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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:57 PM
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I'm not so sure about some of the programming on Air America
Namely "The Majority Report". I'm listening to it right now. Lots of yelling.

Discuss.
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:57 PM
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1. Yelling is fantastic!!!!! n/t
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:58 PM
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2. THIS IS GREAT! The most effective program I've heard on AirAm so far
Really good. I wouldn't enjoy reading the transcript perhaps, but it's compelling listening
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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:58 PM
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3. She just said something on "self-hating Jews"
hard to keep up.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:59 PM
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4. The "Majority Report " is good. They had Tom Tomorrow,
The "Majority Report " is good. They had Tom Tomorrow, the cartoonist who draws "This Modern World," on tonight.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:59 PM
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5. Funny, wingnuts earlier said it's "like NPR" - boring and slow
geez, maybe it has different styles, for different audiences? nah, all liberals are the same...:eyes:
The majority report is as good as his guests. When Atrios is on is best.
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TruShade Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:59 PM
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6. I agree...
all the screaming and ranting may be the end od a good thing..
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:00 PM
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9. Don't hold your breath....This good thing will stay
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:01 PM
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13. Welcome to DU, TruShade.
It's just that people are not used to hearing liberals scream and yell. Over time we've been conditioned to hearing the right scream, yell, and rant. We've gotten used to it.
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 11:16 PM
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34. You must be to young
to remember the Sixties.
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:29 PM
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27. or the thing that makes it succeed beyond our estimations
if you were smart enough to know which one, you could be making billions of dollars in hollywood right now.
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:00 PM
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7. The other day they were talking
to some guy who was really odd..he was talking about some kind of alien theory..I couldn't tell if he was joking or serious..who WAS that guy?
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:00 PM
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8. The Majority Report is wall to wall perfection
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:11 PM
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21. Agreed.
I swear, I can't get enough of it.

Passionate and liberal and ON THE AIR.
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:01 PM
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10. I'm listening to it too.
I'm glad liberals are getting angry. We should be angry instead of turning the other cheek. That gets us nowhere. Majority report over Alan Colmes anyday.
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:01 PM
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12. I thought it was good to listen to. If you can yell well, folks'll listen
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theoceansnerves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:01 PM
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11. have you listened to it before?
generally it's an "excited" tone but not lots of yelling or anything. occasionally towards the end of the show it's obvious they're worked up and might yell a little. plus, they were having problems with the mics earlier.
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codegreen Donating Member (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:01 PM
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14. here's my plan for getting Mike Malloy on AAR...
dump the NPR-ish boring 'So What Else Is News?'
move 'Majority Report' back an hour so it follows Randi Rhodes
bring on Mike Malloy for a 3-hour show following 'Majority Report'

what do you think?
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bagimin Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:12 PM
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22. Mike Malloy would be good at night but only one talent can
make this baby really take off. #1 for 30 years.
http://www.neilrogers.com
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RealDems.org Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:04 PM
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15. Good
It's about time we had some ranting on our side.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:07 PM
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17. Really
It doesn't bother me if either side is vocal. I'm willing to allow neocons to have their opinions. My point, however, is that on Majority Report they can back up their yelling with solid research. Not so with Limpballs or O'Lielly. Yelling is fine--just make sure you know what you're talking about.
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:10 PM
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19. But they do
The signal to noise ratio on AAR overall is very high
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poppabear36 Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:05 PM
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16. Seder is too shrill sometimes.
He's as about as articulate as I am, which isn't great because he's on the radio trying to represent a progressive viewpoint. All of this Bushco is enough to make anyone shake their head in disgust and frustration, but that doesn't necessarily make for good radio.
Janeane is perfect.
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aynrand Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:10 PM
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18. Air - Whine - America - Radio
i had much higher hopes for air america...

it sounds like a group of uninformed, discursive crybabies. nobody likes to listen to whiners. i haven't heard this much name-calling since kidnergarten.

i believe they're doing more damage to the left than the pill-popping pedagogue himself. the programming strains credibility. Al frankin, i love you... as a comedian. leave 'liberal media' to the professionals (like npr).
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:11 PM
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20. Welcome to DemocraticUnderground from a fellow liberal progressive!
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:14 PM
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23. No way Jose. NPR is National Petroleum Radio. n/t
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:18 PM
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24. "aynrand" - I believed that tripe in high school. Then I grew up.
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aynrand Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:27 PM
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26. and what tripe might that be?
you must admit, that air america is AS guilty of spin & rhetoric as the talkshows they rail against.
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:30 PM
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28. Actually no, they arent even in the same league.
You arent coming off a very liberal Aynrand.
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aynrand Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:44 PM
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30. should i be?
i was looking forward to a liberal station that had substance...however the overplaying of conspiracy theories gets tiresome after time.

Instead i suggest the discussion of liberal/progressive IDEAS about what should now be done in this country and in iraq (aside from voting out bush). So far, i've only heard W-bashing, fox-bashing, etc... let's talk about something new, fresh, and dare i say, positive?

AAR is depressing to listen to.
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:47 PM
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31. It sounds like you havent listened to it.
Ive been listening alot since it started. Ive heard great guests with great discussions on many issues that we rarely get to hear about and new points of view on the issues that matter. I have not heard any particularly large amount of conspiricy theories.

It sounds to me like you are only hearing what you want to hear. Maybe this isnt your thing, but that doesnt make it horrible.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:53 PM
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33. Sure, which policy disaster of the Republicans would you like to discuss?
How about this: there are no principled people in the Republican Party today.

I'm for, rescinding the taxcuts for the wealthy.
Single-payer health-care
Gas tax increase.
Tax breaks for alternatie/renewable energy investments.
Corporate taxation
Corporate regulation
FCC reregulation of the public airwaves.
Investigation of this administration
A 30% reduction in the Pentagon budget.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:42 PM
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29. Spin?
Feel free to cite an instance. Just one.

The truth is spin only in the eyes of those that can't handle it.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:26 PM
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:50 PM
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32. You should take your own advice
"nobody likes to listen to whiners"

maybe you should listen to another liberal radio network. oh yeah, there aren't any.
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