The Shock Jock Racket

Media is a Plural by Rory O'Connor | Jul. 25, 2008 (Opinion)

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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by Sheila Evans - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a good article detailing the latest in a long list of outrages by those who have figured out that shock has value with the desensitized amurrican public. If the people of this country were not so numbed down, they wouldn't need the shocks to stimulate. If people didn't turn their dials to the stations that support the shock jocks, they would go away. Boycott and market forces are the solution to the problem stated in this story. As long as people are willing to listen, the shock jocks will rake in the money and laugh all the way to the bank.