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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What’s the Right Response to Hate Speech in the Media? (Audio)

Posted by roc on Aug 28 2009 | Shock Jocks

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In this edition of the Your Call with Rose Aguilar on KALW-FM in San Francisco, featuring Shock Jocks author Rory O’Connor, we try to define the line between appropriate and inappropriate statements on the airwaves. What exactly qualifies as hate speech? And when hateful words go viral online, do broadcast regulations still matter?

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