Stephanie Miller and Dr. Laura Shock Jocks? Newsweek's Ignorance Shocking

[babylonsister]

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Stephanie Miller and Dr. Laura Shock Jocks? Newsweek's Ignorance Shocking
by Steve Young | Apr 20 2007


This week Newsweek closed out the "Wailing on Dom Imus's Carcass" era - whatever the Virginia Tech tragedy didn't finish off - offering the world their notion of the state of shock-jockeydom.

But shock upon shock, Newsweek either has no comprehension what a shock jock is or they never listened to the radio talk show hosts they listed.

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But the most off base had to be their listing of Jones Radio's Stephanie Miller. Oh, they said she was funny, however no where does it say that funny need make one a shock jock. You may laugh at a shocker's funny, but not for long. Picture Andrew Dice Clay. Stand up comics have been f*ck-prefacing their punchlines for years to make their material work. That lasts just long before it's only tedious. Think Andrew Dice Clay. Toss clever into the mix, and no matter how loud or surprising the material, it doesn't fall within the parameters of the shock jock.

When the funny personality is also disarming, it's even more difficult to label him or her a shock jock. Limbaugh, the king of all the Right's Lords of Loud, thinks Miller's a babe. First in line to Limbaugh's crown, Hannity, hugged her...in front of other right wing hosts. When your opposition falls under your spell, you're not a shock jock. You're adorable. Name me an adorable shock jock...except for maybe Glenn Beck, but that's only because he says what everybody's thinkin'...if you think offensively.

Miller's side-kick, Jim Ward, makes the "shock-jockey" delineation even more off base. One need only listen to the content of his material to know that "clever" or "brilliant" fit far more comfortably than "shock" or even "jock."

Stephanie Miller and Dr. Laura shock jocks? Right. And Newsweek is The New York Post.
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[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. So is Randi Rhodes, according to Paula Zahn

It's the false equivalence b.s. Wingnuts will bleat if they don't come up with some examples of libruls to "balance" the appalling commentary of bigots like Limbaugh and Savage. They are so chicken-livered they do it now without prompting.

[BuyingThyme]

2. Well, it's shocking that Laura has not been arrested for pretending to be a medical doctor.

[Canuckistanian]

4. She IS a Certified Busybody and a Registered Sanctimonius Hypocrite

As in DR. Laura Schlessinger, BS, PhD, CB, RSH.

[baldguy]

3. Newsweek IS The New York Post

There are no more serious weekly news magazines: USN&WR went off the RW deep end many years ago, Time & Newsweak ave followed suit. All the others are opinion journals.