WWZN radio host Jeff Santos airs on the side of liberals Nov 19, 2009
From 2004 to late 2006, two Boston-area AM stations broadcast Air America, a national network of progressive talk programming ... Air America still airs on about 50 stations nationally and broadcasts online. (Boston Globe)
McCain adviser says Palins book is work of fiction Nov 18, 2009
17: Rachel Maddow discusses statements by former McCain campaign staffer Nicolle Wallace to The Rachel Maddow Show about Sarah Palin's new book with Ana Marie Cox of Air America Radio. The Rachel Maddow Show. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The GOP is just a pup tent now Nov 3, 2009
Whereas, an Air America Radio personality actually did ... Whereas, an Air America Radio personality actually did. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Michelle Malkin: Unholy alliance: Churches, FCC conspire to curtail free speech Nov 2, 2009
Or when they'll be going after MSNBC and Air America radio hate-mongers who have openly wished on their airwaves for the deaths of George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. But I digress. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
24 comments Oct 30, 2009
How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up - HUMAN EVENTS. How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up by 10/28/2009. (Human Events Online)
How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up Oct 29, 2009
The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. (Human Events Online)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
Second, Randi Rhodes on her Air America show in 2004 compared George W. Bush to Fredo Corleone and said he should be taken out fishing -- and imitated the sound of a gunshot. The third thing was the 2006 film "Death of a President," featuring the assassination of George W. Bush while he was still a sitting president. (Salon)
LETTER: Looking out for othersis part of reform effort Oct 17, 2009
yocsmotel wrote on Oct 16, 2009 10:02 AM:" 1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism.I agee, we should look to France and all of the countries of the U.N. before we decide anything. Especially countries like Micronesia.2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.True. It's also important to appoint judges who are creative in defining new, never before imagined human rights.3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.Right. Like big corporations, they're a great... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
If Obama is a dictator, how must he be stopped? Oct 1, 2009
On Air America, talk show host Randi Rhodes recommended doing to Bush what Michael Corleone, in The Godfather, Part II, does to his brother. Like Fredo, she said, somebody ought to take him out fishing and phuw. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Great new Joy Sep 30, 2009
00004000 Listening to, say, Air America is like being married to Hillary Rodham Clinton's speechwriter with no possibility of divorce ... Listening to, say, Air America is like being married to Hillary Rodham Clinton's speechwriter with no possibility of divorce. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Just say no to hate radio Sep 12, 2009
caballo wrote on Sep 11, 2009 9:20 AM:" Hey John,Your radio has a series of little buttons. Some are for changing stations and there is a big one that is used to turn the radio on and off. We live in America. As of right now, we still have the FREEDOM to listen to what ever we would like. NO BODY is forcing you to listen to great patriots like Limbaugh, Hannity or Glenn Beck. You, along with all of your lefty buddies are just upset that they are exposing the hypocrisy of this administration. If... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Obamas school speech: The wrong battle to fight Sep 9, 2009
Rachel, you must have never heard Air America or democratic underground or media matters. Those people are real idiots. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Are liberals just conservatives on the left? Aug 27, 2009
"Correct. Who would hire someone who is often wrong or lying? Take Air America as an example. They do hire people who are wrong or lie a lot. That's why no one cares for there programming. "Well, I find no great support for these pundits to describe it as "huge followings". As Barney says, "What planet do you spend most of your time, XD." And yes, it is true they have been proven wrong time and time again. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Attack on Obama riles Becks advertisers Aug 25, 2009
" xdfred... why don't you just start quoting "the onion"... I mean, whats the difference between the onion and the fake news sources you quote. Let me guess, newsmax is "fair & balanced" just like fox"news" I'd love for you to show a fake. Nope. You and the rest of the censor police run around saying Fox, Newsmax, Worldnetdaily, Rush, etc. are fake and lie and other wild accusation hoping beyond hope people see that and believe it. But who would watch or listen to a known liar? Yet these sites... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Click to read:Health Care Reform Puts Seniors on Edge Aug 22, 2009
