MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Quebec’s ‘Trash Radio’ Host Fires Up Outrage, and Big Ratings
By artappraiser on Sat, 08/18/2018 - 6:10pm |By Dan Bilefsky @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 18
QUEBEC CITY — He has claimed that police officers accused of raping indigenous women could not have done so because the officers were young and handsome and the women had “rotten teeth” and “sniff glue.”
He was accused of mocking a man whose teenage son had committed suicide.
He praises President Trump’s unfiltered style of communication.
Jeff Fillion, 50, is among the most prominent and provocative talk radio hosts on Quebec airwaves, dominating what his critics call “radio poubelle,” or trash radio. His critics revile him. His fans adore him.
At a time when Mr. Trump’s tirades on Twitter and beyond are changing global political discourse, Mr. Fillion and his fellow shock jocks are drawing legions of listeners in this picturesque political capital, propagating a cocktail of anti-immigrant, anti-environment and anti-feminist views [.....]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/world/canada/quebec-trash-radio-jeff-fillion.html
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