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

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Times Discovers Turner, Hate Speech

Posted by roc on Jun 30 2009 | Shock Jocks

The New York Times finally discovered — and covered — Internet shock jock Hal Turner, who has, as the Paper of Record at last recorded — “attracted attention from civil rights monitoring groups for his anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic pronouncements, and from authorities in Connecticut, where he was charged earlier this month with inciting violence against state lawmakers.”

And, oh yes — “Last week, Mr. Turner achieved a new level of notoriety after federal authorities charged him with threatening in blog posts to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges. “These judges deserve to be killed,” Mr. Turner wrote on his Web site, turnerradionetwork.com, which has since been taken down. “Their blood will replenish the tree of liberty.”

Shock Jocks blog to NY Times: — What took you so long?

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Turner Threatens Judges

Posted by roc on Jun 26 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Rush on Sanford & Sin: Obama Made Him Do It!

Posted by roc on Jun 26 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Savage Attacks, Media Matters

Posted by roc on Jun 25 2009 | Shock Jocks

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“You Never Can Tell”

Posted by roc on Jun 22 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Beck, O’Reilly “poisonous rhetoric” prevents violence?

Posted by roc on Jun 19 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Talking Shock Jocks with Jeff Farias

Posted by roc on Jun 18 2009 | Shock Jocks

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FCC Nominee Genachowski Opposes Fairness Doctrine

Posted by roc on Jun 16 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Mancow: Obama an “anti-Semite”

Posted by roc on Jun 15 2009 | Shock Jocks

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Dissecting Hate Speech

Posted by roc on Jun 12 2009 | Shock Jocks

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