Oh No! Air America Goes Dark 6PM Tonight

[saveliberty]

Really? Did you ever consider uscitizen's axiom is true and THAT is why Rush, Hannity and Beck sell and WHY Air America didn't?

Didn't think so...

Air America didn't sell because advertisers spend their money where they feel a return on investment will be greatest. In general, that would not be where a bunch of socialist hang out. With a liberal leaning mass media, many seek to get a more balanced picture of what is going on by listening to conservative radio and TV.

Obviously I'm bias, but for me liberal media spreads nonsense and conservative media attempts to make sense.

I totally agree........................................................you're bias

I wondered what bottom-feeder fish I would catch with that one. Thanks for biting. Your lucky, I'm doing catch and release today. No freezer for you.

 

[AllieBaba]

Aren't we told ad infinitum that Fox News is great because it has the highest ratings and makes the most money? Doesn't the addict Limbaugh pull down 33 million a year to produce far right hate speech? And aren't we constantly told that Beck outsells his competition during his time slots so he must be magnificent too?

Sure. Absolutely! Far right hate speech rarely gets its voice heard.

The recent winn in MA and the people's disenfrenchisement with groups like Air America, which are as fringe as they get, show that the majority of American People are beginning to see that just because somebody voices an opinion doesn't mean we have to support or listen to it.

Nosmo, your kooks are a dying breed. Get over it. We never liked you, you were always fringe, but because we live in a democracy we allowed you to spread your b.s. at will. Now that the people have come to realize that it's STUPID to support such foolishness, and now that they've come to realize that you really DO mean the horrible things you say, we're taking the country back. Thanks for playing, see you in Cuba.

AllieBaba...
I didn't listen to much Air America. On occasion I listened to the Thom Hartmann show. I never heard any 'hate' from him. Why don't you provide some examples of all this hate talk on AA?

It would do no good, because you wouldn't recognize it as hate.

 

[JWBooth]

I know of one libertarina dude that says that police should not be paid by the gummit.
Corporate cops I suppose.

A view which I am inclined to support, but, I dunno that this alternative is much more palatable.

 

[AllieBaba]

But just for fun:


"ANNOUNCER: The following is a paid advertisement from Republicans for Mitt Romney, or mass suicide. If John McCain is the Republican Presidential nominee, it will destroy the Republican Party. We’re Romney supporters and we know. Cause, if you vote for John McCain, we’re going to go on a killing rampage. Hey, better dead then moderate.”

"REPUBLICAN CHARACTER VOICE: “Look, I for one don’t want to die in a hail of gun fire from crazed Mitt Romney supporters, but it’s better then nominating a man who opposed the Bush tax cuts. Hell, John McCain spent years in a North Vietnamese prison. A prison? That doesn’t make him a hero. That makes him an ex-con.”

Air America’s Radio Rancor - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

 

[Nosmo King]

The recent winn in MA and the people's disenfrenchisement with groups like Air America, which are as fringe as they get, show that the majority of American People are beginning to see that just because somebody voices an opinion doesn't mean we have to support or listen to it.

Nosmo, your kooks are a dying breed. Get over it. We never liked you, you were always fringe, but because we live in a democracy we allowed you to spread your b.s. at will. Now that the people have come to realize that it's STUPID to support such foolishness, and now that they've come to realize that you really DO mean the horrible things you say, we're taking the country back. Thanks for playing, see you in Cuba.

AllieBaba...
I didn't listen to much Air America. On occasion I listened to the Thom Hartmann show. I never heard any 'hate' from him. Why don't you provide some examples of all this hate talk on AA?

It would do no good, because you wouldn't recognize it as hate.

Hate is in the ear of the beholder? Kinda subjective then, isn't it? Is it fair to paint with the hate brush when apparently, you are the only one who sees the colors?

 

[Claudette]

Talk radio is a medium that works best when the hosts are challenged by callers that disagree with them. Conservative hosts take the liberal arguments that callers proffer and defeat them with logic and with facts. By contrast, liberal hosts cannot really defend their positions logically, because most of their positions are emotion based appeals with very little logic involved (for the record; not all liberal ideas are bad, just most of them). That is why liberal talk show hosts tend to insult their callers intelligence. They call anyone that disagrees with them "stupid". Listeners don't like that, so they stop tuning in. Rating go down. Advertisers leave.

That is why Air America failed.

If you seriously think people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity use things like logic and facts to defeat callers with ease, you're naive.

