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    Road to Air America: Breaking the Right Wing Stranglehold on Our Nation's Airwaves by Sheldon Drobny

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    • Pub. Date: October 2004
    • 139pp

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      • Pub. Date: October 2004
      • Publisher: Select Books, Incorporated
      • Format: Hardcover, 139pp

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      "Road to Air America" by Sheldon Drobny, is a candid look behind the scenes of the politics, wealth, and news media that inspired Mr. Drobny's vision and nearly derailed his ability to get America's first all liberal talk-radio network going. From his meetings with President Bill Clinton to his hiring of Al Franken as his marquee on-air talent, Drobny has plenty to say about where our nation's government is heading - and why the news media must stop being a slave to its corporate-owned puppeteers.

      This book shares numerous anecdotes of what its like to be a player in the Democratic Party, including his meetings with Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and presidential candidates John Kerry, Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt.

      "I'm here to show the nay-sayers are wrong," says Drobny. "You can launch a radio network successfully despite the challenges to get funding, despite the right-wing media's slanted coverage and despite getting no cooperation from major distributors or station groups. The liberal voice needs to be heard and here it is."

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      Road to Air America: Breaking the Right Wing Stranglehold on Our Nation's Airwavesby Anonymous

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      August 28, 2005: Drobny was convicted in the 80s of tax fraud its a part of the public record. Does this negate the value of the book? Not necessarily (if we view it as fiction), but given the current fraud investigations surrounding the founding of 'Air America,' and the loss of nearly $1M from the NY Boys and Girls club, the moral of the story is once a huckster, always a huckster. Drobney took money alloted to poor boys and girls in NY and and used it to fund his politcal agenda--even if it turns out to have been legal (thru a loophole), you can decide whether it was moral.

      Road to Air America: Breaking the Right Wing Stranglehold on Our Nation's Airwavesby Anonymous

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      October 29, 2004: If you realy want to understand how the media works today, this book gives you some great insights. It will also help you understand that to change this country for the better, you have to fix the main stream media.