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The big issue here is not that "the public can't even understand a basic chemical formula"--it's that so many people are willing to take something they hear in
by mikecarroll 14y ago
The big issue here is not that "the public can't even understand a basic chemical formula"--it's that so many people are willing to take something they hear in a morning radio show at face value (and panickedly call up the local utility, rather than search online for verification).
- Yver 14y agoWhat you are saying is that the problem is that people assume that radio shows fact-check their claims and don't actively try to deceive their audience.
- derekp7 14y agoActually, the big issue here is that the radio station took disciplinary action against the DJs, instead of standing behind them. Usually the type of DJs that would do Apr 1 pranks are on the edgy side, and are hired for their edginess. So they were just doing their job. If I were in this station's listening area, I would be on the phone with their advertisers to let them know in no small way that I dis-approve of the action the station took.
- dasil003 14y agoBroadcast radio is basically a consolidated hollowed out shell of its former self. Outside of public and college radio there is nothing interesting happening there at all.
- illuminate 14y agoThe demographic of listeners for wacky radio morning zoo prankster DJs are probably not the smartest.