Air America May be Resuscitated Despite Franken’s Imminent Departure

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The bankrupt, liberal radio network Air America may just have gotten a much-needed injection of funds. However, at the same time, one of its top personalities, “comedian” Al Franken, is apparently set to depart in order to make a run for the U.S. Senate.

As reported by the Huffington Post:

Air America Radio, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings since October, will be rescued at the 11th hour by Manhattan real estate developer Stephen L. Green.

Al Franken, the best-known host of the liberal network, will announce his expected departure on his show later today, to explore a run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.

The article gave some details about the pending transaction:

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Green is the brother of Mark Green, the New York Democrat who served as the city's public advocate in the 90s and ran for mayor against Michael Bloomberg in 2001.

He has already signed a letter of intent, and plans to finalize a purchase agreement within the week.

Air America CEO Scott Elberg confirmed the sale. "This is a great thing, for our affiliates, the company, the audience and every employee in our organization."

Green is chairman of SL Green Realty Corp, a real estate investment trust specializing in office buildings with a market cap of $12 billion.

Brother Mark is a frequent guest on Air America, and sat in for David Bender, the host of the Air America show Politically Direct, for a couple of weeks earlier this month.

When Franken leaves the network in a few weeks, he'll be replaced by Thom Hartmann, who already has a syndicated show on the network's lineup.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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Left off was in the last pa

Left off was in the last paragraph:

"But it ran into several tough spots including a management shakeup just five weeks after going on the air that saw the departure of its chairman, Evan Cohen."

What wasn't listed as one of the several tough spots it ran into: no one's listening! But we weren't really expecting al-AP to mention that, were we?

Creep

ANYONE who would vote for that creep of a Franken, would deserve to have him (or it).

I was just going to post th

I was just going to post this, Noel. Curse you! :-)

Matt

Matt,

Well, as Groucho Marx once said, "You've got to wake up pretty early in the morning if you want to get out of bed!"    :-)   ns

Wasn't it Geo Bernard Shaw

Who snapped at somebody saying, "I wasn't born at night, Sir. But it doesn't mean I was born yesterday!"

take two: I was born at night

take two: I was born at night, sir. But I wasn't born last night

Sounds like a quote from the

Sounds like a quote from the late, great Sir Winston. 

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

I'm sure the Boys and Girls Clubs are relieved

I'm sure the Boys and Girl's Club of Manhattan are relieved to hear that someone bailed out Air America. 

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane"  Waylon Jennings

Whatever happened with that s

Whatever happened with that situation?  Did they get their money back?  Was any of the 'progressives' at Airhead America ever indicted?  (I never expect a conviction when it comes to hypocritical liberals but maybe at least some scape goat getting named in a grand jury investigation...)  What a beautiful group of folks: stealing money from kids.  Another pass given by the liberal media...

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

Air America wishes they could be as funny as Steve McGarret

Actually, I think it was someone who wasn't a part of Air America who funnelled money from the Boy's and Girl's Club to go to Air America.  It wasn't the stuckup left wingers at Air America who took the money from the Boys and Girl's Club, but I feel pretty sure that if something like that happened with a conservative group, that the left wing MSM wouldn't care about who was doing it, but who they could blame.  I believe the money was repaid, but again some little kids didn't have their money for awhile since someone wanted to funnel money to Air America.

The announcers at Air America wish they could be as funny as Steve McGarret from "Hawaii Five-O", but they can't.

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane"  Waylon Jennings

Air America Radio, in Chapter

Air America Radio, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings since October, will be rescued at the 11th hour by Manhattan real estate developer Stephen L. Green.

Real Estate Developer?

Well, he should certainly have plenty of experience in pouring his money into a large hole in the ground.

A "progressive" = a liberal = a socialist = a commie in drag =
laughably wrong about life, the universe and everything.

 . . but they be will forced

 . . but they be will forced to change their name from "Air America" to "America sucks, but Hillary is the answer to unsuck America, or maybe it's Obama, maybe Hillary and Obama also this station reserves the right to change its name based on the way things go but Bush sucks will remain in our name forever or until we run out of money because liberal ideas don't really work in a talk-show format where we may have to actually explain our reasons for our opinions and George Soros gets tired of all this crap and the only thing that will save us is the Fairness Doctrine"

(circle where appropriate) I have visited Iraq, and America has lost / won the war despite / due to my visit there. - Nancy (I blink so often my eyelids have stretch marks) Pelosi's memorandum for use sometime in the future

Mica,unsuck America????"

