A Stench in the "Air"

This week began with the news of an ongoing investigation of payola involving some of the largest broadcasting companies in the world. Now there is news the the liberal pep rally known as "Air America" is reportedly been caught up in a probe into whether funds for after-school programs for poor children in New York City have been improperly diverted.

The city's Department of Investigation is said to be examining allegations that hundreds of thousands of city dollars were illegally invested in the liberal radio network by the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx, according to a report earlier this month in the Bronx News.

Evan Cohen, who resigned under fire as chairman of Air America Radio shortly after the network began in 2003, served as director of development for the Gloria Wise Club, the paper said.

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