" So who is running it now? by jschmidt27 August 21, 2009 11:17 PM EDT And if anyone bothered to do their homework they would know that single payer system which a public plan will eventually lead to and if you listened to video clips both Frank and Obama want, you'd know the single payer systems around the world suffer from low doctor pay and hospitals losing money. They have doctors putting vending machines in their office to make money.... (CBS News)
When opinion replaces TV news Aug 18, 2009
Then they came up with air america. It failed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama Birth Certificate Spotted In Bogus Moon Landing Footage Aug 14, 2009
Show me RNC Chairman Michael Steele saying "I believe the birthers" and I'll give 10 percent of my book profits to Air America, raising their profits to -- let's see. about 10 percent of my book profits. (Human Events Online)
Frost: Mad about Maddow Aug 6, 2009
Maddow also does an hour weekday mornings on Air America radio, though I've never listened. Have you ever heard of Maddow. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Daily television and radio guide Jul 22, 2009
Air America 9:50 p.m. (ENCR). Mel Gibson as a pilot for a CIA operation in Vietnam. (Boston Globe)
Iranians not settling for silence Jul 12, 2009
Jeff Sharlet, Harper's Magazine;Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; Ana Marie Cox, Air America Radio. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
Anger at new Sen. Franken -- by former liberal talk radio colleagues... Jul 11, 2009
Made fun of (makes mocking voice), Air America this, Air America that, dut da dut da dut, and what does Al do ... His Air America rants are not allowed by a vote of 99 to 1, it might wake the senior senator from West Virginia ... I liked Franken on Air America and I REALLY am going to love him as a US Senator. (The Drudge Report)
Franken bucks Obama in first vote... Jul 8, 2009
Franken bucks Obama in first vote - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com. " This seems like a trend. Back on April 29, Arlen Specter's very first vote was "no" on President Obama's budget -- a day after declaring himself a "loyal Democrat. (The Drudge Report)
Analysis: Franken will have to prove himself again Jul 1, 2009
Read in reverse, his transitional career as an author and then radio host on Air America can be seen for what it was: an exercise in immersive self-education that got him up to speed on dozens of issues and on the ways and means of political combat. Video. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Introducing the 'real' Bruno....'I'm more beefy, I'm taller'... Jun 19, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen is 6'3" you Austrian moron. Eliot Spitzer on June 18, 2009 at 06:54 PM Traditional Conservatism means that one is socially liberal, and fiscally / governmentally conservative. Since the days of FDR, both administrations have begun a slow push towards socialism (see The New Deal). It is ridiculous and unfair for Repubs (who are NEOconservatives: big govt, big military, trying to regulate morality) to blame Dems for how socialist our country is now. Their claims are baseless.... (The Drudge Report)
Ratings: Conan Off to Strong Start on 'TONIGHT'... Jun 3, 2009
Comedy Central and Air America. It didn't work of them and it will not work for Conan. (The Drudge Report)
We need insights, wit from Limbaugh Jun 2, 2009
The public is buying up the books, while the left promotes such fluff as former Air America radio host Al Franken s Rush Limbaugh Is a Big, Fat Idiot, Obama s two memoirs or the sordid story of cheated-on wife Elizabeth Edwards. But this is part of the legacy of anti-intellectualism of the Woodstock Generation something that drove former Ramparts editor David Horowitz to the other side. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Flight 1549 survivors start to get luggage back May 22, 2009
Vincent Warren, Center for Constitutional Rights; Chris Hayes, The Nation; Ari Shapiro, NPR; Ana Marie Cox, Air America. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Farewell to Renel and too many others May 20, 2009
" While it's lopping off hundreds of salaries, Clear Channel is adding here and there. Its Premiere Radio Networks just signed Randi Rhodes, who returned to the Green 960 (KKGN-AM) lineup last week. A year ago, she was suspended by Air America, which syndicated her show, after using obscenities to describe Hillary Clinton at an event staged by Green 960 at a North Beach club. Rhodes switched syndicates, to Nova M, and remained on KKGN, then left in February when she left the syndicate. Now, she... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Republican govs plan 'Tea Party sequel'... May 13, 2009
Let's count how many times MSNBC, Air America, etc. use the word. (The Drudge Report)
Tune out talk radio Apr 19, 2009