Mica,

unsuck America????"

You know, that sounds like someting in reverse like......like........ Man, keep that hideous woman away from me!

 . . thanks for the visual!!

 . . thanks for the visual!!

 

Perhaps they'll rename it Al-

Perhaps they'll rename it Al-America and get it over with...

As far as Mr. Green goes, it

As far as Mr. Green goes, it is said that a fool and his money are soon parted. I guess it really is true. Why would anyone with an IQ above room temperature throw money down that rat hole?

I think the answer is in your

I think the answer is in your post..."IQ above room temperature".  They don't have one.

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

Shouldn't the headline be: Ai

Shouldn't the headline be: Air America May be Resuscitated Because of Al Franken's Imminent Departure ?

I'm so happy for all 5 of the listeners of Air America.

I'm so happy for all 5 of the listeners of Air America.

Of course, that was the count before Al's mom and dad quit when he leaves.

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

Typical liberal endeavor...if

Typical liberal endeavor...if it fails just keep throwing money at it (someone elses money).  When it continues to fail change the rules so that it can now be defined as a success.  The fairness doctrine would save Air America because they'd have to put conservatives on.

The only thing evil needs to succeed, is for good people to nothing about it.

Hm. What else could be desc

Hm. What else could be described as something that hasn't succeeded and yet people keep throwing resources at it...hmmmm...

The war on drugs?

The war on drugs?

See, I laid out this perfec

See, I laid out this perfectly good setup for sarcasmo, and he completely drops the ball!

florida_chad - about balboa

Florida_chad, balboa drew another blank, and you had to go and help him out. I think therefore we already have our example of liberalism, and it's cost and benefits. ROFL

btw- balboa , sarc wasn't in this thread at the time, a big error in the lame joke.

ps balboa - We're you thinking Iraq and war, but were just too chicken to put it out there? ( Hey if the gourd really was blank nevermind)

Social security, welfare, the

Social security, welfare, the UN--just about any other social program the US has ever put into law. 

According to Dems, the prescription drug deal that apparently wasn't enough shortly after they voted for it and before the ink was dry when it was signed.

bal,It also fits the definiti

bal,

It also fits the definition of insanity, which is doing the same thing exactly the same way and each time expecting a different result.

Besides, If Mr. Green (interesting name there) wants to unload some dough, I'll be happy to pass along my address.  :-)

So I should bang my head agai

So I should bang my head against the wall in a different way then?

I know, I know!!! Pick me, pick me!!!!

I know, I know!!! Pick me, pick me!!!!

Liberalism. I win, I win!!!

I really was thinking the war

I really was thinking the war originally, but I didn't feel like being jumped all over.

Ahh, as I thought balboa

Ahh, as I thought. So, I should've read further, to find out what I already knew about you.

This is now funny.

On education

Public education?

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

The War on Poverty?

The War on Poverty?

Global Warming and the State

Global Warming and the State Dept.

As one of the "five" listeners, all I can say is. . .

KISS MY BLACK LIBERAL BEHIND, YOU WANKERS!!!!

evilchimp...WHAT THE HELL WAS

evilchimp...

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Geez chimp, I was celebrating for ya.

Geez chimp, I was celebrating for ya.

But, don't hold back.  Show us how you really feel.

I don't understand the incredible anger you guys always walk around with (Liberal guys - just to be clear).  Don't you ever get tired of it?

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

Someone needs a hug!

Someone needs a hug!

Am I a wanker? Am I suppose t

Am I a wanker? Am I suppose to be pissed? Have I been violated?? Is there a 'caucus' that represents me and only me in congress?

Maybe I'm a 'victim' and you're the first to inform me of that!

Mica

Mica,

Nah, we've been telling you that for weeks. You just haven't been paying attention.  :-)   ns

Amateurish

Chimpevil:

 Amateurish reply!

Not even with rhayes' lips.

Not even with rhayes' lips.

And I say that with ALL DUE R

And I say that with ALL DUE RESPECT!!!

