This intriguing, eye-opening and hugely important work is a must read account of the dangers of blurring opinion, journalism and entertainment -- at the expense of our democratic discourse and ideals.

--Walter Cronkite

Rory O'Connor and Aaron Cutler, in this admirable example of whistleblowing, do for talk radio in our time what Upton Sinclair and George Seldes did for the press in their time.

--Howard Zinn

O'Connor and Aaron Cutler deliver a lively, well deserved punch in the nose to these powerful bloviators.

--Ken Auletta

Rory O'Connor is one of the smartest media guys around... a devastating portrait of the avarice, cynicism, and psychopathology of one of the strangest media phenomena of our time: the shock jock.

--Michael Wolff

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Rory on WGBH’s Greater Boston, Clear Channel Philadelphia

Posted by Shocked on Jul 25 2008 | Shock Jocks, Press, Audio, Video

WGBH, a PBS affiliate in Boston, invited Rory to talk about Shock Jocks–watch the video here!

And don’t miss this mp3 of Rory’s excellent in-depth interview by Loraine Ballard Morrill on Clear Channel’s Philly-based WDAS-FM and 104.5. Ms. Morrill is Clear Channel Philadelphia’s Director of News and Community Affairs.

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