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Air America panhandling

Air America, being thoroughly entrenched in a socialist mindset, since its inception has completely ignored the single most important fundamental rule of broadcast media survival: bring in advertiser revenue. If you don’t sell advertising, your media outlet doesn’t survive. It doesn’t matter if it’s TV, radio, magazines, or newspapers. No money, no workee!

Well, poor AA (relax, Ted Kennedy…I’m talking about Air America)! They’ve not learned that lesson, and they’ve had to resort to looting charities just to generate enough operational revenue to keep the lights on. Now, we see other forms of AA’s panhandling from the network that was supposed to rival Rush Limbaugh:

Air America, the liberal radio answer to Rush Limbaugh, is now asking its listeners to send in money, leading some analysts to say the network is “crumbling.”

The network, featuring voices including Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, has developed a program where people become “associate” members by contributing cash.

On its website, Air America lists the benefits of membership, stating, “In return for your help, we’ll send you a monthly Associates insider e-mail with the backstage news from our shows and our headquarters. When we take Air America Radio on the road, we’ll invite you to meet our hosts and progressive leaders in your community. And for gifts of $50 and up, we’ve got free stuff to send you.”

Chuckle…snortle…snicker! Yes, you did read that right…”FREE…for $50!“

Quite pitiful, isn’t it? They have to resort to a fund-raising model instead of a business (i.e. capitalist) model. If this doesn’t convince you that left-wing liberalism is largely incompatible with capitalism, I don’t know what will.

September 28, 2005 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

More on Democratic identity theft

Recall the story of how Maryland Republican Lt. Governor Michael Steele had his Social Security number used, without his permission or knowledge, to illegally obtain his credit report. The culprits were none other than staffers of Mr. Anti-ID Theft himself, Chuckie Schumer. Smell the wonderful aroma of irony?

Anyway, Michelle Malkin has a follow-up column, along with the observation that the MSM is avoiding the story like Teddy Kennedrunk avoids AA meetings:

Law enforcement officials are taking this criminal intrusion into private records deadly seriously. But left-wing partisans are nowhere to be found. Steele’s staff tells me that longtime crusader against identity theft Sen. Schumer, who denies having any knowledge of the scheme, has still issued no apology for the abuse of Steele’s personal data. And there has been no outcry from the ACLU, the champions of clean campaigns, or any major national newspaper editorial board.
(Protecting privacy only seems to matter to liberals when it comes to 14-year-old girls seeking abortions behind their parents’ backs, illegal aliens seeking sanctuary from the police, and registered sex offenders objecting to community registration requirements.)

Needless to say, if it had been Republicans involved in this outrageous breach of privacy and the target had been a liberal minority politician, it would be front-page news.

Nope…no liberal media bias.

September 28, 2005 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment