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EPISODE · Sep 12, 2008 · 56 MIN

Rage on the Radio

from Bill Moyers Journal (Audio) | PBS · host Bill Moyers Journal

What happens when America's airwaves fill with hate? Bill Moyers Journal takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation's political discourse. The Journal traveled to Knoxville, where a recent shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church has left the pastor asking what role hateful speech from popular right-wing media personalities may have played in the tragedy. Also, NEWSDAY's les Payne and ON THE MEDIA's Brooke Gladstone on the press, the public, the candidates and the campaign.

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