[BREAK] Media Matters has posted a memo listing corporations that are demanding that ABC radio make certain none of their commercials are played when ABC affiliates run a program put out by Air America Raidio. (AAR)

Media Matters - ABC memo reveals Air America advertiser blacklist

No matter if you consider yourself a Democrat, a Liberal or hide behind the "Progressive" label, and whether you are a fan of Air America Radio (AAR) or not, having these corporations demand that "NONE of their commercials air during AIR AMERICA programming." should cause you to react with a bit of justifiable anger. If you are as Liberal as I, you consider AAR a more mainstream outlet. One akin to where NPR was, pre-Reagan. Certainly no militant lefty-media bugle. So, if those corporations have no problem with their commercials running during other shows carried on ABC stations, like Hannity, Rush and Michael Weiner (Savage), how dare they demand their ads not run when an Al Frankin or Sam Seder show is run by an ABC affiliate? I only wish there were a radio network Liberal enough to carry a host who might really set corporate teeth on edge, like a Mike Malloy once did on AAR. But AAR, for all the bashing by the right-wing loonies, is really not a radical Liberal war drum. Not agreeing with the shredding of the Constitution by the Bushies and the illegal war in Iraq places AAR with the majority of Americans, according to the recent polls. So, one can only hope that the same majorities who agree with AAR's hosts will now begin looking at the names on that memo when thinking of things to avoid. While I can't really have any effect on the US Navy or the US Postal Service, I'll be skipping McDonalds from now on, and looking at the memo before making other purchases. (Also note that MicroSoft is on the list. If you'll use the "Take back the web" graphic on the top left of this blog's home page, you can kill two birds with a single click! Get the superior Firefox browser, and stick a sharp stick in the faulty MicroSoft Internet Explorer's eye!) [/BREAK]