Jon Sinton is publisher of the Georgia Online News Service and was the founding president of Air America Radio. Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, April 19, 2009. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Yes, Al Franken really IS good enough Apr 15, 2009
Even with George s money, Air America still flopped ... It really, really upsets some folks to realize (I think they ll never admit it) that Air America has spawned both a cable TV star and a US Senator ... theyll never admit it) that Air America has spawned both a cable TV star and a US Senator. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
ABC Trumpets How Japanese Use Obama to Learn English Apr 1, 2009
Check out Monday's front-page profile of radio host turned Fox News Channel phenom Glenn Beck by media reporters Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, "He's Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful, And a Rising Star on Fox News." The Beck profile read nothing like the warm greetings extended in the Times to MSNBC's latest leftist star, former Air America host Rachel Maddow, or even the rabidly anti-Republican conspiracy-monger Keith Olbermann ... The Beck profile read nothing like the warm greetings extended in the... (MediaResearch.org)
Whitney Information Network to Launch 'Living Well' Live Events with Montel Williams Mar 28, 2009
Williams recently signed a multi-year deal with radio syndicator Air America for a daily 3-hour talk radio program entitled "Montel Across America," slated to begin on April 6, 2009. About Whitney Information Network, Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Even political parties have their poopers Mar 26, 2009
" I wish you or the Rush worshipper Phil would actually point out some so called lies instead of just bleeting over and over again that he lies. Why would someone who lies on the air as often as you collective individuals claim have so many listeners? Why did Air America fail? Lying a lot, to begin with. " ... Why did Air America fail ... "Jeroze: You have been hoodwinked xdfred. Air America is still on the air. I heard them on a New Mexico station two weeks ago. Air America will not fail... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Stephen Colbert sounds off Mar 18, 2009
" "Bruno" Bite: Details of Sacha Baron Cohen's movie "Bruno" are leaking out, and one segment's a doozy. His character hits on Ron Paul. Congo Campaign: Ben Affleck, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Robin Wright Penn, Emile Hirsch, Maria Bello, and Joel Madden and Nicole Richie at Penn's home to talk about the EcoMom Alliance's new project on the Congo. The guest speaker was the Enough Project's John Prendergast. Air Supply: Montel Williams (left) is joining Air America, for a talk show that... (Variety)
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WASHPOST -- CUTTING BUSINESS SECTION, STOCKS, COMICS, CROSSWORDS, TV LISTINGS... Mar 14, 2009
Michael Calderone's Blog: WaPo folding biz section into front - POLITICO.com. allow us to save on newsprint. (The Drudge Report)
Richard Allen Davis: Safe on Death Row Mar 13, 2009
In 1967/68 I went to see a "Public Hangin'" with a couple Air America Folks in Laos. I was drunk when I went but was considerably more lucid before the "deal went down". (Townhall.com)
Letters to the editor (March 1) Mar 4, 2009
Dragnet wrote on Mar 1, 2009 8:10 AM:" Don;Conserv talk makes more for stations and networks than lib con radio.Premier is still doing well while Air America has tried to go in the tank a few times. ". Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass wrote on Mar 1, 2009 12:23 PM:" To Ann Gaidos-Morgan:It sounds like you misunderstood the cartoon. I think the cartoon was characterizing "working class" white people as unable to fathom Holder's challenge to confront racism.It might have been in poor taste, but it... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
MSNBC Smackdown: Maddow Vs. Matthews Feb 28, 2009
I guess they did not hear about Air America. I mean why would a business alienate at least 50% of the viewers or readers. (CBS News)
The government is dividing America Feb 25, 2009
My belief is that it would suffer the same fate as Air America. " Leonard wrote on Feb 24, 2009 11:43 AM:" We saw this same phenomenon just the other day in the letter from Sam West who claimed that Senators appoint there own replacements and that Bobby Kennedy was a Senator before he became Attorney General, among other things. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
How Radio Wrecks the Right Feb 24, 2009
Alan Colmes s late-evening radio show can be heard in most cities, and Air America is still alive somewhere the Aleutians, perhaps but colorful, populist, political talk radio seems to be a thing that liberals can t do ... Consider again the failure of liberals at the talk-radio format, with the bankruptcy of Air America always put forward as an example. (The American Conservative)
Listen Up, While You Still Can Feb 19, 2009
