: a radio personality noted for provocative or inflammatory commentary
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An atmosphere of opportunism and conspiracy coalesced, fed by shock jocks, TikTok psychologists, and citizen-journalist bloggers, who have become characters in the saga, and by Combs himself.—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 Nearly every line in the film’s ferociously hilarious first hour is like Jane Austen reborn as a shock jock, until Song runs out of material and starts repeating herself.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 Related Articles Trump taps shock jock Sid Rosenberg and a Haredi newspaper publisher for Holocaust Memorial Council
The new data is being published two weeks after the conclusion of Trump’s first 100 days in office.—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025 Among them are shock jock Sid Rosenberg, who was a Trump surrogate during last year’s campaign, and Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz, the founding editor and publisher of Yated Ne’eman, a leading haredi Orthodox publication.—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shock jock
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