 There was no immediate drop in Springsteen album sales or radio airplay.The two primary organs of the Bruce faithful at the time, "Backstreets Magazine" and the "Springsteen party line" (a telephone-based precursor to Springsteen fan groups and mailing lists on the Internet), said nothing about the developments at all.Music writer David Hinckley said that while Springsteen had never promoted himself as a hero or role model, he had nonetheless built a bond of faith with his fan base around the notion of doing the right thing.