Comments on: Liberal Air America Radio Files Chapter 11

Negotiations With Creditor Break Down; Talk Radio Network To Stay On Air

[russellvbrla]

I sure hope this doesn't mean the end of Air-america. Franken is really a funny, insightful guy although I did see him on Hardball and he was rather unkind to Tony Blankley, the editor of the Washington Times who for a conservative is also quite intelligent, dignified and a pleasure to listen to.

[book54552134]

Despite the diatribe that constantly comes out of the Extremist Right, the truth about the demographics involved in radio listenership is very different indeed. Those who listen to Right-wing radio (managers, professionals, homekeepers, those who are financially independent, ect,)tend to have the time & opportunity to listen to those Right-wing radio outlets, (Rush Limbaugh, Fox commentators, ect,)that tend to support their position in life. While those who would listen to Left-wing radio, (lower/middle income individuals,) simply do not have the opportunity to listen. Employers either will not or cannot allow them to listen to radio while they work. When these people end their work day, their time is either consummed by family needs or they are too exhausted or they tend to prefer nonpolitical television entertainment to consume what little remains of their waking day. Their time-consuming circumstances during the day are completely opposite to their counterparts on the Right though many on the Left would listen to Left-wing radio, especially during the day, if they had the opportunity to do so.

[perception5]

Well I guess what we need to do is somehow take the "politics" out of the "reported news". The only pure news organization that does that now is C-span because you can actually see and hear the information coming for the person(s) speaking. I agree we can't hung up with watching news programs that fit our "belief" values but how else can we Americans just "get the news"??
Any suggestions..... because this left and right spin is creating a big divide in this country and we don't need that.

[djconklin]

this way Americans can choose their news based on their own %u201Cbelief%u201D values.

Why not base their beliefs on the facts? One of the major problems in this country is that there are too many Americans who only listen to what they wanted to hear in the first place.

[one_american]

If The New Deal is the last liberal idea that Franken can cite, with no current ideas, then the Democratic Party is dead for sure.

[roythelib]

Cathaleen - Half baked chatter, pleeeese the airways are filled with garbage from both sides of the aisle. Most people think the only good radio is the one that reinforces thier own idealogy. Bashing, geeez right wing talk spends as mutch time bashing the liberal pols as the other way around. And when all else fails "it's Clinton's fault", I don't think Rush can make it through a day with out blaming something on Clinton.

Perception5 - The problem IS that people are choosing thier information based on thier beliefs, what ever happend to the facts, the truth? Rigth/Left wing talkers are not news people, just commentary and opinion and too many people take those opinions as fact...

[cathaleen]

The left still hasn't gotten the message. The 60's are gone - so has the liberal half baked chatter that no one listens to anymore. Instead of speaking in platitudes or bashing the politicians(either rep or dem) - start saying something substantial - instead of inane archaic questions, start giving some answers to problems. They may find they have an audience.

[mjv2944]

Where's the left wing at when you really need them. It appears that they are definitely sitting on their check books. Oh well, right, left , middle, doesn't seem to matter, they've lost sight of what made thgis country great.

[perception5]

I think the reason why talk radio is so popular with conservatives in our predominately religious conservative nation is that all three major TV networks, CBS, ABC, and NBC, tilt %u201Cleft%u201D in their reporting of news. There really aren%u2019t any other outlets for moderates and conservatives go to. Fox news is there but a lot of people either don%u2019t have cable or the cable company in there are doesn%u2019t carrying the Fox network. This was the case when I was on vacation in Key Largo and where I went on a seminar in Williamsburg Virginia. What we need is for one or two of the three major news networks to tilt %u201Cright%u201D in their reporting%u2026%u2026%u2026 this way Americans can choose their news based on their own %u201Cbelief%u201D values.

[pendragon679]

"Just goes to show the public isn't as stupid as George Soros was hoping we were."

I dunno about that. Seems to me a lot of sheeple were stupid enough to re-elect Dubya...