The Shock Jock Racket

Angry citizen reaction to the latest cynical, cyclical outpouring of hateful speech over the public radio airwaves - top-rated talk show host Michael Savage's despicable attack on autistic children as "brats, morons and idiots" - has once again injected America's talk radio problem back into the mainstream news cycle. But why did it take a full week of protests, pressure, pickets, pullouts by advertiser, and stations dropping the program - Savage's remarks ... Full Story »

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Kate Bacon
3.2
by Kate Bacon - Oct. 1, 2008

About time someone took on the Big Media connection to the hate radio rants. While the heads of the Big Media are sitting at their private country clubs, whipping up support for less control of their product, their employees are spewing forth the kind of nonsense outlined in this article. Very few stories are addressing this. Please read and think about this.

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