F*cker Tarlson is the latest victim as the Wingnut Welfare financiers hedge their positions in an increasingly reality-based market.

Who would have known that investing in massive airtime for an annoying, screechy, conservative prick would not garner any kind of significant audience following?

The lefty bloggers could have told you, and they were right about the mortgage thing too. But they don’t wear fancy bow ties on the Teevee so nobody should pay attention to them.

Is the propaganda value of unbearably crappy right-wing pundits worth the expense of propping them up financially?

The assumption used to be that Real Americans had an innate thirst for racist, crypto-fascist, social darwinist mindfucking. Rush Limbpalls clones sprung up across the nation. It was a goldmine.

But that was when there were no other options in broadcast media. Now, with the internets, Air America and the obvious, massive failure of conservatism, things look to be changing.

There’s the recent demise of Melanie Morgan.

Citadel had a fourth quarter net loss of $848 million, or $3.24 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.1 million on a penny a share during the same quarter in 2006.

Who’s next?

UPDATE: news comes via Teh Editorz.