Posted on 09/14/2006 4:18:38 AM PDT by libstripper
THAT'S AL, FOLKS Franken wants a paycheckIs Air America Radio going belly up? The troubled left-leaning network is dismissing yesterday's report by Think Progress that it plans to file for bankruptcy on Friday. But you know things must be bad when even your top star can't get paid. "I don't know if that's true or not," Al Franken told Radar late Wednesday, when asked about the bankruptcy report. "We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven't been paid in a while. Like, there's no cash flowing to me."
It's not the first time Franken has gone without a salary. Air America ran out of money promptly after it launched in 2004, after disgraced former chairman Evan Cohen inflated the amount of money he had raised to fund the network.
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I am sure then, Al Franken is getting paid what he is worth.
Finally he is being paid what he's worth.
Proof of the existence of God.
Al F is getting paid what..Hey! there's a tremendous echo in here!
And what ever that is , I am sure it is too much!
I seem to recall Al being given $$ up front.
If he is off the air, does he have to give some of the money back?
I can't believe Soros's check bounced.
The only "flow" related to Al is the stream of sewage from out of his mouth.
Air America needed a Rush or Sean Hannity to be a success. Franken and Randi Rhodes were the best they could do. Goes to show. Not only are conservatives better armed, we're funnier and more interesting, too.
You know what they say - Money Talks, BS Walks!
Of course. They blew their wad buying up radio stations that ran on 9 volt batteries.
Franken's time at Air America Radio has not been without some scandal and controversy. In September of 2005, The New York Sun reported that Al Franken was among the signers of a confidential agreement in November 2004 that said the Air America network would repay $875,000 it had borrowed from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, a Bronx nonprofit organization. [4] The legality of the loan is under criminal investigation by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Although Al Franken was one of the signers of the November 2004 confidential agreement to repay the Gloria Wise loan, Franken maintains that he was not aware of the details regarding Gloria Wise in the agreement and simply signed it under the advice of legal counsel (see Air America-Gloria Wise loan controversy). On September 8, 2005, The New York Sun quoted Air America CEO Danny Goldberg's defense of Al Franken: "Al Franken does not have and never had any responsibility for this loan." [5] Piquant LLC, the parent company of Air America, has repaid the entire $875,000 into an escrow account. [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken
Guess it's time for Al-Franken to write another book with Rush's name in the title so he can make his rent payments.
He attended Harvard University and graduated cum laude in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in government.
The things you learn at Wikipedia.
This whole Air America debacle would make a great Saturday Night Live skit.
They rot from the head down too.
Airhead America, despite huge media hype at its launch, crashes due to lack of listeners. Why am I not surprised?
They were redundant. The Corrupt Liberal Media(CLM) had all the bases covered long before Airhead America was created.
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