Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Weirdest thing. I was going through my broken links with the broken link checker plugin I use for Wordpress this evening and I came across a broken link entitled, “Air America.” I was like, “WHHAAAAAT???”
I clicked on the link and was brought to a 404 error page with this text as the first paragraph:
“It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.”
Okay, I’ll admit that I haven’t listened to Air America in about a year, but still, they had some good programs. I enjoyed Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan.
While I do have some hurt feelings about this closure, I am a bit disappointed in the management. In typical media style, this is how the third paragraph from the bottom was worded:
“So we intend a rapid, orderly closure over the next few days. All current employees will be paid through today, January 21. A severance package will be offered tomorrow to full-time current employees with more than six months of tenure.”
I am wondering if this is how the employees were informed that they no longer had jobs.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Back when we used to live up in Naples, NY, I loved listening to Rush Limbaugh. I have to admit, I am not a conservative, but the man was entertaining.
This is back in the day when he used to beat up on Bill Clinton. Even though I thought the whole Clinton scandal was a little “consuming” for my taste, I still liked listening to what Rush had to say. Hmmm, perhaps it was because I was living in the middle of nowhere and the radio was slowly becoming my friend. Ok, we’ll leave that out of this.
I have discovered an old pal, Air America Radio. This is basically the “Anti-Rush” equivalent. It’s funny how long it took the left to come up with a counter punch to the right’s rambling on the air waves for all these years. I mean, heelllooooo…is anyone out there? Maybe it’s because there was never anything to talk about. We had a Democrat in office as president, so it would have been a little weird to get on the air and complain about stuff. When people tune in to these kinds of shows, they want to hear drama, not the sound of patting one’s self on the back. I suppose they could have gone after congress and Newt Gingrich, but that wouldn’t have been that effective.
I gotta tell you, I like Air America. Of course, it isn’t all too objective, but it seems to be based more on intelligence than that other show I was talking about in the beginning of this post. I doesn’t seem like anyone is trying to pull something over on me, yet, they are just trying to explain something to me. They even offer the video and audio to back up what they are saying. I may, admittedly, have receptive ears though.
My favorites are Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan. They offer the same level of sarcasm that I was semi-forced to listen to while in Naples. Now, this is good stuff.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I just like her. She is smart, witty and takes on the big boys. If you don’t know her, you really should check her out. Her name is Rachel Maddow.
I really only started hearing of Rachel a few years ago. She is the host of “The Rachel Maddow Show†that airs on Air America, online at airamerica.com and on XM Satellite Radio. Her TV show airs on MSNBC.
I think the thing I like most about her is the way she really knows what she is talking about. If you are like me, you might kind of sputter out half way through an argument because you run out of ammo. Not this lady, she just keeps on going. It’s point after point after point. I would put her in a debate against almost anyone.
Take a look for yourself. You can check her out all over YouTube. Watch a few videos and tell me I’m not right about this one. Hey look, she even has a blog…and writes in it!!! Maybe I should put this one in my favorites…
Who is your favorite journalist?
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