My Air America experience

While browsing through Itunes I was looking for some talk radio to listen to late one night while working on my computer. I happened upon Air America, so I decided to give it a try and see what it was like. I wish I could have listened to more true commentary or "talk radio" but after listening for over 18 minutes I finally gave up.

Of those 18 minutes I would say 16 were commercials. About a third of the commercials were for normal things - many of which I have hear during conservative programming. The other third was for a more liberal demographic - including a 2 minutes New York Times add, go figure. The last third was some crazy commercials. Imagine hearing an add for a product which calls President Bush and chimp and Hilter all in the same 30 seconds. Wow. I couldn't believe it. There were others urging impeachment (maybe they consider this a public service announcment because there was really no product).

The 2 minutes of actual programming consisted of a caller and a host discussing how blacks are pulled over much more than white, which they call "Driving while Black." They both agreed that statistics should be kept on who is pulled over so that these would more closely represent the racial breakdown of the U.S. I guess it isn't enough to just go after criminals.

All in all I can see why Air America is going bankrupt, anger and hate can only last so long without actual substance. Maybe I'll give it another chance in the future, but I doubt it will be around in a few months.