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Bad Rap for the King of Media

Last week, E-Source Celebrity posted the results of its “Top 10 Most Hated American” poll. Nine of the choices did not surprise me. There were made up of people who got away with murder (HJ4HS’s favorite Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson), reality star douchebags (Spencer Pratt, Jon Gosselin, Paris Hilton), and other infamous personalities (Levi Johnston, Jesse James, Heidi Fleiss, Nadya 'Octomom' Suleman). Placing tenth was a person who doesn’t deserve to affiliate with any of these shit bums: Howard Stern.

I am biased as I am a huge Howard Stern fan. I’ve been listening/watching for as long as I can remember and he is the reason I am a Sirius subscriber to this day. I appreciate his humor, he seems to utilize all of his staff’s strengths to produce an entertaining show, and I believe he is the best interviewer in the media today. He isn’t afraid to ask the questions Jay Leno or David Letterman would never ask in a million years. Many celebrities have confided over the years that they have revealed secrets to Stern on the air that they never intended to share publicly.

At the same time, I can understand why Howard Stern is not appreciated by all. His humor can be described as classless, juvenile, crude, or all of the above. He has crossed a line from time to time. I get that he may not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, to put him in the same of light of murderers and media whores is preposterous. On his show, Stern has a regular segment where some of his staffers hit the streets to ask ordinary people questions. In the past month, Howard Stern has been viewed as a worse person than Casey Anthony and Anders Behring Breivik by some of the people questioned. It appears Anthony killed her daughter. Breivik is the guy who opened fire at a youth camp in Norway. To repeat, two people who were responsible for the loss of lives were found to be better people than a man who tells dick jokes on the radio.

If it were up to me, I would replace Stern with some of the following people:

· Bernie Madoff-Thanks to his Ponzi scheme, he defrauded investors of approximately $65 billion. Many lost their life savings and retirement funds due to Madoff, including Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Wilpon lost millions of dollars and was almost forced to sell his team.

· Kim Kardashian-She is famous because she is rich, has a boring sex tape, and dates athletes. Her only job is to be hot and show off her redonkadonk. She contributes nothing else to society.

· Barry Bonds/Roger Clemens-Both are some of the best baseball players of our generation. Bonds has the most home runs of all time. Clemens is viewed as the greatest pitcher in the last 25 years. Both have severe allegations of steroid use during their playing careers, viewing many fans to look down at their numbers and try to block out all of their memories from the Steroids Era of baseball.

· Insert “Jersey Shore” character-Some of my friends do drugs. My one roommate is a full-blown alcoholic. I watch the Jersey Shore. We all have our vices. However, they are all famous and making millions for acting like spoiled meatheads on TV. If you think any of them have any other redeemable qualities, please Google “The Situation” at Donald Trump’s roast.

Howard Stern will continue entertaining millions of fans with his satellite radio show. He will continue watching his bank account grow. He will continue loving his beautiful wife. He will continue telling racist jokes and making fun of other people. It’s just a shame he had to waste his time on Monday’s show discussing his place on this list.

      -Written by Marcus Boyd