I used to listen to Stern regularly (and still do occasionally) and I agree that he is the best interviewer going. However, there was one interview that I thought was a disaster. Did you hear his interview of M. Night Shyamalan 3 or 4 years ago? Stern’s rascist comments throughout were extremely disturbing. M. Night persevered bravely, but you could tell he was very uncomfortable. I was frankly shocked, and saddened. Stern should be ashamed of himself.
During the Presidential election Howard was very outspoken in favor of Kerry, or to be precise, against Bush and specifically against Bush’s FCC.
It was to the point that there was alot of speculation, mainly in non-political trade press, that Stern might have an effect in a close election. His rants against Bush were constant and harsh circa Sept-Nov 04.