His Side with Glenn Sacks Radio Commentary: ‘Dad as Idiot’ TV
My recent His Side with Glenn Sacks radio commentary for KLAA AM 830 in Los Angeles concerns the problem of “dad-as-idiot” TV, and points out a commendable exception.
To listen to the commentary, click here.
To learn more about the problems with the way men and fathers are portrayed on television, click here.
His Side with Glenn Sacks radio commentaries are broadcast daily on KLAA AM 830, a 50,000 watt talk station in Los Angeles and Orange County. KLAA AM 830 is owned by Arte Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. KLAA hosts include Glenn Beck and Michael Savage.
From 2003-2005, His Side with Glenn Sacks ran in a syndicated talk show format in Los Angeles, New York City, Boston, Seattle, and other cities. To listen to show archives, click here.
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November 17th, 2007 at 12:32 am
I do not wish to diminish the importance of the rarity of a single father being portrayed as competent- I agree and applaud that. But before we rush to urge children, particularly boys to embrace the programming on Disney or Nickelodeon we need to confront and discuss the portrayal of boys on these channels. Even on the lauded Hannah Montana, the boys, particularly the son of this good father is portrayed as an incapable underachieving idiot. In fact I am hard pressed to think of any strong and consistently positive boy characters on these networks- naturally there are numerous examples girls we can be proud of. Be it Kimpossible or pretty much any show on these networks, boys can never be accomplished, driven, smart or successful especially when pitted agains girls or academics. Glenn I value your approach and I value all of your good work for finding exceptions and focussing on the positive, but before we celebrate these networks they need to do a lot of work, particularly in the arena of boys and their portrayal. Keep up the great work!!!!