On AlterNet: shock jocks

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "shock jocks"

The Most Outrageous Media Comments of 2009 -- Glenn Beck Takes the Cake

Media Matters for AmericaDecember 29, 2009.

The election of the first black U.S. president led to a slew of racially charged comments that were truly shocking, but that's only the tip of the right-wing iceberg.

Meet the Man Who Is Taking On Glenn Beck

Staff, The Young Turks AlterNet: Video. August 25, 2009.

ColorofChange.org's James Rucker talks about the campaign that has been stripping Beck of advertisers one by one.

As If Limbaugh and Beck Weren't Bad Enough, the Granddaddy of Hate Radio Is Back on the Air

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. August 24, 2009.

Bob Grant taught a generation of conservative talkers how to channel white rage, until a listener boycott helped push him off the air. Now he's back.

Michael Savage Feels Oppressed

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 18, 2009.

The shock jock is worried that the "Christian heterosexual married male" is under attack.

Shock Jock Michael Savage's Big Gay Apocalypse

Eli, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 26, 2008.

I have this theory that Michael Savage's primary purpose in life is to make Rush Limbaugh look tolerant and sane.

Savage Attacks Progressive Film Company for Telling the Truth

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. October 3, 2008.

The notoriously hate-filled shock jock Michael Savage managed to get YouTube to shut down Brave New Films account.

Bill Moyers: Rage on the Radio, the Shock Jocks Rory O'Connor Has Warned Us About

ZP Heller, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. September 14, 2008.

Watch just how damaging right-wing hate speech can be.

Bill O'Reilly All too Ready for World War III

Satyam, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Media and Technology. August 12, 2008.

Despite Russia-Georgia cease-fire, O'Reilly says WW III is "on the horizon."

Talk Radio and the Conspiracy to Kill

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. August 1, 2008.

Would Jim Adkisson have killed without prompting from extreme right-wing talkers?

Shock Jock Savage Spews Hate at Autistic Kids; Are His Enablers Ready to Abandon Ship?

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. July 25, 2008.

1 in 150 kids have some form of autism. Saying that it's all just a racket to make money is beneath contempt.

Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. July 10, 2008.

Author Rory O'Connor takes on Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus, Michael Savage, and the rest in his latest book.

Fighting Against Radio's Hate-Spreading Shock Jocks

AlterNet BooksJuly 1, 2008.

Right-wing radio shock jocks are filling the airwaves with racist and sexist hate speech. Our new book takes the issue head on. With video.

Laura Ingraham: Right-Wing Radio's High Priestess of Hate

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet Books. June 7, 2008.

Shock radio host Ingraham is a master of sounding funny and appealing while dishing out the same hate speech as Sean Hannity.

The Most Savage Shock Jock of Them All

Rory O'Connor, Aaron Cutler, AlterNet Books. May 23, 2008.

An excerpt from AlterNet's newest book, Shock Jocks: Hate Speech & Talk Radio.

Shocking But True: Imus Returns to Radio

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. November 2, 2007.

The "Rasputin of radio" is back, ready to beat down the defenseless for more cheap laughs.