What to call what Rush Limbaugh does

[George Thompson]

I incline toward "nattering nabob of negativity", myself.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 0:46 am
Subject: What to call what Rush Limbaugh does
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

> 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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