Monday, December 18, 2006
Bankrupt in More Ways Than One
Brian Maloney at The Radio Equilizer reports today that not only are the original rats jumping ship since unlistened to Air America declared bankruptcy in October (Al Franken is preparing for his run for US Senator from Minnesota--good freakin' luck, Al), but the whole shebang is desperate for a sucker buyer and may have found one, although the name is not revealed. Rob at Say Anything sums up the existential problem:
What the abject failure of Air America proves, though, is that conservatives are right about the state of the media in this country. There is zero demand in America for liberal talk radio because liberals have no need of an alternative media. America already has NPR, not to mention pretty much every major media outlet all of which lean to the left. Rush Limbaugh, who may as well be mainstream now, and Fox News became popular because they fed a demand for media with a right wing slant. Air America has failed because it tried to feed an appetite for liberal media that has already been well sated by the New York Times, CNN, NBC, CBS, etc.
It was pretty obvious to me from the git go.
What the abject failure of Air America proves, though, is that conservatives are right about the state of the media in this country. There is zero demand in America for liberal talk radio because liberals have no need of an alternative media. America already has NPR, not to mention pretty much every major media outlet all of which lean to the left. Rush Limbaugh, who may as well be mainstream now, and Fox News became popular because they fed a demand for media with a right wing slant. Air America has failed because it tried to feed an appetite for liberal media that has already been well sated by the New York Times, CNN, NBC, CBS, etc.
It was pretty obvious to me from the git go.
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Okay Roger. I have to make this quick b/c company is coming to eat butterflied leg of lamb cooked on the grill which reminds me I forgot to call either the Kings or the meat locker in Elizabeth.
Brian Maloney can suck eggs. Air America failed b/c unlike conservatives, liberals don't need to hear their icons blather like Rush.
Company's here. Rats. I bet you a bottle of champagne that if Al Franken runs he will win. One proviso: we drink it together.
T
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Brian Maloney can suck eggs. Air America failed b/c unlike conservatives, liberals don't need to hear their icons blather like Rush.
Company's here. Rats. I bet you a bottle of champagne that if Al Franken runs he will win. One proviso: we drink it together.
T
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