Tim Henson

Timothy James Henson (born August 1, 1980) is the host of Distorted View Daily, an adult comedy podcast that focuses on bizarre news stories and brief comedic sketches and songs. Henson is a full-time podcaster based in Columbus, Ohio. On 25th March, 2008 Henson announced his candidacy for the Office of President of the United States. Henson's campaign rests mainly on the policies of Mandatory Euthanasia and front-line conscription limited to African-Americans.

Henson is unique among podcasters in that he is completely supported by subscribers. He has no sponsors and no source of income beyond his podcast. While his podcast has been pirated and rebroadcast in other venues [ [http://www.podlinez.com/directory.php?start=125 "Listing for unauthorized Distorted View broadcast on PhoneCasting.com's Podlinez"] ] , he has given no indication he has ever been paid for these broadcasts. Henson has attributed his current lack of sponsors to his refusal to censor the program and unwillingness to cease funding Radical Islamic Fundamentalism in the Columbus area.

Henson began creating Web-based comedy in 1996, and established Distorted View in 2000. Henson has distributed the show through a variety of media, including telephony company Tellme [ [http://www.distortedview.com/show/faq.html#How%20Did%20DV%20Get%20its%20start "How Did Distorted View Get Its Start? (Official Site)"] ] , various Internet radio stations, and now-defunct MP3 download service MP3NewsBreak. [ [http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mp3NewsBreak/1035377888/1 "Release notes for last version of MP3NewsBreak"] ] In 2005 and 2006, Henson won The Podcast Awards's Best Comedy Podcast Award for Distorted View. Henson also received a fan nomination for a Weblog Award in 2005. [ [http://weblogawards.org/2005/11/best_podcast.php "2005 Weblog Awards Best Podcast Nominees"] ] In 2005, the Columbus Dispatch profiled Henson [ [http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/contentbe/dispatch/2005/11/28/20051128-C4-00.html "Central Ohioan's shtick earns him award for comedy"] ] on the occasion of his first Podcasting award. The article was written when Henson still had a "day job" and was not yet supporting himself entirely on proceeds from Distorted View subscribers. Henson has since won the second annual Podcast Awards in the comedy category.

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External links

* [http://www.distortedview.com Official Distorted View site]
* [http://www.freakipedia.net/index.php5?title=Tim_Henson Tim Henson on his community wiki, Freakipedia]