You must be confused about th

You must be confused about this thread's subject.  We know Air America and Al Franken are without a doubt huge asses...but we don't kiss anyone's butt around here.  Why don't you go back to wanking yourself, wanker. 

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

Chimpevil is Al Franken - A

Chimpevil is Al Franken - At least I think so. He has a history of coming on here when there is something about him. His statement only makes sense if it is him. Why would anyone else say that?  I think he thinks he's the first black comedian

chimpevil

chimpy,

That's how it was taken.  :-)   ns

Well, I gotta give it to ya chimpevil, most liberals goof around

Well, I gotta give it to ya chimpevil, most liberals goof around a lot before they completely lose it here.

You cut right to the chase.

:-)

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

ACA

ACA,

Whose turn is it to make book on how long before it gets banned?   :-)    ns

Let him stay a little while Noel, I want more examples of...

Let him stay a little while Noel, I want more examples of...

enlightened, intelligent, etc.

:-)

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

ACA

ACA,

Don't you think it will have to stand upright first?   ns

check you PM :-) ACA

check you PM  :-) ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

Noel,It appears we have a new

Noel,

It appears we have a new troll in the neighborhood who thinks he is a monkey (or is it a monkey who thinks he is a troll?)

Either way, I'm guessing he (or it) will be gone by noon, Wednesday. I just have to see what blonde does with this idiot.

Dave R,What, you need me to r

Dave R,

What, you need me to ride in on my dual purpose broom and sweep the new lib off the boards?

I kinda liked this one.  Funny in an odd sort of way and not very nasty.

That was definitely a "You got us at Hello" first statement.

Blonde,Yeah, but I figure he

Blonde,

Yeah, but I figure he will lose it sooner or later and get himself banned. They always do.

As I still haven't got my home machine back up and running (and that's my own procrastination working there) I love coming in early and reading over the threads where you guys have managed to corner one of them. It makes for a great read while ingesting that first cup of office brew in the morning. I have pretty much stopped hitting my friendly neighborhood QT on the way in as I have grown tired of feeling as if I am defending the line at the Alamo just to get a mug of coffee, if you know what I mean.

Oops, if you-know-who sees that, he'll swerve, I mean tumble in here and let me have it.  :-)

Hey Dave,I know what you mean

Hey Dave,

I know what you mean....gotta get the first-thing-in-the-a.m. NB fix.

I think one of the others here, the High Dave, got himself banned.   They all do eventually.  I'm sure we can expect an influx soon after Noel's e-mail exchange with the Kos guy.  That was an excellent blog, though, so I suppose it will be worth the aggravation.

I hope this fellow Green pours another mega-million down the Air-America black hole.  It won't make them any more successful, but it will surely be amusing to watch them scream....and give us more ammo to shoot down this idiot "Fairness Doctrine".

blonde..."my dual purpos

blonde..."my dual purpose broom...."      I KNEW  IT!!..i knew it blonde!    :-))      :-^}    ww                   v        Being "Politcaly Correct"  with    ISLAM  will distroy America......V            

ww,Most certainly.  Dual pur

ww,

Most certainly.  Dual purpose.

How the heck do you think I get all around South Florida? 

Only the Air Force doesn't call me Broomstick 11.  They reserve that for Hillary.

Glad you caught that.  Nighto, ww.  I'm out for a while.

 blonde          

 blonde               sorry bout that ;    sometimes on  mondays    i just can't control myself ;   geee   so embarased  :-x     :-^}  (bratt smile)..... ......we needed a little (just)]  humor (?)   inserted there       :-)   ww                 v        Being "Politcaly Correct"  with    ISLAM  will distroy America......V            

Chimpevil walks into a store,

Chimpevil walks into a store, leans on the counter and ask the clerk "hey, you got any bananas?
The clerk say's No- I don't have any bananas, and we don't do business with the likes of you. Now scram.
The next day Chimpevil goes back into the same store, leans on the counter and ask "got any bananas"?
The clerk say's I told you yesterday, we don't have bananas, and we don't serve folks like you, now get out of here.
The next day, Chimpevil goes in the store, leans on the counter and says to the clerk " got any bananas"?
The clerk says" Look fella, I've told you for the last three days, we don't have bananas and we don't do business with folks like you. Now if you come in here one more time I'm gonna hang you from the rafters.
The next day Chimpevil walks into the store , leans on the counter and say's" Have you got any rope?"
The startled clerk says "No". 
Chimpevil says " Good, Got Any bananas?" (WADR)

I don't get it, man!  Is tha

I don't get it, man!  Is that supposed to be a racialistic joke or something???  (And they say you all have no sense of humor!!!)

