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December 27, 2007
Nothing really interesting happened on Air America Radio during 2007. So, I'll just go through the motions: January They went off in Columbus, Ohio. Jackie Guerra left the air. Al Franken announced he was leaving, surrounded by a swarm of "will he run?" puff pieces in the MSM. February They went off in Duluth. Al...
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Posted in Meta
at 03:15 PM
December 23, 2007
While scanning the Fargo Craigslist ads I noticed that someone calling themselves a "famous local progressive radio host" was looking for someone to start their car for them, and I was reminded of last Tuesday's rant on his show where Ed Schultz said he was "done with the Clintons" due to, among other things, the...
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Posted in Ed Schultz
at 02:16 PM
December 17, 2007
Paul Farhi of the Washington Post offers "No Running Jokes Here/With His Eye on a Senate Seat, Comedian Al Franken Says It's Time to Get Serious". Despite having four screens to work with, it is completely devoid of any content. It simply points out that he's toned down his "jokes" in order to appear normal....
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Posted in StuartSmalley
at 11:47 AM
December 09, 2007
This is just sad: Oregon Public Broadcasting announced on Tuesday that it will buy KOPT from Churchill Media. The AM station offers Air America’s lineup of liberal talk shows... ...Talk radio host Ed Schultz, whose nationally syndicated show airs on many stations that also carry Air America, had been trying to put together a group...
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Posted in Meta
at 02:11 PM
WVKO 1580 AM in Columbus, Ohio (wvko1580.com) will on Monday become the latest station to try to find an audience for "progressive" talk. It's run as a one-man operation by one Gary Richards, who's only leasing the station after it fell into bankruptcy. Their schedule includes Air America Radio shows like Randi Rhodes, Rachel Maddow,...
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Posted in Meta
at 02:07 PM
December 03, 2007
The following campaign ad from Senator Norm Coleman takes Al Franken to task for his various conflicting comments regarding Iraq. He says he never supported or opposed Iraq, but he did. In 2006, he said he didn't support a "timetable" for withdrawal; this year he supported a "timeline". In 2006 he was against cutting off...
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Posted in StuartSmalley
at 11:33 AM
December 01, 2007
There haven't been too many posts here about the lady at the grocery store, because she hasn't really been doing anything. And, likewise with Janeane Garofalo. With all the free time on her (JFo's) hands because the 24 TV show is presumably not in production due to the writer's strike, one would think she'd at...
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Posted in Janeane
at 07:09 PM
Monitoring Air America Radio [TM] so you don't have to.
