This morning, I got a call from a journalist asking me to explain the power and influence of Talk Radio for an article he was writing. I explained that people’s stereotypical views of people who phone in are just wrong. It’s not just white van men or cabbies who phone in. Depending how you set up a subject, you get the calls you deserve.
Well, today on my show we discussed a survey which shows for the first time in history under 50% of the British public support the death penalty. In 1986 the figure was 74%. I expected some pretty vitriolic calls seeing as I asked my audience if the findings of this survey demonstrated that Britain was becoming a much more civilised, liberal nation. We had some great calls, and then I took this one from Stephanie Slater, who phoned in to tell us what happened to her at the hands of Michael Sams. You may remember the case. A few minutes later, Shirley came on the line who told me about her brother who murdered her other brother.
These two calls demonstrate the power of talk radio in a way that I never could.
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