Try reading it slower.

Try reading it slower.

Chimpy, not defending that post, but you started the racist joke

Chimpy, not defending that post, but you started the racist jokes.

Right?

Having said that, I'm not sure that joke was supposed to be racist.  I think it was about stupidity.

:-)

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

CHUMPEVIL,

(And they say you all have no sense of humor!!!)

Yeah, and we all look alike, too.

Oo, Chimpie!

You little macaca you!

Good one misterb!Wished I wou

Good one misterb!

Wished I would of thought of that...

I rarely forget to use macaca when it is a perfect opportunity! (this was a great one!)

LMAO!

Still chuckling!

My compliments

My compliments--to your parents. They must have a GREAT sense of humor>>

Oh, sorry, just got a little

Oh, sorry, just got a little carried away by the news about Air America Radio!  As one of the "five" listeners (hee hee hee) of that network, I just wanted to come on to say I am ecstatic that it looks like intelligent and entertaining talk radio will be given a chance to continue, cause I don't know about you all (although I can probably guess!) but I believe that the constant drumbeat of right-wing neofascist ignorance in the form of rush, savage et al, needs some counterbalance, doncha think?  No?  Well, then see my post above!

you don't sound like a list

you don't sound like a listener to me

chimpevil

chimpy,

"intelligent and entertaining talk radio will be given a chance to continue"

They're bring back Jack Benny? Outstanding!   ns

The inconvenience of being dead

Noel - I think Jack Benny might be unavailable.  :-)

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Did Foster Brooks do any radi

Did Foster Brooks do any radio spots?  He was hilarious!  Abbot and Costello.  Intelligent and entertaining without being profane or obscene.

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

You don't have to say you're sorry chimpy, we know that.

You don't have to say you're sorry chimpy, we know that.

But you have damaged my self-esteem beyond belief and I may never recover.  I may in fact run out and rob somebody to support my soon-to-be acquired drug habit that will allow me to overcome the deep feelings of inadequacy you have placed upon my poor victim type shoulders.

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

You have your counter balance

You have your counter balance in the form of CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, the NYT, Bono, Sean Penn, etc. etc. etc. So the right has a couple of radio stations and A cable network. You had better jump off a tall building-all hope is list for the left and it's ability to get the word out.
BTW- sure am glad I don't live in Minnesota.

Nortonalec

I agree evilone.. Maybe you m

I agree evilone.. Maybe you missed it but the counter balance is MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Time, etc, etc......

Norton & Florida,You forg

Norton & Florida,

You forgot public school teachers & college profs.

I figured it out! Chimpevil c

I figured it out!

Chimpevil called us Wankers, but he meant Wonkers!

Sorry, Chimpevil, you're referring to the chocolate factory down the road from your home in la-la land. Better call first before you visit, or the oompa-loompa's will kick your ass!

Oh, I see, baby, so these hug

Oh, I see, baby, so these huge corporate entities like GE and Disney and Viacom etc who own the nets actually promote a lib-er-ale agenda, so the likes of rushsavageetal are really a counterbalance to the oh-so-obvious leftie bias?  Might make sense but 'splain lucy why said corporate entities would have a stake in promoting left-wing causes when it would seem that the rightie philosophy better serves their bottom line (less regs, ownership restrictions etc etc)?  Hmm, answer me that if you can, cause if you can't then this site is like a motherless child!

Your answer.

Your answer.

The 'huge corporate entities...' you are so obviously fond of are not dictating to the newsrooms.  That is clear.  If they wanted to use the newsrooms as extensions of their evil, capitalistic, pro-Republican agendas, then they'd have to quit donating to Democrats.  See, that was easy.   And just as well founded as your question.

Are you sure you aren't an infiltrating Arab Terrorist that thinks everything corporate and American is evil?  I dunno....

