Comments on: Air America Fails to Re-Pay Money Stolen From Poor Black Kids in New York – To File for Bankruptcy?

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:38:04 +0000

The survival of Air America would really be a benefit. It’s always good to know what the other side is up to.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:43:35 +0000

Prison time for those involved in the Boys and Girls Club/AAR scandal would be just.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:49:50 +0000

What is the purpose of the “fairness doctrine”? I don’t want to listen to liberals talk, they give me a headache already when they do. Liberals fail in radio for one very simple reason, nobody wants to listen to what they have to say. The consumer is always right the last time I checked. That is why conservative talk radio has no problems paying it’s bills. Just the concept of the fairness doctrine is very dangerous. We have freedom of speech in America,but a person also has the freedom not to listen. I don’t approve of the government basically saying, we are going to make you listen to a different view point. I truly wonder if liberals controlled the talk radio format, would the government still support the fairness doctrine? I don’t think so.

By: mj

mj — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:56:10 +0000

Air America is terrestrial radio, at least in Chicago.

By: Belle

Belle — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:51:16 +0000

Maybe Jane and Gloria can tell us what their latest “thoughts du jour” are. Afterall, where would women be if they didn’t have Hanoi Jane and Gloria to think for them.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:27:58 +0000

Unless I’m reading this wrong, the fairness doctrine only applies to broadcast radio. Air America was a satellite radio station, as is America Right, and the fairness doctrine would not require equal time for opposing views.

So I hear Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda are starting their own station to replace Air America. Maybe they’ll give back the money. This just really stinks for the Boys & Girls Club; someone made a colossally stupid decision.

By: pizzeriauno

pizzeriauno — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:20:43 +0000

“Pride, the Bible tells us, comes before a fall”

Were you taking a jab at Rush Limbaugh for getting caught with Viagra without a prescription?

By: mj

mj — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:17:10 +0000

NPR isn’t as liberal as it used to be, but it’s still a good option to conservative talk radio. Also, some local NPR stations are going all talk, so they’ll definitely be getting their viewpoint out there. Plus, they’re well-funded–Ray Kroc’s widow gave millions of dollars to NPR in addition to various donors and sponsors, so they’ll be around for a while.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:16:24 +0000

Liberals hate capitalism and big business. So the whole idea of liberals running a successful radio network was a joke from the start. If I’m lucky, maybe the folks at Air America will try to sell off their computer equipment on EBAY. I like a bargain.:-) Now that I think about it, do I really want to buy equipment that liberals touched? I think not. If Air America truly does file for bankruptcy, it will be the biggest embarrassment for liberals to date. When this project of theirs first started, they were talking BIG. This was suppose to have been the answer to Rush Limbaugh, and conservatives were going to run and hide. The truth was going to get out blah blah blah. A few years later, and now look at whats about to happen. Lets see if the media covers this story if Dead Air America files for Ch 11 tomorrow.

By: Pieces of a Whole

Pieces of a Whole — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:03:24 +0000

Air America Radio really left a bad taste in the mouths of many when it was revealed that money intended for use by a New York Boys and Girls Club had been diverted to them and never repaid. the company was already struggling…

By: nobody important

nobody important — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:59:57 +0000

They’d rather owe those kids the 850Gs than cheat them out of it.

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:58:07 +0000

#12- sonnyredd, I think the point was that in the mind of a liberal, stealing from poor black kids is far more egregious than stealing from poor white kids. The distinction is made to highlight the hypocrisy of the liberal animal.

By: sonnyredd

sonnyredd — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:43:27 +0000

Interesting. I have two points — okay three points –

1) Air America’s programming has always been and is horrible.

2) Al Franken isn’t funny, and;

3) For shame, Lashawn. The children being deprived by this foolishness aren’t “black” kids.
First, in NYC, they are most likely to be Hispanic. Secondly, as a person who dreams of colorblindness, their color should mean least to you. Thus, these are kids.

We don’t always agree (nor should we), but that was a bit much. You don’t believe black people should be given preferences. Okay, fair enough. But I don’t believe we should be made a butt of a joke either. Particularly when the joke isn’t on us.

Fair is fair.

By: Rakim

Rakim — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:43:10 +0000

I can’t say that I am shocked or sad that aar may be heading into ch.11 but I must say if that network is liberal then we are in trouble, I can’t see starting aar up in nyc by only being able to get on black stations, with all the nyc radio stations here in nyc aar seems to always pick the black stations in nyc, it’s also funny how liberial aar is with the black talent they have like Mark Riley and Chuck D, they get lousy hours for shows, and Mark Riley was only put on aar because Inner City BroadCasting corp owner of wlib asked aar to put him and wayne gilmon on or else the aar wlib deal wouldn’t of worked, even so all i see is aar taking another black station in nyc and continuing to marginalize black talk radio, while they call themselfves trying to school us about politics, if u people are really liberial, then u would fight and fight for all people! until then aar will be a failure exploiting and colonizing just like their conservative cousin.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:23:27 +0000

La Shawn:

You and Michelle Malkin are so excited about the impending bankruptcy of Air America that you are missing something more important. Neal Boortz has discussed this.

If Air America implodes, then the “fairness doctrine” may re-emerge, requiring by the police power of the State to give “equal time” to “opposing views” (only Leftist opposing views). This would put Talk Radio out of business, because few would listen to liberal trash, as few listen to Air America.

Some Leftist said that even if Air America fails it will win (sounds like the Lebanese declaring victory for Hezbollah following it’s near fatal pounding by Israel). They said Air America has established new territory for liberal talk radio. Reslly? Has he been sleeping? Liberal talk radio has been around a long time, and has failed many times.

Those conservatives who don’t take the re-emergence of the “fairness doctrine” seriously should open their eyes at the attempt to censor Rush Limbaugh from Armed Forces Radio, saying that the coverage was not “fair and balanced” (codespeak for “Leftist ideas).