AAR program director, kindly kiss my ass

[adrienmundi]

(text of the letter I sent to Air America Radio)

I am incredibly disheartened to hear that Unfiltered will be leaving AAR once and for all. Over the course of the past year, it has been discouraging to watch what started as a bright beacon of progressive information and commentary gradually devolve into just another talk radio network. AAR has moved from progressive to "liberal" (in the sense it's applied to the "liberal media": not at all liberal, just tired recitations of anemic pseudo-positions with no force). The loss of Rachel Maddow and Chuck D, two representatives of diverse, progressive, well informed perspectives, effectively guarantees that I will no longer listen to AAR. If I want the shrill sexism and pandering cheap shots that has come to represent AAR, I can find that anywhere; I have no reason to seek out AAR. I can only assume that this is the economic mirror of the failed Democratic idea of becoming more like conservatives/Republicans. We have seen where this leads, politically; there is no reason to suspect it will lead anywhere else economically.

Adrien Tower
Decatur GA
ex AAR listener, WWAA

Comments

Re: Unfiltered has been my favorite also

[adrienmundi]

If it is an April Fool's joke, it's a brutal one. But, in light of the Liz Winstead mystery disappearance, it seems like it could easily be just another management decision of the increasingly corporatized AAR.

Today was a repeat...

[fierce-rabbit.livejournal.com]

...not a good sign.

Sad. Very sad.

Re: Today was a repeat...

[adrienmundi]

Rachel did say that she'd be out of town until Tuesday night (taking a trainride across Canada), so that the "best of" would be in place Monday and Tuesday, but that she'd definitely be back Wednesday, for the last two days. Still, yeah, very sad.

Great

[fierce-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Today's "Morning Sedition" was yap-yap-yap about "Shiavopaloosa" (as Rachel called it).

I may stop listening altogether.

Maybe that's exactly what "they" want.

Re: Great

[adrienmundi]

I can't listen to MS: Mark Maron is such an ass who respects no one that I just can't stomach him (I put him in the same boat as Randy Rhodes, who's a supersexist and essentialist, but still calls herself a "feminist".) I just don't think humor at the expense of entire classes of people is funny, especially on a so-called liberal/progressive outlet.

I agree...

[fierce-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Randi is a "distaff" Limbaugh...though smarter and more well read. She's very popular though. Wait! What's that drum beat in the distance? ;-)

Al Franken is better read and edited. I like Tom Harmon

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Randi is a "distaff" Limbaugh...though smarter and more well read. She's very popular though. Wait! What's that drum beat in the distance? ;-)

Al Franken is better read and edited. I like Tom Harmon <sp?> who substitutes for Randi sometimes. It'd be great if they moved him into Franken's spot as they broadcast at the same time.