The Bad Boy Radio Trial

The Tampa Bay Times has the first interview with the forewoman of the Bubba the Love Sponge trial in Tampa. Actually, it's an e-mail, but it pretty much sums up how people like Bubba and MJ (the other defendant) have made people in Tampa feel about radio...

She wrote: "I hated this case. 'Hate' is not a word used often in my vocabulary, but I hated it. I hate the word 'whore.' I did not count (though, sitting through over 60 hours of testimony, I had plenty of time to), but I assume I heard the word 'whore' upwards of a hundred times. As a woman, I hate what it implies...I'm not a fan, to be honest, of either party. Upholding the First Amendment doesn't mean we support Bubba the Love Sponge or his opinions in his show. For me, as a woman, it was important to make that clear...Nobody wants to sit around and listen to two men call each other names. I work with 12-year-olds; I do that with them and try to teach them better...I love that I have some awesome CDs in my car. I am never listening to the radio again."

So proud to have been associated with the medium for half of my life.