Latino Activist in Tucson, Arizona Under Siege from Talk Radio Shock Jock
September 3rd, 2008
Alternet.org reports on yet another disconcerting example of how talk radio may be inciting listeners to perform acts of harassment and violence. Attorney and Coalicion de Derechos Humanos cochair Isabel Garcia has been subjected in recent weeks to a barrage of disturbing, demeaning, and deeply personal assaults on her character, gender, occupation, and ethnic origin by Tucson shock jock Jon Justice. This Michael Savage wannabe—who once pretended to drown a dog on his radio show—has apparently incited similar attacks on Garcia by an Arizona anti-immigration activist.
Read the full story at http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/95841

