Progressive pundits try to cover the dismal failure of "progressive talk radio" by first of all shooting and abandoning their wounded... as demonstrated in the following.... defense....


The Bill Press Show

AIR AMERICA DIES; PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO LIVES ON

By Bill Press for The Huffington Post

After years of keeping it alive on life-support, investors have finally pulled the plug on Air America. What difference will that make on progressive talk radio nationwide? Zero.....

.....the surprise is not that Air America died. The surprise is what took it so long. For the last few years, Air America has existed in name only. Which is why, in the thriving and expanding world of progressive talk radio, the absence of Air America will hardly be noticed.

Most of today’s nationally-syndicated, progressive talk show hosts – Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Mike Malloy, Randi Rhodes, and yours truly – have never been, or are no longer, Air America hosts. Our programs will carry on, without interruption or change. And, in every market where we are heard on the air, we will continue to match or beat our conservative competition in both ratings and revenue.

So, no matter what conservative talk show hosts may claim, fear not. The demise of Air America does not mean there is anything wrong with progressive talk radio today.

Air America, the company, may be dead. But progressive radio, the new force in talk radio, lives on – louder and stronger than ever.

Bill highlights as vivid examples of the ongoing power and life in "progressive radio" by listing the following radio progressives..... Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Mike Malloy, Randi Rhodes... and himself of course...

.... and the only thing I can fathom to say to Bill's list of examples of the power of "progressive" radio personalities is....

"Who?"

Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall... and the delicious irony is that progressives are in such a state of shock that they don't even know they are shattered... all they understand right now is the pain.

xtnyoda, shalomed