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Op-Ed: Overlooked and over the top
By Ben Fishel
Last year, radio host Don Imus ingloriously exited talk radio after referring to the Rutgers University's women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." But Imus is by no means alone on our nation's airwaves in making what he described as "thoughtless and stupid" comments. Read more
Immigrants, women, minorities, autistic children: Conservative radio's vitriol not reserved for Obama
These same radio hosts were by no means discerning in their vitriol and did not save their ire solely for Obama. The smears ran the gamut, both in the context of the 2008 election and beyond. Immigrants, female politicians (and women in general), the LGBT community, the poor and homeless, minorities, progressives, unions, college students, and even autistic children were targets of these radio personalities' invective. Read more
It's not just Limbaugh and Hannity
Beyond the echelon of widely known conservative radio hosts with national audiences lies a vast network of lesser-known syndicated and regional radio hosts who have become key components of an echo chamber for conservative talking points and falsehoods. Like their better-known counterparts, these syndicated and regional radio hosts have played active roles this election season in promoting falsehoods and smears in an all-out effort to foment hate and distrust among their listeners for the senator who is now president-elect. Read more
