[BC] Broadcasters and their community

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:51 AM 2/16/2012, Jeff Carter wrote:
>I think in the specific case you cited, however, that she is getting
>what she deserved. 

        Sorry, Jeff.  I have to respond to this. *No* on-air
        person is ever deserving of anonymous attacks. 
        No on-air person deserves having their home
        address placed on "social media" so people can
        go by and commit any of several actions that
        they would never do if people knew who they were.

> There are several subjects in our culture where
>the hypocrisy would be startling to an honest person, and this is one
>of them.

        The treatment of drugs is indeed filled with
        hypocrisy. From laughing at drunk drivers to
        suggesting that pot smoking drivers are not
        dangerous ... there is a big disconnect with reality.
        
        Still, there is no call for the sort of attacks that
        happened in DC.  It is the harbinger of how 
        social media has been morphing from 
        a gossip stream to an instigator of mob 
        mentality and conduct. This is not good for 
        society in general ...