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Media Change We Can Believe In

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Mccain, Obama, Media, Pbs, Van Jones, Rovian Political Partisanship, Media Deregulation, Cpb, Bush Administration Media, Shock Jocks, Npr, Bush Administration, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Netroots, Radio Hate Speech, Media Politics, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Media News
Rory O'Connor

The Bush Administration's default approach toward journalists has been to use them when necessary and bypass them when not.

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McCain Sowing Seeds of Hatred

Rory O'Connor | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Hate Speech, Mccain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, John Lewis, Shock Jocks, 2008 Election, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Rather than rejecting his remarks as ''shocking and beyond the pale,'' McCain should have listened to Lewis, who is one of three people the Arizona Senator said he would "rely heavily on" if elected president.

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Steve Dahl Show Losing One Hour Of Radio Show

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Steve Dahl Show Loses Hour, Chicago Radio, Steve Dahl Show, Shock Jocks, Steve Dahl, CBS Radio, Jack FM, Chicago News

Steve Dahl is losing an hour of his morning radio show on 104.3, WJMK-FM, following what the Sun-Times' Robert Feder called "an alarming decline" in t...

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Shock Jocks, Hate Speech and an O'Reilly Ambush

Rory O'Connor | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Shock Jocks, Fox News, Newsday, Media Research Council, Hate Speech, Brent Bozell, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Rory O'Connor

After Jenna Kern decided to write an Op-Ed for Newsday questioning whether shock jocks and hate speech contributed to the murders in Tennessee, the haters started to come after her as well.

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The Shock Jock Racket

Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Shock Jocks, Michael Savage, Autism, Michael Savage Autism, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Can someone please explain how calling autistic children "morons" is serving the community? Savage shows no shame. Instead, in Orwellian fashion, he is portraying himself as a victim.

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Imus Should Apologize For the Latest Racial Insult

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Rutgers Womenes Basketball Team, Don Imus, Farid Suleman, Black Athletes, Al Sharpton, Wabc Radio, Radio, Shock Jocks, Racial Bigotry, Adam Pacman Jones, Citadel Broadcasting, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Old habits die hard for Imus, especially when it comes to racially stereotyping African-Americans. Citadel Broadcasting must issue a public reprimand of him.

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Is the Tyranny of Right-Wing Radio Coming to an End?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Shock Jocks, Mark Levin, Fcc, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Radio, Hugh Hewitt, The Fairness Doctrine, Mike Pence, Fairness Doctrine, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Conservative fears of an impending Democratic attack on right-wing talk radio continue to escalate, despite ample evidence that such an assault is unlikely to occur.

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Talk Radio's Last Stand?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Joseph Farah, Talk Radio, Newsmax, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Don Imus, Shock Jocks, Michael Savage, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Barack Obama, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Not surprisingly, the concerted conservative focus on limitations of free speech seems more devoted to stirring up the base than combating any real danger.

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California Shock Jocks Gleefully Try To Taint Juries

Washington Post | Ashley Surdin | Posted 05.25.2008 | Media

Read More: John Kobylt, Ken Chiampou, Shock Jocks, Media News

There is such a thing as tainting a jury, and then there is what two Southern California talk show hosts say they are engaging in -- "blatant tainting...

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Shock Jocks Woody And Wilcox Suspended For Slur Against Native Alaskan Women

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Woody and Wilcox, Woody and Wilcox Suspended, Shock Jocks, KBFX Alaska, Media News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A radio station suspended two disc jockeys Tuesday over a derogatory remark about Alaska Native women made on their show, a ...

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