Right Wing media outlets in the know about liberal talk, reported the breaking "news" that Al Franken would be leaving Air America on 12/8. Newsbusters, Brian Maloney's Radioequalizer, and a number of other sites all gleefully reported Al's departure from AA.
One right wing site announced that they only reported on the story because it could be "verified via the affiliates." Perhaps they got the info from the same guy at the Quake in San Francisco who has posted premature and inaccurate news of Al's departure in the past.
Even an idjut from Huffington Post, who sometimes uses my body, took off with the story.
Yessir, they were right on the money. Except for a couple little things.
1. Al is leaving all right...for Iraq and Afghanistan on a USO Tour.
This is Al's third trip to entertain the troops in the war torn area. You know, like Sean Hannity and O'Reil... Oh, yeah. Better nix those last two. I forgot. It's only the ones who undermine the troops who head over to the front lines with our guys. The ones pushing to send them over...well, you know. Busy, busy.
2. While some have said he's leaving Ait America, he hasn't. As Al told me last night, at this point, he's "made no decision on leaving the show." And it is up to him. Which means, as of today, when he returns, he could just as well be back at the Air America mike as begin a run for Senate or study the history of bakliva. Nothing has been determined.
So, if you've heard of Al's AA demise, it might serve well not to believe everything you read. It's kind of like believing what they say on right wing talk radio. You'll only get misinformation and quite possibly, lose an election. Better to listen directly to Al. And according to Al, you still can.
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As a Quake listener I can assure you that the Franken time slot has been taken by Thom Hartmann, and aside from the great guests Franken attracted (Tom Oliphant, Melanie Sloane, Norm Ornstein) that slot is the better for it.
Likewise Randi Rhodes is gone from the afternoon drive time slot, and, like the departure of Franken, no word of explanation was given. I assumed it was simply a matter of bankruptcy driven economics but now wonder if it is simply a local phenomenon?
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ardee D. (6 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 2377 comments)
on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 5:00:19 PM
We mourned when Al Franken left (was dropped from) Sundance Channel. It was our only chance to hear, and see him. We had Air America for a short time in Missoula, but "they" didn't give it a chance to grow. There were plenty of listeners but, not enough advertisers, as I recall. He's a hero to my family.
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Pat Herrick (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 161 comments)
on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 5:52:00 PM
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