Chuck D.

I found Air America the Playbook to be tiresome. More like a graphic illustrational foray into subculture, punk rock art, it was not only unfunny but its font was difficult to read - there is something to be said for serif!

Yes, I reside on the other side of the political aisle so I guess I would find the humor less funny from the outset, but the contributions from on-air personalities were cruel attacks at their opponents vaguely cloaked in sardonicism. I suppose even after President Obama's call for a new civility, they would still depict an elected official's head on a plaque like a prized buck.

I am void of a sense of humor and have shared laughter at those who castigate The Right, but the majority of this book as nowhere near that level of discerning satire.… (más)

It seems somehow sadly fitting that Air America: The Playbook hit the bookshelves less than four weeks before Air America Radio filed for bankruptcy. Just as the radio network's financial problems seem to display some degree of a lack of planning and execution, the playbook also suffers a lack of focus and goals. In that respect, it is also illustrative of the often self-inflicted problems liberals and the liberal media have had in going on the offensive in America.

The Playbook is a collection of interview transcripts, original writings and humor from the staff of Air America. The problem is that you're never quite sure what niche the book is intended to fill. Does it want to be a humorous like Al Franken's prior works or The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book)? Does it want to be a "Best of Air America"? Does it want to be a vehicle by which Air America's hosts and contributors present their expositions and views of liberal ideas and the errors of the Bush Administration? While there's nothing wrong with trying to blend such approaches, The Playbook tends to weave from one to another like a football back in the midst of a broken play.

Read rest of review at http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=876… (más)