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

Oh, wait, so the A-rabs hate

Oh, wait, so the A-rabs hate us for our corporations, is that it?  Ok, in all seriousness, where is there in my question that states or even implies that I am anti-corporation?  Do you think that because I am a lib, huh?  Well, no matter, my main thing with what you said is that your answer makes no bloody sense!  Explain what you mean if you can about not dictating to the newsrooms? Are you seriously suggesting that Jack Welch and the dude that owns Viacom would allow their programming to reflect views antithetical to their own? (And that's even assuming that I buy the underlying assumption that most newsies are flaming libs, which I don't BTW!)  As that chad dude implied I am kinda slow so if you don't mind explicating your explanation. . .

The "Hater Ban Countdown

The "Hater Ban Countdown" is still ticking....

People, please don't feed the troll. Sheesh.

Roger, I only did once...that

Roger,

I only did once...thats it for me!

Nothing much more to say is there?

Couldn't agree with ya more!

And that's about all you need

And that's about all you need to know about this site folks!!!  Couldn't agree with you more, Ollie!!!  No, no I agree with YOU more, Stanley!!!  LOL

Hi little one...Ya never do l

Hi little one...

Ya never do last long once ya sneak back in here...you're are so obvious.

You really should learn from past mistakes...but hey, your a flaming nutcase leftists...you can't help yourself.

Nighty night hater.

(Sorry Rog...had to do it just one last one for the Gipper!)

Or some lame excuse like that...

LOL!

let's see! You used the word

let's see! You used the word 'bloody' -  and you referred to 'Ollie and Stanley'

Hmmmm. I think you're really an old English white guy pretending to be black.

Or you just got your ass whipped by the oompa-loompas at the chocolate factory and just think you are.

 I will keep New Orleans a chocolate city. Hey, chimpevil! Get your butt down here! - Mayor

If ignorance is bliss, you, s

If ignorance is bliss, you, sir, have achieved nirvana!  (Sorry if that wunt black enuf for you, baby!)

My God, who over at Air Ameri

My God, who over at Air America let their mascot out of his cage?

Oh Ct...Snicker snicker...chu

Oh Ct...

Snicker snicker...chuckle...now laughing uproariously out loud!

Good one!

Roger

Clever trick, instead of saying I have no argument, you potray an image of taking some high road. What would actually show some deference would be a coherent argument.

Here are some details of corporate influence.

Corporate Media influence

FCC report

Question

If corporations (the most evil entities in the world as far as a Leftist is concerned; never mind that all the corporations in the world combined have killed far, far fewer people than a single tyrannical government) exert influence on the media, please explain Leftist media bias, as chronicled in detail on this website and at the MRC website.  Could it be that this so-called influence can only extend so far, and that the newsrooms are still infested with Leftism?

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

At least you admit I am cleve

At least you admit I am clever. The "high road" I am taking is that I know who/what you are, and will not engage in discourse with trolls.

I do not know which Haterette you are, nor do I care. Ignoring you is easy enough. Ta-ta, trolly.

Well, you might read Bernard Goldberg's book, chimpy.

Well, you might read Bernard Goldberg's book, chimpy.

See, the point is not the answer, the point is the question.  My answer was gibberish because your question is gibberish.

It doesn't matter what I think the owners (according to you all the owners) of the networks say or think or 'allow their programming to reflect'.

Get it yet?

It is biased.

When you get bored playing the 'I'm a victim of right wing bias slinging gunsters' game, go over to the MRC site and read up on it.  It is an interesting topic, Liberal Bias.

So, to your particular question, the answer is it doesn't matter and if you want to really know the answer to such a question, why don't you write these companies and ask?  Because bias is in the eye of the beholder and proven out by documented evidence.

And the preponderance of evidence is that the alphabet networks are Liberally biased, as well as the major newsprint outlets, NYT, LAT, WaPo, etc.  This is not only documented on this site ad nausium, but also by self-identified lables of news reporters through polls and surveys.  Many of which can be found on the Internet as well as in the two resources I have pointed you toward.

Of course, if you don't want to see it, fine.  But your insulting and aggressive presence here bores me, frankly.  And I'd like to see you either start behaving in a civilized manner or take your spittle bucket somewhere else.

ACA

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Acaiguana says:  "I love blind Monkeys and any inference that I am making fun of blind Monkeys would be wrong.

