of anything really want. Additionally, Latinos who make up a larger portion of the population now, you don't hear much about. Why is that? That was part of the conversation there.

What I don't get is how you basically laugh at the fact that Rush uses Socatratic debating skills. That means exactly what I mean. He asks leading questions that you have to agree with to get you to agree to his point of view. That is good debating. That is what most lawyers do in a trial. So what is wrong with a known political talk show host doing it.

My point was that at least Rush engages in this. You never got that from any of the shows I listened to on Air America. I take that back, there was a local guy in Memphis that did this, but his show didn't last that long. At least there is reason to his rhetoric.

Hell look at Hannity, he'll get some one of the opposing viewpoint, regardless of whether the guy is liberal or not, and then labels then as a lib. Most of the left's vitriol and portrayl of Rush's audience should actually be directed at him.

As far as fair guys on the air, my vote goes to Beck, but as I said before, he is a little nuts. But, if you want people to talk about different sides of an issue he is the best on the air today.

I have read quite a bit of Plato in my time and listened to a lot of Rush (probably a couple hundred hours which is lot more than the zero hours I ever listened to Air America). However, in my readings of Plato, I never remember Socrates calling Thrasymachus a "feminazi" or a "dittohead." Maybe I just missed those particular dialogues.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by John Galt

I have read quite a bit of Plato in my time and listened to a lot of Rush (probably a couple hundred hours which is lot more than the zero hours I ever listened to Air America). However, in my readings of Plato, I never remember Socrates calling Thrasymachus a "feminazi" or a "dittohead." Maybe I just missed those particular dialogues.

You probably got a bad translation.

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

You probably got a bad translation.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Oh really?

Here's a list and this is just from the first four years...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feat...x_np.html?pn=1

This doesn't touch on this Foley non-sense, the latest Abramhoff stuff that's just come to light, the shit still piling up in Iraq, the latest intel reports claiming the Iraq war has made the world an even more dangerous place (and that there was no link at all between Sadam and Al queada), etc, etc, etc.

The list goes on and on and on and on and on... And we've still got two more years of these jack asses.

This is reality. This is what happening. Just sitting back and claiming they're the "moral majority" because they are pro-life and hate gay people does not make them moral. They are lying, immoral scum bags of the lowest order.

Ditto! (sorry, had to ; though I agree 100%)

On the topic of Limbaugh and the other guys, I hold Limbaugh to a higher standard than say Hannity or Beck or those rabble rousers. Not saying that he cares about objective facts or anything, but he definately isn't as bad. Perhaps it is because he basically acknowledges that he wants his show to be entertainment and wants to be funny... on the contrast, someone like Hannity doesn't want to engage in humor, just mean spiritedness.

O'Reilly is interesting. He's horrible when debating people, putting all sorts of things in their mouths and shouting them down. Sometimes he'll play the moderate on some issues and on others, he's a Hannity clone. It's like a dual personality.

[Warhammer]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Ditto! (sorry, had to ; though I agree 100%)

On the topic of Limbaugh and the other guys, I hold Limbaugh to a higher standard than say Hannity or Beck or those rabble rousers. Not saying that he cares about objective facts or anything, but he definately isn't as bad. Perhaps it is because he basically acknowledges that he wants his show to be entertainment and wants to be funny... on the contrast, someone like Hannity doesn't want to engage in humor, just mean spiritedness.

O'Reilly is interesting. He's horrible when debating people, putting all sorts of things in their mouths and shouting them down. Sometimes he'll play the moderate on some issues and on others, he's a Hannity clone. It's like a dual personality.

I can't stand O'Reilly for excatly the reason you point out. The guy that I used to really like was Tony Snow. His show was great and he wasn't a mouthpiece for anything. Then he joined the administration...

[Craptacular]

They took out a perfectly fine music station to put AA on the FM side of the dial here. I will not shed a tear if they go away. Keep the talk on AM.

[Craptacular]

Well alright!

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The local Air America affiliate is switching to Fox Sports Radio. I still think talk radio should be on the AM dial, but sports is at least usually better than political trash.

[SFL Cat]

Now that the Dems are back in power, maybe they'll send a big wad of cash to AA to rescue it from bankruptcy.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by SFL Cat

maybe they'll send a big wad of government cash to AA to rescue it from bankruptcy.

Fixed that for you

[JPhillips]

They could always use the money the Republicans were paying to journalists and columnists.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Air America shut down abruptly today and will be liquidated under Chapter 7 bankruptcy after 10 consecutive losing quarters under new ownership & failing to find new investors this week.

Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy *| accessAtlanta

[JPhillips]

I had no idea it was still alive.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

I had no idea it was still alive.

I'm gonna guess you weren't the only one by this news.

[Greyroofoo]

Well I think the answer to the title question is clear.

[Passacaglia]

No bailout?

[albionmoonlight]

I'm a liberal, and the idea of listening to left-wing radio never appealed to me at all. Don't really know why.

[JediKooter]

Is Mel Gibson and Robert Downy Jr in it?

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I'm a liberal, and the idea of listening to left-wing radio never appealed to me at all. Don't really know why.

Because you're too busy having a life.

Working in talk radio has shown me one thing: That there are a lot of really stupid people out there listening to their radios every day, doing nothing but calling in & repeating what the host says (that he reads directly off websites & keeps repeating.) It's all a bunch of crap.

I consider myself a moderate and can't stand political talk radio. I couldn't listen to it for more than a couple minutes if I wasn't stuck working on a show.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

Because you're too busy having a life.

Working in talk radio has shown me one thing: That there are a lot of really stupid people out there listening to their radios every day, doing nothing but calling in & repeating what the host says (that he reads directly off websites & keeps repeating.) It's all a bunch of crap.

I consider myself a moderate and can't stand political talk radio. I couldn't listen to it for more than a couple minutes if I wasn't stuck working on a show.

that would explain the audience base for the 2 most popular political talk radio hosts hmm?

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I never worked FOR Air America, but I worked AT Air America (for a now defunct company that shared office space.) I will say that they had the best workplace environment I have ever encountered. They were even pet friendly!