Liberal radio network Air America is on life support. Fox News Channel dominates cable TV news, with only CNN's Larry King Live cracking the top five. (Human Events Online)
MSNBC is in Big Trouble Without Bush to Bash Feb 16, 2009
You won't hear executives at MSNBC chanting "yes we can." The network that they cobbled together as a TV version of the left-wing screed Air America is in the ratings dumper. Advertising dollars that have never been easy are getting thinner. (Townhall.com)
Bill Clinton: We need 'Fairness Doctrine, or more balance' on airwaves... Feb 13, 2009
time for ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS and Air America to dedicate HALF OF THEIR TIME to conservative opinions ... Hey, you guys had Air America and Americans said your were Boring as IMPEACHED BILL CLINTON. If you needed Fair and Balanced, then you had Alan Colmes ... So, Clinton stated, "there's always been a lot of big money to support the right wing talk shows..." Well, how much money was pumped into Air America Radio before they went bankrupt. (The Drudge Report)
Sen. Harkin: 'We need the Fairness Doctrine back'... Feb 12, 2009
Air America failed not because people dont want to listen to progressive talk ... Liberal radio, Air America Et Al, Does not exist because nobody wants to listen to their CRAP ... Let the free market decide something, I know it is 1984 all over again but why pick on Rush when only 2 or 3 million people listen to him every day compared to the millions that listen to NBC. Air America couldn. (The Drudge Report)
In our opinion: Airwaves Feb 12, 2009
"I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard," said Stabenow, whose interest in the issue is severely clouded by the fact her husband is vice president of the liberal radio network Air America. Added Stabenow: "I absolutely think it's time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves." Stabenow has powerful allies in Congress, such as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (The Herald-Palladium)
First Amendment: Free Speech Vs. Fairness Dogma Feb 11, 2009
There is also an obvious conflict of interest: Stabenow's husband, Tom Athans, is co-founder of the liberal TalkUSA radio network and served as executive vice president of the liberal Air America network now bankrupt because so few Americans were interested in listening to its left-wing versions of Sean Hannity and Michael Reagan. With hundreds of billions of dollars of stimulus being spent on every imaginable Democratic wish item, does Stabenow see some loot available from the taxpayers'... (Investors Business Daily)
Fox News Mara Liasson Fumes after Obama Press Conference Feb 11, 2009
I was surprised he didn;t call on Air America. Oh honey. (Multichannel News)
Penn's Sneak Attack on Fox Mirrors Democratic Ploy Feb 10, 2009
Recently on the Bill Press radio show, the tens of people who make up the Air America listening audience were treated to the Michigan senator and her promise to convene hearings to restore balance to the airwaves ... Press then pressed her about hearings in the Senate this year, to which she indicated that she would conduct hearings and have radio station owners subpoenaed to testify so the Senate could determine why people tune in Rush Limbaugh and tune out Air America. (Newsmax)
Racism, media bias and the American presidency Feb 8, 2009
To Please wrote on Jan 29, 2009 5:00 PM:" Conservatives have one measley channel on T.V- Fox news, and the only thing conservative about that is the commentary. CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and ABC all have reporting that lies by implying it is balanced when the way in which they cover stories is obviously biased. Talk radio? Yes, it's predominately conservative but even there liberals have Air America and NPR. Liberals control our entire education system- what our young minds are taught, and they... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Group pushing for left-leaning show on public airwaves Feb 8, 2009
diazo wrote on Feb 5, 2009 9:11 PM:" The handful of corporations that owns virtually all broadcast media in this country are far from liberal, given that liberals are by definition opposed to the excesses of corporate power. But those corporations do a very nice business convincing the gullible that they are in fact liberal, defusing any calls for an actual liberal media with exactly the kind of belligerent rhetoric being repeated here. And where do you guys get this "liberal media" stuff? From... (Helena Independent Record)
Rasmussen: '55% Say Media Bias Bigger Problem than Campaign Cash' Feb 8, 2009
While speaking with his second guest, Rachel Maddow of Air America, Olbermann claimed that America's military has been "rendered impotent" by President Bush and contended that some American voters "assume we can win anything provided we chant, 'USA, USA, USA,' loudly enough": "Like it or not, a lot of voters assume we can win anything provided we chant, 'USA, USA, USA,' loudly enough. When your foreign policy positions reinforce that as McCain's do, throughout, not just Russia and Georgia, but... (MediaResearch.org)
