Air Arianna: Once More Into The Breach, Dear HuffPo!

Air America has folded — again, but, it seems, permanently. Two dominant reactions seem to have emerged: Disappointment that a liberal, progressive radio empire couldn’t make it, and an utter lack of surprise. The LAT’s James Rainey blamed Air America’s failure on “Bad radio. Boring radio. Preachy radio”; as the NYT’s Brian Stelter noted , Daily Kos founder and hyper-liberal Markos Moulitsas responded with “Air America was still really on the air?” However saddened people are by the loss of the flagship liberal bastion, it doesn’t sound like anyone actually listened. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for a liberal radio juggernaut — just maybe not on the radio. And that’s where HuffPo comes ...