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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Shock Jocks Almost Rates a Mention in Newsday Op-Ed

Posted by D. J. Waletzky on Aug 13 2008 | Shock Jocks

Jenna Kern-Rugile writes about shock jocks and the Tennessee Unitarian church shootings, and even quotes a phone interview with Rory, but misidentifies him slightly:

When I asked Rory O’Connor, author of a study of shock jocks and hate speech, for his take on the shootings, he replied, “Sure, these guys hold some responsibility for what happened, but we all hold responsibility - particularly anyone who hasn’t stood up and spoken out against hate speech. We’re all contributing to the climate where people are being dehumanized because of their beliefs.”

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