Why I flip the radio station when they start talking.

     I heard something on the other day on the radio that reminded me why I dislike 95% of all radio personality. I was listening to the radio and the DJ/Host came on talking about a jury verdict in a case where a man sued the Royals after he suffered a detached retina from getting hit in the eye by a hot dog thrown by the team mascot. Apparently the jury found against the plaintiff and the host found the whole thing joke worthy. All I could think is laughs at someone getting a torn retina...how is that funny...and how is the fact that he has had suffer the cost on top of the injury funny. Maybe it's me, maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.

     The whole thing reminded me of a things in the past that had me turning off the radio or changing the station every time they started talking. One of those things was the infamous McDonald's coffee case, the never ending jokes and gross misrepresentation of the facts kept me entrenched in my CDs for ages. Even now when I hear a comment or joke about that case my esteem for the speaker plummets and I change the station. So few of those who talked/joked most about it took the time to educate themselves about it.

   Another incident happened while I was in college in Kearney Nebraska, a high school girl was abducted from the local mall. It was talked about constantly by local TV and radio, the girl was instrumental in her own rescue. She managed to leave clues and sneak phone calls to her family and police. When she finally returned home she declined to answer questions, the radio personalities turned on her. They talked about how she "owed" them an interview, they had (in their overly inflated opinion) kept her story in the lime light, and now, according to them, she owed them. It was revolting and after that I kept the radio off for months.

   Over the years there has been plenty of other things to give me pause...homophobic comments...jokes made at the expense of people or groups. Personally with the exception of a few radio personalities the whole lot of them could be replace by a computer personality. However, as that is not likely to happen anytime soon I will just continue to change the station when they start talking or listen to my CDs.