Who the heck is Al Franken interviewing now?

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[LiviaOlivia]

1. kool-aid drinker and 'South Park Conservatives' author

Brian Anderson(sp)

What an asshole

[Roxy66]

2. Just turned it on..commercial on now. What was he saying?

[Pirate Smile]

3. Today is a best of show - it the South Park Conservatives author - look

below:

Friday's Show: The Best of The Al Franken Show.
Guests: Floyd Abrams, who represented the side that wasn't literally laughed out of court in Fox v. Franken.
Brian C. Anderson, Manhattan Institute scholar and author of South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias.
Ana Marie Cox, proprietor of Wonkette and author of the upcoming novel Dog Days. She'll be joined by John Dickerson, columnist for Time magazine. They'll review Ari Fleischer's book Taking Heat, a Gigli-esque sales bomb.
Finally, Vatican correspondant Father Guido Sarducci. An expert on everything holy, Sarducci previously reported for NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

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4. franken's is a repeat today. n/t

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5. Brian Anderson, the guy who wrote the following article on Air America:

Why Air America doesn't fly
By Brian C. Anderson

NEW YORK – The liberal Air America Radio, just past its first birthday, has probably enjoyed more free publicity than any other enterprise in recent history. But don't believe the hype: Air America's left-wing answer to conservative talk radio is failing, just as previous efforts to find liberal Rush Limbaughs have failed.

Wait a second, you say, didn't I read that Air America has expanded to more than 50 markets? That's true, but let's put things in perspective: The morning talk show hosted by William Bennett, conservative pundit and former Reagan administration official, launched at the same time as Air America and reaches nearly 124 markets, including 18 of the top 20, joining the growing ranks of successful right-of-center talk programs (Mr. Limbaugh is still the ratings leader, drawing more than 15 million listeners a week).

And look at Air America's ratings: They're pitifully weak, even in places where you would think they'd be strong. WLIB, its flagship in New York City, has sunk to 24th in the metro area Arbitron ratings - worse than the all-Caribbean format it replaced, notes the blog "radioequalizer." In the liberal meccas of San Francisco and Los Angeles, Air America is doing lousier still.

snip

If some liberals had their way, Congress would regulate political talk radio out of existence. Their logic is that scrapping Air America would be no loss if it also meant getting Limbaugh and Bennett and Sean Hannity off the air.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0421/p09s01-coop.html

(He goes on to say that "people listen to conservative talk because they want to, not because federal regulators force them to." And there's much more in the article, including reasons for why conservative radio is successful and liberal radio is allegedly not.)

Al is really taking him to task on his book.

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7. I laughed out loud when Anderson said he used a blog as a source

He got the Arbitron ratings from the blog instead of going to Arbitron to get the numbers. Then he said that the ratings weren't public knowledge.

Assuming that part is true (I didn't check to see if it is) research for a book should be much more thorough than using a blog as a main source for factual, statistical information.

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6. Just another one of 'The Doomed'

Walking zombies, spouting pre-programmed propaganda until their batteries die out.

One of those.