Time to go after the real shock jocks...
From LRC
Though I find her pseudo-defense of Imus to be more ridiculous than apalling, Lila Rajiva's point about the real shock jocks, the ones who actually have influence on policy in Washington and elsewhere, is well taken.
Some examples:
"I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way ( Read more... )
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It remains to be seen whether these right-wing shock jocks will be put on notice, or whether the true double standard in the industry is that these guys, in favour with the current administration, are exempt.
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Oh, granted! I never even thought about the guy until confronted by some dumb thing or other that he said, and I had no use for him whatsoever. I still believe that this whole matter has been handled very poorly, and he has been treated very shabbily by people who never seemed to have a problem with appearing on his show, and tolerating the idiotic things he has said in the past. Now, this is being used as an excuse to lay into hip hop and claim that Imus was influenced by that community's attitude toward women. Poppycock! All the while, I suspect Beck, Limbaugh & Co. are having a chuckle at a situation in which the racist and sexist comment made by an old white guy is blamed on young black men. That's rich!
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