Ahh I get it chimpevil

Ahh I get it chimpevil, the corporations ala Jack Welch and clones are controlling the newsrooms, which are of course not flaming libs, because Dan Rather and the rest of them are - well just centrists- like you ?

Somehow, FoxNews got in there, and made the centrists networks look good, right ?

LOL - uhhh, yeah, it is what you don't say, or won't say, or how the extreme is expressed by you as a method to ignore the larger truth. Nice word smithing. Take a seat by balboa, and PM with him, he likes to do that.

Let's see, David Gregory isn't a flamer lefty, nor is cupie couric, nor heck not even Mike Wallace, forget the Canadain PJ, why... scratch Matthews, uhh, let's see ...does Alfred E Neuman Koppel the 3rd make the grade?

ps - One wonders if chimpster things along with cjkinsey that CNN is a flaming left network - since their owner- leader/ceo bigshot owns the most land of any private person in the USA, and I heard a rumor he used to be married to a flaming leftist, and last time I saw him speak, he said he was on the terrorists side.

Is CNN flamingly left ? chimp ? kins ?

 

Once you are big already -

Once you are big already - a liberal agenda is better for the corps because more regulation snuffs out the competition. Many corporations support and are run by liberals. That said, we don't believe in an actual conspiracy like the leftist nut jobs do with FOX, we just think the news media is mostly liberal and it bleeds through everything they do.

Dee baby what are you saying,

Dee baby what are you saying, that once you accumulate a whole bunch of wealth and become a giant conglomerate, you turn liberal!!??  I would say it's quite the opposite, but no matter, let's turn to this belief that most of the media is lib.  Where does that come from exactly?  From what I see most broadcasters are so very afraid of being labeled lib that they go out of their way to either appear oh-so-f'in-balanced or become hypercritical of dems and less so of pubs so that they cannot be painted as lefties by the noisy conservatives.  If that's not so then why have Obama and Clinton received so much negative press as opposed to McCain and Guiliani, whose shortcomings or past problems are never mentioned as far as I have heard.  And wait are you also saying that it is only the leftist nutjobs who think that Fox is right-wing???

Obama...negative press?

Obama, so much negative press? Earth to...oh never mind, at least make sense with your claims.

If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal. Go Rudy!

Sweet mama!!

Sweet mama!! If Obama is getting negative press, give me some of it. Surely, you must have wet your nappies laughing as you entered that piece>

Hey stud muffin chimp chimp

Hey stud muffin chimp chimp - you liberals are so cute with your flattering terms of endearment for us women. This baby here would appreciate some facts rather than the generalizations coming from you. Any one can say that someone is not bias - newsbusters shows specific examples of the bias. If you think there is conservative bias then please provide some examples for reference. And yes - only leftist nut jobs would think that Fox is right wing (and people who don't watch it and get their opinion from the left wing media)

Chimpy,I am tired of hearing

Chimpy,

I am tired of hearing this argument about the conservative corps who own the likes of ABC, NBC etc.  It doesn't hold any water.  They cannot control the bias of their news staffs any more than Rupert Murdock can at Fox.  I wish that they could and rid the airwaves of liberally biased reporting forever.  The root of the problem exists at the schools of journalism, where this crap is drilled into students heads until they become mush and cannot think for themselves.  Only the strongest conservative minds seem to prevail.  Unfortunately, liberals have such a stronghold on our education system in this country, I don't see it changing in my lifetime.

Ok so I know I am a black tro

Ok so I know I am a black troll so you probably aren't allowed to talk to me, huh?  Well, OK, but if you get dispensation or some such maybe you can answer one question?  What do you mean "any more than Rupert Murdoch can dictate to his Fox staff bout their biases"?  Are you suggesting that Rupert is like in constant torment because guys like O'Reilly and Hannity are so conservative and so diametrically opposed to his own views but he since he has no control over his news staff whatsoever (he only owns the network he can't possibly control whose hired and fired can he????) he must live with their views, however loathsome he may think they are?  Hmm, interesting theory.  Mine is that Fox is the way it is because that's the way Rupert wants it, and I would suspect that's true of all owners of broadcast entities. Oh and BTW I went to a journalism school and do not recall being indoctrinated into anything but who what when and where.  Now the madrassa that me and Barrack were in together, that's another story!

