This America Undercover documentary charts the long-anticipated rise, scandalous near-fall and subsequent salvation of Air America Radio, a liberal radio network geared towards those whose opinions skew a bit more to the Left of the Dial. Told through verite footage shot at the New York-based station over a nine-month period, the film provides revealing profiles of management and on-air talent, ranging from those with little or no past radio experience, to those with national fame (or notoriety). The latter includes noted TV satirist and author Al Franken, whose on-air inaugural words promise, an end to the right-wing dominance of talk radio, a beginning of a battle for truth, a battle for justice, a battle indeed for America itself. Wishful thinking?
Follows the obstacles in starting the liberal radio network Air America Radio.
