Rage on the Radio

Published: Sept. 12, 2008, 3 p.m.

b'What happens when America\'s airwaves fill with hate? Bill Moyers Journal takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation\'s political discourse. The Journal traveled to Knoxville, where a recent shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church has left the pastor asking what role hateful speech from popular right-wing media personalities may have played in the tragedy. Also, NEWSDAY\'s les Payne and ON THE MEDIA\'s Brooke Gladstone on the press, the public, the candidates and the campaign.'