Go Cheney Cheney

This week the Liberal Talk Show Hosts had a field to themselves with the Cheney shooting incident in Texas.

Sadly, only a few of them made decent use of the chance of a lifetime.

If one talks about missed opportunities, this was the week.

The top two hosts did not miss a trick. But the others just prattled on without any focus.

Talk about the Democratic Party being in disarray - the majority of Liberal Talk Show Hosts appear to be even worse.

This was not the time to play around. This was the time to be deadly serious and bring the country around.

Here was the time to demand accountability not only of the Executive but also the compliant politicians, but also a sleep-walking media.

Thom Hartmann also missed a golden opportunity when he was talking to Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Just when she had told him how she had quoted him on the House Floor and she had been struck out of order for quoting Thom, Thom went for a commercial break - and when he got back there was no Congresswoman around!

Ratings for the week ended 18th February 2006:

1. Mike Malloy Show hosted by Mike Malloy and Peter Werbe ***** 5 shows a week


2. Nightcall hosted by Peter Werbe ***** 1 show a week


3. Bernie Ward ***** 4 shows a week


4. Ring of Fire (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio) ***** 1 show a week


5. Laura Flanders **** 2 shows a week


6. Ray Taliferro **** 5 shows a week


7. Politically Direct (David Bender) **** 1 show a week


8. Ecotalk (Betsy Rosenberg) **** 1 show a week


9. The Randi Rhodes Show **** 5 shows a week


10. Thom Hartmann *** 5 shows a week


11. Air America Mornings (Mark Riley 0500 - 0700 and Rachel Maddow 0700 - 0900) ***


12. The Majority Report (Janeane Garofalo, Sam Seder) ** 5 shows a week


13. Nate Clay ** 1 show a week


14. John Rothmann ** 2 shows a week


15. The Young Turks (Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz and Jill Pike) ** 5 shows a week


16. Ed Schultz** 5 shows a week


17. Mike Webb ** 5 shows a week

Unrated this week:

• The Stephanie Miller Show 5 shows a week - Not Live


• Revolution in the Air (Lizz Brown) ** 5 shows a week Unrated - Not Live


• Radio Inside Scoop (Mark Levine) ***4 shows a week Unrated - Not Live


• The Al Franken Show 5 shows a week


• Springer on the Radio (Jerry Springer) 5 shows a week


• Guy James 1 show a week - Not on air currently


• Morning Sedition (Marc Maron, Mark Riley) *** 5 shows a week Removed from Air America Schedule

Have a great week.