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In the wake of president Obama\u2019s speech this week on the massacre in Arizona, there has been a national dialogue on the political discourse in the US. Many are pointing to the deluge of violent and militaristic rhetoric heard daily on right wing am radio and even Fox News, as influencing Americans. A Quinnipiac poll this week found that 52 percent of Americans think that unstable people are more likely to engage in violent acts because of “heated political rhetoric.\u201d But those on the right have been scrambling to paint Jared Loughner, in custody for the shooting, as a lone lunatic, even going as far as to call him a leftist. There seems to be little self-reflection in the right-wing media itself. Even here in Southern California and the Los Angeles region, local shock jocks John and Ken have only sought to escalate the rhetoric. Unfazed by the events of Arizona, the am radio duo are gearing up for their \u201cheads on a stick\u201d campaign which is aimed at Republicans in the state who might attempt to support Governor Jerry Brown for putting a tax measure on the ballot later this year. <\/p>\n
GUEST: Chris Newman, Legal Programs Director at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a group that has taken on the John and Ken show in the past. <\/em><\/p>\nERRATUM: During this program, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar erroneously said that John and Ken burned an effigy of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In fact, they shredded an effigy of the former governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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