AAR up 140% in LA; Rush down 15%

[Ivan Sputnik]

"The conservative echo chamber believes Air America Radio is going down like Jeff Gannon on an overnight press-pass to the White House. Left-wing talk radio they said, was over before it began. But like all so-called wisdom coming from the GOP noise machine, you better check the facts before you believe it. It turns out that contrary to conservative spin and wishful thinking, Air America, barely a year old, is building an audience and starting to eat in to the market share of conservative talkers who have been around for decades."

Read more:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/27/133238.php

[wli]

1. there's some kind of malicious prosecution coming

I think there's another thread that talks about it getting sued out of existence in New York.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Interesting (and legitimate) observation

"The reasons for the shift are not clear, but one of them may be the different approaches of right-wing and left-wing radio. Right-wing radio focuses on attacking Americans (i.e., liberals, democrats, gays, muslims, and hippies). Left-wing radio focuses on attacking policies (i.e., the war in Iraq, the budget deficit, the environment). The ad hominem attacks by right-wing talkers on other Americans have become tiresome, non-entertaining, and frankly un-patriotic. This may be one of the reasons many people are starting to tune them out."

I think people are burnt out on the RW hatefest. The results of the Republican agenda are obvious to anyone who chooses to see.