'Oh and BTW I went to a journalism school...'

'Oh and BTW I went to a journalism school...'

Yes, your writing reflects that.  But, regardless of what your 'theory' might be the media is biased in general and many times in particular toward Democrats and Liberal Democrat points of view.

Their concept of the 'adversarial' role of the 'Fourth Estate' toward government doesn't extend to the Democrats.   I personally would be one to argue that an adversarial role toward any politician or political point of view would be alright.  But, fairness and balance do not exist for the main.

Accuracy might work too.  I can understand the cub reporters covering the cheap demonstration in DC, for example, using a bit of outlandish verbage to describe the crowds and the 'excitement'; but they ought to have a rational editor behind their desks to rewrite the insane junk that came out of that and they ought to put some perspective on this stuff.

To do so otherwise advances an agenda of opposition to government policy.

I don't want to burst your little journalism school bubble, but that isn't the role of journalism if the journalism being practiced is under the guise of 'who, what, when and where'.

Obviously, the journalists writing and working for the MSM haven't figured that one out.

I'm a news consumer.  I don't need some pompous hair styled and sprayed idiot telling me why something is important or how it fits into the 'big' picture.  Tell me what happened accurately and squarely and I'll figure the rest out, thank you.

ACA

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I wonder if chimpcredentials looked into "madrassa"

I wonder if chimpcredentials looked into "madrassa".

From what I've gleaned, and not from the MSM, Obama attended in Jakarta, and prayed as a Muslim and carried his prayer cloth, and had buds who've spoke about his little muzzie praying and all the rest.

 In the end, the LEFT biased news service made it "all about the word Madrassa", and bvecause of their love and idolation of Obama, never even touched upon the muzzie upbringing, and were happy to keep that information forbidden from their reports, just like they guard his middle name from all of the USA.

 I really doubt the word "madrassa" is anywhere near as inaccurate, decieptful, and covering up - as has been the MSM's reaction to it's use.

 Their (MSM's) bottom line has been " well it's wasn't a madrassa, case closed forget the rest, it was all a smear...blah blah blah..

 But the truth is far, far different. An honest report would say, " We investigated and sent a person there ( as the msm lib abc network bragged they did) , and although it wasn't a strict Muslim school, Obama was raised there as a Muslim, did pray and carry the Koran. This is why he has claimed " Formerly no belief" publicly, because he has wanted to cover this aspect of his childhood up ."

 Now, of course that would be an honest report, and of course the alphabet networks have that information, but the only thing that will ever be said by people with "journalistic creds" on the left, is that one word slam "madrassa"...

 It rhymes with macaca, and it must ring in their heads like so much stupidity.

 Yeah, a person with "cred"  - heck anyone who got their GED ought to be able to read the above and easily agree and see the problem, but I don't expect leftist jerkoffs and twerps to ever have the decency to do that much, anymore. I used to, but after thousands of failures, very little hope is left.

 So what was most important ? The word madrassa , or the coverup of the childhood Muslim training that the word implied, and was correct about ?

 I can't imagine that 40 years ago that "school that is pretty much like it was then" ( so said the BS coverup msm report(ers) ,  was anywhere near coddling other religions(doesn't matter since Obama was raised muzzie), and if the truth were told, many Americans would recoil in fear over it, and not vote for Obama. This of course is exactly what the msm cannot possibly allow.

 They would beat themselves over the head and claim they caused all sorts of "profiling" by the general public. So, instead, they have their democrat protection machine do it's dirty work, and down inside they tell themselves it's for the betterment of society, and protects against those terrible stereotypes that we modern light thinkers ought to all avoid.

 They even have their liberal excuse all candied up for themselves, and how they assimilate that into their plan must be like anything else they do: Tell lies and tell themselves and everyone else it's how to be nice, and we shouldn't "go back 100 years" like the republicans want us to.

 Tomorrow they'ell bring up the word macaca, again, for the ten thousandth time, and only on WaPo page 5 10 months ago will be the information the guy refused to give his name as he held his opposition spy camera, and shook Allen's hand, which of course is why Allen was frustrated and didn't know what to call him, and out came macaca.

