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Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting

Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting. Onelia Alvarado Gwen Darosh Annie Tornielli. Background. KRFP-AM – an all-talk-format radio station Trevor Van Lansing Most controversial show 3-7 pm. Examples of Controversy.

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Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting

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  1. Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting Onelia Alvarado Gwen Darosh Annie Tornielli

  2. Background • KRFP-AM – an all-talk-format radio station • Trevor Van Lansing • Most controversial show • 3-7 pm (Simmons 286)

  3. Examples of Controversy “All these irresponsible whores are the same. They get knocked up by some construction worker, then expect the taxpayers to pay for them to sit around the house all day and watch Oprah Winfrey” (Simmons 285)

  4. Examples of Controversy “Why don’t you tell your buddies to work for what they get like us Caucasians? All you do anyway is steal from the guys you don’t like and then take their women.” (Simmons 285)

  5. $$$ • Show is a bona fide moneymaker. • The station’s ratings jumped radically when Van Lansing was hired. • Advertising revenues have tripled. (Simmons 286)

  6. 1st Amendment Rights • “Radio is a business. You have to give the audience what they want” • “We live in a country where guys like me can express an opinion” • “That’s what the First Amendment is all about” (Simmons 286)

  7. Discussion Questions 1. How are the lyrics of rapper Eminem like or unlike Van Lansing’s rants? Is an artist subject to different restrictions (Patterson, Wilkins 286)

  8. Discussion Questions 2. What, if any, are the differences between Van Lansing’s legal right to do what he does and the ethical implications of what he does? (Patterson, Wilkins 286)

  9. Discussion Questions 3. How does Van Lansing’s narrow view of the world differ from a television situation comedy that stereotypes blondes as dumb, blue-collar workers as bigoted, etc.? (Patterson, Wilkens 287)

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