What to call what Rush Limbaugh does

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Mon Nov 16 13:24:48 UTC 2009


The term "hate radio" is a pretty common currently.

--Charlie
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>Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:45:55 -0500
>From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> (on behalf of "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>)
>Subject: What to call what Rush Limbaugh does
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>What do we call the type of nasty political commentary on radio
>exemplified by Rush Limbaugh?  I thought "shock radio", does that
>have more with sexual content?  On the other hand, NPR says "The
>firing of talk radio host Don Imus is a blow to shock radio. But the
>kind of edgy, often offensive commentary and entertainment Imus
>offered is not likely to disappear from the airwaves."
>
>Joel
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