Obviously, this is the kind of story - if true - that makes for the best kind of content when you're doing a high-profile morning Radio show. I added it to my prep for the day and later that morning, my on-air partner and I read the story and discussed the ramifications.
Probably hundreds of morning hosts and deejays last Friday morning did the same thing. Syndicated talk show host Don Imus had Kerry on the phone that day:
"Well, there is nothing to report," Kerry told Imus
Imus continued, “So there is nothing to talk about?”
Kerry responded, “I'm not worried about it. No.”
And so it went. The response was brief and it would seem the issue was done. But, across the country hundreds of thousands of words were no doubt spoken and broadcast surrounding what could turn out to be simple gossip, magnified by the Internet and then magnified even more by Radio.
There may or may not be any more to all this than a simple political dirty trick, leaked onto the Internet in the hopes of stirring up exactly what occurred. News people are still inquiring and following up on this “story” so the jury is out, just yet.
But, we all should step back for a moment and remember that:
1. Not everything on the Internet is true and
2. Not everything heard on the Radio is correct.
This combination can create a deadly mix of misinformation which perpetuates geometrically from lip-to-lip, beginning with your favorite morning DJ.
