Air America- or "Con" America?

Michelle Malkin has the continuing FLAP about Air America radio, THE AIR AMERICA LOOPHOLE.

Blogger Leon H. takes a hard look at Air America’s latest explanation for the public funding mess involving NYC non-profits.

MSM has finally picked up the story.

Some others following the money:
The Captain - pay the money back!
Macsmind - Stealing from poor kids?
Danny Carlton - Air America has taken to embezzlement.
Venomous Kate - it’s not just the programming that stinks.
Michelle Malkin with LOTS more detail
Isn’t it rich? - Outrage, anyone?
BizzyBlog - Wonders if the liberal network will even be around six months from now.
ItsAPundit
Interested-Participant - Air America possibly in the cross hairs of an embarrassing scandal.
Basil’s Blog - Breakfast Special
The Pirate’s Cove - How low can you go?
Two Babes and a Brain - Sorry kids, guess you’ll have to make due with deflated soccer balls.
Decision ‘08 - Sure looks like Air America benefitted from diverted funds intended for inner-city youth.
Mrs. Greyhawk - Why isn’t the NYT covering this scandal?
Cannuckistan Chronicles - …if you’re “Air America”, you hijack funding that was supposed to go toward inner city kids.
JunkYardBlog - Stealing from the poor to make themselves rich?
Red State Rant - out of the mouths of babes.
The Llama Butchers - Al Franken is a big fat thief.
Ace of Spades HQ - Are you kidding me?
Commonwealth Conservative - Air America stealing from poor kids?
Jeff the Babtist - Answer to Air America’s funding problems - fraud.
Say Anything - Air America could be in big trouble.
Almost Daily - There’s a stink in the Air America
Independent Sources - Air America’s Failings No Longer Funny
Literal Barrage - Al Franken Is A Big, Fat Liar Who Steals From Poor Kids And Old People
Jeff Gannon - Liberal radio more important than inner-city kids’ programs?
Michelle Malkin, Double Toothpicks,

Be sure to check out the simplified version of this post and also further analysis here and here!

In tracking the recent Air America fiasco, it came to me that there was much to this story that I didn't properly understand.

Air America Steals Half Million Dollars From Bronx Kids Charity

And the kicker is they're not sorry... Here's the short version of the story, covered first by Brian Maloney with followups from Michelle Malkin and Captain Ed. The leader of the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Club, Charles Rosen, reportedly loaned $480,000 in the startup Air America radio network, at the request...

[Full Story]

Here's the transcript of the CNN "Inside Politcs" segment on Air America's Children's Crusade:

Franken Unaware Of Ex-Colleague's Alleged Loans (Err America $$$ Scandal)

Robin Hood and Air America - ($480K transferred from public funds to Franken's Air America!)

AIR AMERICA: STEALING FROM POOR KIDS?!

Report: Air America Funding Probed

KEYWORDS: AIRAMERICA; ALFRANKEN;

The Muckraking N.Y. Times (John Roberts' children, by Michelle Malkin) -- Well, now we know why the NYTimes hasn't bothered to cover Air Enron/Air Scamerica. They're too preoccupied with prying into the adoption records of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' young children,

John H. at Power Line: "[N]ow that the Times' investigation into John Roberts' four and five year old children has fizzled out and been abandoned, can they free up some resources to start checking into Air America's financial chicanery?"

Fortunately, plenty of others are covering the story while the Times twiddles its thumbs. The latest:

Investor's Business Daily
Washington Times
New York Post
Power Line
Radio Blogger
Hugh Hewitt (Hugh's new Daily Standard column is here).
Edward Morrissey
Rush Limbaugh
Austin Bay
Leon H. at Macho Nachos has a follow up on Air America and legal matters
Scrappleface spoofs: "Air America Hires Dan Rather as Scandal Spokesman"

The New York Sun's David Lombino is undoubtedly digging further.

And, of course, Brian Maloney at the Radio Equalizer remains the first and last stop for news and analysis.

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The Air Out There (What did Al Franken know, and when did he know it?)
-- It appears that Air America, the liberal talk radio network, received in its startup period a six-figure loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. This is an organization that receives most of its funds from government agencies and is supposed to provide services to children and Alzheimer's patients.


Air America listeners to the rescue?
-- Air America's kids-for-kilowatts scandal.


Liberals Shift Strategy; Left: Time To Fight Back Over Air America