Strange New Respect: Why The Media Suddenly Love ‘South Park’

Strange New Respect: Why The Media Suddenly Love ‘South Park’

Howard Stern spent years complaining about the media’s coverage of him. And for good reason. Journalists loathed Stern’s shock jock shtick. And then, slowly, the media began affording Stern a Strange New Respect around the same time he went woke and embraced the Democratic party. Does that explain the stunning shift happening over at “South Park?” The irreverent series debuted in 1997 and is still going strong, while kindred comic spirits like “…