# Local radio station and stupidity. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840 "2002-10-18T15:49:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840/1 "2002-10-18T15:49:53Z")
So my local radio [falls](http://www.twodorks.com/) for the “Bush reading a book upside hoax” I email them > [@](#): > > "Dorks: > > You fell for a hoax > > Your photo of Pres Bush holding a book upside down is a hoax. > > See [http://www.snopes.com/photos/bushbook.htm](http://www.snopes.com/photos/bushbook.htm) > > beagledave" Their genius producer goes to the Snopes web site and **still** refuses to pick up the white courtesy clue phone… His reply? > [@](#): > > "if you read the snopes article… yes it didn’t stay upside down, but for a > split second the book was upside down as it was handed to him upside down > before he looked at the book… either way, still funny. Thanks for the > e-mail though. > > Ralph" Uh no, genius. The photo was Photoshopped (hell Snopes even shows the original). THIS is why it’s taking so long. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840/2 "2002-10-18T15:51:36Z")
(FTR… my use of the term “Dorks” was not an insult to them…it’s how they refer to themselves …hence the website name) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840/3 "2002-10-18T16:36:23Z")
Morning shows are the worst, and every station seems to insist on “Bill and Katy in the morning” set-ups around here. Even the great rock station that used to just play songs (imagine that) in the morning has switched to a team of something like five raucous folks in the morning. The worst is the team of two uninspired DJs; on Valentine’s Day he tries to strike up a conversation: “So, Debbie, what do you think is a really romantic thing to do for your partner?” Debbie: “…uuhhhh…I don’t know.” You know what, Debbie? In the spirit of filling radio airtime with something other than what I could come up with on my own, frigging make something up. It’s not like you are suddenly put on the spot; you are on the radio, on a morning show that unfortunately relies on some patter, and you should be able to ad lib. Arg! I keep trying to disabuse friends of their chain letter notions and they just keep right on going. One friend even disparages reliance on the internet in general and snopes in particular; OK, they may not be The Truth but at least give them a try. You have distain for the internet but you fall for every petition coming through your e-mail? I see that I have responded with two rants not quite related to the OP, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840/4 "2002-10-18T18:05:49Z")
Geez, Dave. I figured out that Dwyer and Michaels were morons when I was in grade school. That having been said, I love it when you post QCA rants. Keeps me from feeling homesick. 😉 (And you still owe me a Chipper, dammit!) ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-radio-station-and-stupidity/132840/5 "2002-10-18T18:25:58Z")
xmradio baby!