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September 07, 2005
The Continuing Air America Scandal
Michelle Malkin now has the documents to show that Al Franken, in particular, has been lying since day 1 about the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club cash for Air America. He' s not some innocent bystander by any stretch of the imagination.
Ironic for a guy who wrote the book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them".
I predicted, when Air America first started, that they wouldn't last 2 years. They're now 7 months from that milestone. I thought they'd fold due to bad ratings, and frankly, almost any other network with their ratings wouldn't last long. Their big buck$ backer$, however, have seen to it that they continue an artificial growth, but without that constant infusion from backers (and Boys & Girls Clubs), they wouldn't last. And it's not because the market is saturated, either. Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" radio show started at the same time as Franken's did. At the one-year mark, Bennett's show was broadcast in 116 markets (including 18 of the top 20) while Franken was heard in only 50.
The conservative Salem Radio Network, which has Bennett as well as Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager and others, didn't have nearly the fanfare from the MSM that Air America had, and yet folks are tuning in to it in numbers that far exceed AA's. The question of "why" is a topic for its own post, but SRN has quietly expanded, bringing in the ratings, which is how a network stays alive and relevant. Infusions of cash from fat wallets and kids' programs may keep it alive, but not relevant. It's the content that counts.
Of course, ethics matter, too. AA may fail for that reason. So many to choose from.
Posted by Doug at September 7, 2005 01:23 PM
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Comments
I've updated the name of my post to "Air America Radio Blog Roundup", and I've kept your comparison between Salem and AAR at the top, while adding some more information.
(Also, I didn't want to imply that you guys were going to be on the air at AAR. *heh*)
Posted by: eLarson at September 9, 2005 08:41 AM
There are a lot of questions about Air America but it's so often spoken about that it makes me feel that it'll recover.
Posted by: Air Ambulance at December 4, 2005 03:31 PM