Stories by Rory O'Connor
Filmmaker and journalist Rory O'Connor is the author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio" (AlterNet Books, 2008). O'Connor also writes the Media Is A Plural blog.
Denial was the order of the day at a meeting of news chiefs from network TV.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009, Source: RoryOConnor.org
Powerful prosecutor and public figure Patrick Fitzgerald has been waging a chilling private jihad aimed at "killing" a book critical of him.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009, Source: MediaChannel.org
Comments by host Jon Justice could prove to be the spark that turns ominous hate speech into real-life acts of hatred.
Posted on Aug 21, 2008, Source: RoryOConnor.org
1 in 150 kids have some form of autism. Saying that it's all just a racket to make money is beneath contempt.
Posted on Jul 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The media and Democrats need to stop buying into -- and promoting -- the so-called "Limbaugh effect."
Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: AlterNet