Franken DOA - and did you know AOL News is the NY Times?

The following is copied from a Chron News article:
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Let me break down Air America’s three prime shows and its poll numbers. The
question asked by AOL was ''Rate the person’s appeal as a Radio Host.''

On the 9:00 AM slot, you have a show called ''Unfiltered'' hosted by a
thug rapper named Chuck D. Chuck D belongs to a band called Public Enemy.
What a terrific image for a group that plans to take back America.

Feel free to disagree with me if you wish, but the AOL Poll seems to be
in my favor. A large 70% felt that static was better than listening to Chuck
D, 16% thought the show was worth a try, and 14% thought he was a
''must-listen.'' Over 78,813 people voted on this poll.

Filling in the noon slot, you have ''The O’Franken Factor'' hosted by
loud-mouth weasel, Al Franken. The title of the program is a parody of a much
more successful talk show called ''The O’Reilly Factor.'' Both Franken and
O’Reilly have been going at it tooth and nail for the last year and leave it
to Franken to fight dirty with using a mock name to get listeners. After all,
it’s what he does best.

Once again, the poll goes against Al Franken: 55% of the people would
rather listen to static, 34% believe he is a ''must-listen'' and 11% believe he
is worth a try. Not decent numbers for a man that plans to take Hannity and
Limbaugh down in the ratings. Over 106,632 people voted on this very
interesting census.

Occupying the eight o’clock primetime spot is actress and comedian
Janeane Garofalo, host of ''The Majority Report.'' I guess Janeane believes
she has radio experience since she played as a radio-talk personality in one of
her movies entitled: ''The Truth about Cats and Dogs.'' I’ve noticed that
entertainers seem believe they are what they pretend to be. Something I
believe is a dangerous notion if you stop and think about it.

As for the poorly misguided title of her show, I guess she couldn’t
use ''The Minority Report'' in fear that Steven Spielberg might sue her.
According to over 89,733 people, 62% believe that static is better to listen
to, 24% believe she’s a ''must-listen,'' while a whopping 14% believe she is
worth a try.

It looks as if Air America will be facing a very bitter future if the
opinion polls mean anything.

Some whiny liberals will claim that I’m being unfair or biased to Air
America and it’s list of failing hosts, but their argument will hold no
merit. I did not get my sources from NewsMax or a FNC Poll, but from AOL News,
an affiliate with the New York Times.
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Incidentally, its fascinating to do the AOL polls on PC issues. Asuming AOL
users and respondents represent a fair cross section, its amazing how often an
obvious " PC spin" on a story is countered by the poll results in a big way.
For instance, re: the Passion, in "reporting" on the movie, each of the four or
five bullets on the screen was actually a perjorative akin to "Read how Mel
stopped beating his wife".

And then, the poll question will be something inane like " Is Mel making too
much money?" Invariably, the results were a landslide against the PC spin that
the Times was hoping to elicit.

Thennnn - when you went on to the message boards, it was obvious that most were
posted by full time anti mel zealots including people capable of "archiving
posts" within minutes. Ergo - the stroy is spun, but the people express
otherwise, and then the boards are again controlled to be 75% pro spin.

For instance, I posted the observation that the romans were actually portrayed
as being 100 time as bloodthirsty as any of the priests - and this message
lasted about 10 minutes before being eliminated.

Very Orwellian.

Incidentally, I think Franken is a great satirist but satire can be very
redundant and very derivative after a short time and that is why this concept
can never stand on its own merits.