It's best known for a long time that Liberals get their news from the television and Conservatives get it from the radio. Fox News has changed that aspect quite a bit in recent years but radio is still popular.

It has nothing to do with arguments, it has to do with entertaining your callers and having a fanbase in the first place. Rush has it, Sean has it, etc and the other Conservative radio hosts usually have it because they have television shows or write articles already. They already have a following in place.

To be quite honest, both television and radio for news gathering will become almost completely irrelevant in ten years due to the internet. Newspapers have already been slaughtered by the Internet Star.

Nope. Those guys are just better entertainers than the folks on Air America.

 

[Claudette]

Make sure you tune in for the "best of Air America" to be aired between 5:59 and 6:00 PM!!!

Super post Zander although I think 05:59 to 06:00 is just a little tooooo much time. Don't you??????

 

[KissMy]

Talk radio is a medium that works best when the hosts are challenged by callers that disagree with them. Conservative hosts take the liberal arguments that callers proffer and defeat them with logic and with facts. By contrast, liberal hosts cannot really defend their positions logically, because most of their positions are emotion based appeals with very little logic involved (for the record; not all liberal ideas are bad, just most of them). That is why liberal talk show hosts tend to insult their callers intelligence. They call anyone that disagrees with them "stupid". Listeners don't like that, so they stop tuning in. Rating go down. Advertisers leave.

That is why Air America failed.

Fact based compassion, entertainment & enlightenment celebrating individual rights, is just more interesting than dictatorial arrogance yelling shut-up & pounding the table telling us we are to stupid to know what is best for us.

 

[bodecea]

The recent winn in MA and the people's disenfrenchisement with groups like Air America, which are as fringe as they get, show that the majority of American People are beginning to see that just because somebody voices an opinion doesn't mean we have to support or listen to it.

Nosmo, your kooks are a dying breed. Get over it. We never liked you, you were always fringe, but because we live in a democracy we allowed you to spread your b.s. at will. Now that the people have come to realize that it's STUPID to support such foolishness, and now that they've come to realize that you really DO mean the horrible things you say, we're taking the country back. Thanks for playing, see you in Cuba.

AllieBaba...
I didn't listen to much Air America. On occasion I listened to the Thom Hartmann show. I never heard any 'hate' from him. Why don't you provide some examples of all this hate talk on AA?

It would do no good, because you wouldn't recognize it as hate.

So, I'm not the only one you dodge. It's a pattern.

 

[JWBooth]

Make sure you tune in for the "best of Air America" to be aired between 5:59 and 6:00 PM!!!

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[Jay Canuck]

Is it true that the station was originally owned by a Republican?

if so I guess Dems thought it would be a great idea to work for a Rethug so he could pull the rug out and say, "Look everybody, Liberals can't make it on radio."

 

[JenT]

Just proves that the Left will not buy into what the Right laps up like honey water.

MANY on the "left" listen avidly to conservative talk radio.

NOBODY listens to the whining spew of liberal talk radio.

I used to listen to them cry once in a while when President Bush was in office...

and they go down while Obama is in office, hmmmmmmmmmmm

Do you think what little audience they had was the right listening to the sobs?

 

[HUGGY]

Malloy isn't an Air America employee. He claims he is a liberal but he is a hater. He hates traitorous neo con religious fundimentalist scum. He advocates the death of all republicans and religious zealots. I agree with most of his positions. The fundis and neo cons that stole the republican party are snakes and cowards and should be lined up against a wall and executed...after a fair trial of course

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qprLZy30G6M]YouTube - Mike Malloy U.S. Supreme Court Comment.wmv[/ame]

I listen to Malloy several times a week on AM 1090 in Seattle from 9 PM to midnight.

He is famous for his saying..."Have I told you how much I hate these people?" He doesn't have to tell me.

 

[skookerasbil]

Make sure you tune in for the "best of Air America" to be aired between 5:59 and 6:00 PM!!!

classic...................

 

[Bfgrn]

AllieBaba...
I didn't listen to much Air America. On occasion I listened to the Thom Hartmann show. I never heard any 'hate' from him. Why don't you provide some examples of all this hate talk on AA?

It would do no good, because you wouldn't recognize it as hate.

Hate is in the ear of the beholder? Kinda subjective then, isn't it? Is it fair to paint with the hate brush when apparently, you are the only one who sees the colors?

No he just 'hates' to be called out, because he can't provide examples...