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  • July 2008

    • Savage Defends Attack on Autistic 'Brats'

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 22, 08 2:32 AM CDT

      Savage Defends Attack on Autistic 'Brats'

      Right-wing mouth Michael Savage isn't backing down from his remarks characterizing autistic kids as nothing more than "brats," outraging thousands of parents, the New York Times reports. The radio host said in a broadcast last week that autism was a "fraud" and 99% of cases were created by poor parenting. Dozens of parents demonstrated outside his studio yesterday, and an insurance company has canceled advertising on his program. More »

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      children  • autism  • talk radio  • neurological disorder  • Michael Savage

  • May 2008

    • Forget Video: Radio Killed the Radio Star

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 3, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Forget Video: Radio Killed the Radio Star

      With Howard Stern gone and Don Imus chastened, today's commercial radio is fighting to be heard, the Wall Street Journal reports. What's more, consolidation is depriving stations of a local touch and squelching chances for would-be stars. Plus there aren’t as many “heirs apparent,” said one analyst, “and there used to be.” One new gabber, Adam Carolla, discovered just how vexing post-Stern radio life can be. More »

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      CBS  • radio  • Don Imus  • Sirius  • talk radio  • Howard Stern

  • April 2008

    • Smiley Quits Radio Show After Obama Remarks

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 12, 08 4:05 PM CDT

      Smiley Quits Radio Show After Obama Remarks

      Tavis Smiley is quitting as political analyst for a national radio show after comments he made about Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. Smiley says he’s leaving the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” for personal reasons, but Joyner says otherwise. “The real reason is that he can’t take the hate he’s been getting regarding the Barack issue,” Joyner said. More »

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      Obama 2008  • race relations  • African-American voters  • talk radio  • Tavis Smiley

  • February 2008

    • Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Feb 21, 08 6:12 PM CST

      Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT

      Conservative media figures who previously shunned John McCain stood up for him today—but also said he had it coming to him for wooing the mainstream press, ABC reports. Sean Hannity called the New York Times story on McCain's relationship with a lobbyist “beyond disgraceful." Rush Limbaugh, lumping the media in with the left, said, “The lesson is liberals are to be defeated. You cannot reach across the aisle.” More »

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      John McCain  • New York Times  • Rush Limbaugh  • Vicki Iseman  • talk radio  • Sean Hannity  • Glenn Beck

  • January 2008

    • Rush Limbaugh Rips McCain

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 31, 08 7:07 AM CST

      Rush Limbaugh Rips McCain

      Right-wing pit bull Rush Limbaugh laid into newly anointed GOP frontrunner John McCain yesterday in a mock "non-concession" speech, in which he said McCain is not acceptable to conservatives and blamed the Republican party's "fractured" base for failing to produce a more palatable contender. "All the candidates on our side are uninspiring or worse," groused Limbaugh. More »

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      John McCain  • Republicans  • conservative  • Rush Limbaugh  • talk radio

  • May 2007

    • GOP Finds Itself Tangled in the Web

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 21, 07 9:35 AM CDT

      GOP Finds Itself Tangled in the Web

      The digital divide is widening—between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Websites, blogs and online video aren't the only areas where the GOP trails; fundraising numbers reported in the Washington Post tell a similar story. In the first quarter of 2007, the top three Democrats raked in $14 million online, more than twice the total for the top three Republicans. More »

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      election 2008  • Internet  • Democrats  • Republicans  • YouTube  • campaign fundraising  • talk radio

    • Boston Show Tries Out Imus Sidekick

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  May 18, 07 8:56 PM CDT

      Boston Show Tries Out Imus Sidekick

      Don Imus's old sidekick Bernard McGuirk will audition live next week to be the co-host of "Finneran's Forum," a morning political talk show on Boston's WRKO. McGuirk set off last month's controversy by calling the Rutgers womens' basketball team "hard-core hos." But his potential future co-host, Tom Finneran, is confident there won't be a reprise. More »

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      CBS  • radio  • Boston  • Don Imus  • talk radio

    • XM Fans Irate at Shock Jock Suspension

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 17, 07 4:01 PM CDT

      XM Fans Irate at Shock Jock Suspension

      Fans of "The Opie & Anthony Show" cancelled their satellite radio subscriptions by the hundreds after XM slapped the shock-jock duo with a 30-day suspension earlier this week. Subscribers are accusing the station—which promises uncensored content—of pandering to the FCC so they won't block a pending merger with Sirius. More »

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      FCC  • radio  • merger  • Sirius  • satellite radio  • talk radio  • XM Satellite Radio  • shock jocks

  • April 2007

    • Democratic Soapbox Disappears With Imus

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 13, 07 12:26 PM CDT

      Democratic Soapbox Disappears With Imus

      The cancellation of the Don Imus' show creates a vacuum for Democratic pols  who've used it to reach the white, politically independent men that were Imus's prime audience, the LA Times reports. Democratic candidates like Joe Lieberman,  Chris Dodd, John Kerry, and Harold E. Ford were among those who availed themselves of Imus' s sympathetic ear. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Democrats  • radio  • Don Imus  • talk radio

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