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Perhaps expecting some support from shock-jock Howard Stern, Portnoy appeared on his show only for Stern to tell him that it was "kind of seedy" and that "I have three daughters and I gotta tell you, Dave, I would never post a picture of a child and comment on their genitals, and I'm known for outrageous commentary."
Tiger Woods pips LeBron James and Madonna to worst tipster top spot 2011
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So I switched to the shitty rock station, which has a “wacky” shock-jock morning program.
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In a New York Times column last June, David Brooks wrote that a new commentariat of young conservative writers — such as Julian Sanchez, Megan McArdle and Will Wilkinson — has come of age “as official conservatism slipped into decrepitude ... put off by the shock-jock rhetorical style of Ann Coulter.”
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Personally, I think she's hoping to be the next radio shock-jock a la Rush Limbaugh; it makes sense with her sensationalist and whining nature – and it pays a heck of a lot more than the presidency!
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In January 1990, I was interviewed by a radio shock-jock whose only intent was to ridicule Little People.
Angela Van Etten: Dwarf Tossing and Exploitation Angela Van Etten 2011
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Yesterday, Media Matters highlighted statements made by “shock-jock” radio host Michael Savage on his Friday show in which he lashed out at immigrant “gang-bangers” for “destroying California.”
Wonk Room » Savage Blames Immigrant ‘Gang-Bangers’ For ‘Destroying California’ 2009
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Mike brings his public access show and shock-jock antics to her doorstep which ruins all of her sensibilities.
Movie Reviews: Summer Splash | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Cinephiles dig his edgier work, like the disgraced shock-jock seeking redemption in The Fisher King (1991), the plane-crash survivor in Fearless (1993) or the Texas kid without much future in The Last Picture Show (1971) — his second film, which brought his first Oscar nomination.
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In January 1990, I was interviewed by a radio shock-jock whose only intent was to ridicule Little People.
Angela Van Etten: Dwarf Tossing and Exploitation Angela Van Etten 2011
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In January 1990, I was interviewed by a radio shock-jock whose only intent was to ridicule Little People.
Angela Van Etten: Dwarf Tossing and Exploitation Angela Van Etten 2011
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