 One word, or years of covered up schooling, all "reported" as a "right wing smear" that lied using the word madrassa, yet kept the public completely ignorant on Obama's childhood upbringing. (MUSLIM, FOR GOD SAKES IT WAS MUSLIM, AND THE PRESS WON'T SAY SO)

I don't know how chimp freak can defend it, and really doubt he'll try. This is the time all libs flutter off to retain their own insanity, or cry I repeated myself, or made grammatical errors, and spelling no-nos.

Maybe some noticed, I've gone on an on, because this is so blatant, I cannot even believe it's happening. I'm sure it will be swept under the rug, like it never happened.

paperhead

Paperhead you seem to imply that only someone who thinks like you, can prevail, "only the strongest conservative minds".

I actually think that reasonable people can disagree, based on how complex things are. However you must set forth evidence to be reasonable, simply saying that something doesn't hold warter, isn't an argument.

If by liberals you mean people that have information and data, then you are correct we own the education system. Otherwise you are purporting a conclusion with no evidence.

Uh-Oh theres that neo thing a

Uh-Oh theres that neo thing again.

Gets old with you leftists.

Don't know who to say hello to there with chimpevil...

Hater, alfranken, Rhayes...on and on it goes.

Lord help us all if we get the likes of Franken in the Senate, can't even see him standing up to the task without going under with his first term....Minnesota is a worrisome state for me with who they elect..this is spooky.

As for Air America making it.....again....

LMAO!

Intelligent and entertaining talk radio

Intelligent and entertaining talk radio was never in danger.  It's Air America that's so shaky.

"right-wing neofascist&q

"right-wing neofascist" 

Coming from a guy who is probably a socialist or worse.

I'm really glad I don't liv

I'm really glad I don't live in Minnesota. I thought Durbin was as bad as it gets, but even the possibility of having a nut case like Franken represent me in the senate is truly frightening

Chimpster

Could it be that the Chimpster is Als campaign manager?

Jerry - he could be a paid

Jerry - he could be a paid person - Al does that too. He pays people to come on here and stick up for him. He is really a baby. I really think it's Franken though - and I'm serious.

Who ever it is, they are not

Who ever it is, they are not doing a very good job of it!

Dee,You know, you may be on t

Dee,

You know, you may be on to something here.  Didn't Al play an ape in the movie Trading Places?

I grew up in Minnesota and wa

I grew up in Minnesota and was thinking of moving back--not any more.

Can you imagine a debate between him and Norm Coleman?  If I were Norm, I'd address him "accidentally" as Stewart a few times and watch him go off the deep end, blow a blood vessel or start foaming at the mouth again.

Fish - that would be great.

Fish - that would be great. I can't believe he could even be considered a valid candidate

I'm still here Fish and I'm r

I'm still here Fish and I'm really,really,really hoping the benevolent Mr Green digs deep and offers that stupid jackass a new contract.

Anything to keep him the he!! out of this state.

I'm really glad I don't liv

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Franken will win in Minnesota

Franken will win in Minnesota. That state has their nose in the air with this Norwegian socialist shtick. They elected an ignorant wrestler as governor and will easily elect this guy.

They have bred many great leftists such as Garrison Keillor and Gus Hall. Franken will nicely compliment their new Islamic house member.

Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!

Will he join the Ware group

Alger Hiss, if Franken is elected and goes to Washington D.C., do you think he'll join the Ware group?

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane"  Waylon Jennings

Kolchak, Franken would be a f

Kolchak, Franken would be a fine addition to the Ware Group. (Harold told me that I have to mentor him.)

Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!

I think he would probably like a Woodstock typewriter

Alger, don't forget to give Franken a Woodstock typewriter to use at work in Washington D.C.  I heard those are the typewriters left wingers prefer to use.  Also, Alger, do you think Franken would fit in nicely at the State Department?

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane"  Waylon Jennings

Kolchak, for an economy of co

Kolchak, for an economy of conversation, just let me say it is Sam Tanenhaus and  Allen Weinstein that I loathe most: They, more than anyone else, exposed me for the wretch I am.

Well, I suppose old Whittaker had something to do with it too.

Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!

Thanks for your help with Yalta

Alger Hiss, thank-you for all your help with the Yalta Conference.

We couldn't have been as successful without your assistance.

Did you know over 1 million people perished after WW2 from the repatriation demaned?

You are a great asset to the Soviet cause.

Sincerely

Stalin