Mid-mornings on LBC it's James O'Brien. Talking to Buzzfeed
in 2016 about his broadcasting style James had this to say: "I set out to
excite an emotional reaction, which I guess the shock jock does. But I would
distinguish myself from most shock jocks in America by saying I do it by a telling
the truth, speaking up for the people who don’t have a voice, rather than the
kind of traditional shock jock, which is pretending that you’re speaking up for
the people who haven’t got a voice whereas in fact you’re endorsing the
loudest, most privileged voices – usually angry white men, isn’t it – claiming
that they are somehow victims of circumstances when it’s never been a better
time in history to be an angry white man.”
A year ago James was picking up on the issues of the cost of
social care and the working conditions of Amazon employees. Some of those
lengthy O'Brien monologues (actually edited here) and some calls too.
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