A poster on the New York Radio Message Board points to the other scandal involving Air America Radio - namely, the liberal radio network's flimsy claim that it broadcasts quality radio:

Last night, I heard a "Best of Majority Report" discussing a special election about to take place in Ohio where a marine who served in Iraq was running for Congress as a Democrat. But we already know he narrowly lost... and the rest of us are talking about Hurricane Katrina and the political fall-out from it... not a month-old election.

Geez, how can this network still be re-running shows from months previous? The Majority Report (stupid name) is hosted by Janeine Garofalo and Sam Sedar. How can BOTH of them be off weeks after Labor Day?

Granted, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, among other conservative radio hosts, take ample amounts of vacation and off-time. But A) when they do, they often have guest hosts and B) they've already developed loyal listener bases. Air America Radio is still struggling for listeners in most markets. Is it wise to air re-runs from just a couple of months ago?

The poster also points to a little-discussed financial scandal at Air America Radio: namely, the fact that it pays Jerry Springer money - any money at all:

Gerry (sic) Springer (9am-noon) is only so-so but at least he brings a big name to the table. He's only been doing this a few months but he's got to inject a bit more levity into his show (Rush has proven that humor is a must, even on political talk radio). And sometimes he relies too much on his callers.

And, after more than a year on the air, does anyone else get the impression that Al Franken simply makes a better radio guest than a radio host? Politics aside, the times when Franken was a guest on Howard Stern's show, it was fun radio. Franken's own program on Air America sounds as if he's taken more than a few doses of haughty pills from John Kerry.