Radio DJs 'promote excessive drinking' By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
04 Sep 2008
Radio presenters are encouraging binge drinking with BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles among those to blame, says a Government funded report.
Researchers analysed comments on BBC and commercial radio shows about drinking and found presenters talked about drinking on air, being hungover at work and wetting themselves while drunk.
There were few references to responsible drinking and being drunk was made to sound 'cool', the report said.
The report, Alcohol and the Media, included an analysis of 1,200 hours of radio shows by a team at the University of the West of England in Bristol and 703 extracts were found to contain references to alcohol.
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