Re: air america radio

2004-04-01 Thread Joel Wendland
I have to say that the assessment of Air America (quoted below) seems a bit inaccurate from what I heard today. I didn't listen for analysis etc. but the barrage of attacks on Bush and company were interesting, entertaining and sometimes very funny. As to the last clause of the second sentence in t

Re: air america radio

2004-04-01 Thread ravi
Louis Proyect wrote: > It was far more sanctimonious and > boring than WBAI at its worst. > surely that is impossible! --ravi

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2004-04-01 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
That basically sums up the problem of Air America. Talk radio on the right never gets more angry with right-wingers to the right of the Republican Party than with liberals and leftists whom they simply and smartly classify in the same category. That's right-wing talk radio's recipe for success.

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2004-04-01 Thread Craven, Jim
I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. Otherwise her rap was ultra-partisan- Democrat, not too

Re: air america radio

2004-04-01 Thread Craven, Jim
That basically sums up the problem of Air America. Talk radio on the right never gets more angry with right-wingers to the right of the Republican Party than with liberals and leftists whom they simply and smartly classify in the same category. That's right-wing talk radio's recipe for success.

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2004-04-01 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
At 11:23 AM -0500 4/1/04, Max B. Sawicky wrote: I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. That bas

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2004-04-01 Thread Michael Perelman
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2004-04-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ehalf Of Yoshie Furuhashi Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: air america radio Lou wrote: >Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >> >>Mr. Franken's guests included Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic >>senator from Nebraska who is now a member

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2004-04-01 Thread Louis Proyect
Doug Henwood wrote: Louis Proyect wrote: Frankly, I never understood the compelling need for pro-Democratic Party talk radio. It is not as if it doesn't exist. You can listen to NPR all across the country and get all the liberal pap your heart desires. Strange bedfellows department: this is exac

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2004-04-01 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
ot; programming and became known for featuring Imhotep Gary Byrd's "Global Black Experience" show. By the end of March, New York's WLIB-1190 AM will taken over by "Air America Radio," a predominantly White, liberal talk-radio network. The station was in many ways a Black act

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2004-04-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Louis Proyect wrote: Frankly, I never understood the compelling need for pro-Democratic Party talk radio. It is not as if it doesn't exist. You can listen to NPR all across the country and get all the liberal pap your heart desires. Strange bedfellows department: this is exactly what Bill O'Reilly

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2004-04-01 Thread Louis Proyect
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Mr. Franken's guests included Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska who is now a member of the Sept. 11 commission, the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and, as a caller from Tennessee, former Vice President Al Gore. ("Hi, Al," Mr. Franken said. "Hi, Al,

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2004-04-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: It appears that "Air America" has failed to take off: I have no opinion of the thing, but really - it's one day old! Even Hollywood gives new movies a whole weekend. Doug

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2004-04-01 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
erica. Honestly." There is little chance that Air America will overtake its conservative competitors any time soon. Rush Limbaugh is heard on more than 600 stations, including WABC in New York. The Air America Radio network made its debut in five markets: New York; Chicago; Los Angeles; Portland

Re: air america radio

2004-03-31 Thread Devine, James
riginal Message- > From: ravi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEN-L] air america radio > > > <http://www.airamericaradio.com/> > > on today. > > --ravi >

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2004-03-31 Thread ravi
on today. --ravi