tsunami `parody'
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:49:11 GMT
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NY radio station suspends morning crew over tsunami `parody'
- LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
(01-26) 13:04 PST NEW YORK (AP) --
The host of a New York morning radio show and the rest of her on-air crew were
suspended indefinitely Wednesday for airing a tasteless song parody that mocked
victims of the catastrophic south Asia tsunami.
"What happened is morally and socially indefensible," said Rick Cummings,
president of Emmis Radio, in announcing the disciplinary action. "All involved,
myself included, are ashamed and deeply sorry. I know the members of the
morning team are contrite. They know their actions here are inexcusable."
The song, a parody of the charity single "We Are the World," aired last Friday
on Emmis station WQHT-FM, known locally as Hot 97. The station was subsequently
flooded with thousands of angry phone calls demanding the firing of morning show host
Tarsha Jones, known on air as Miss Jones.
The disc jockey offered an on-air apology, and the station initially announced that
she and a half-dozen other members of the morning team would donate a week's
salary to tsunami relief. The station, in a statement posted on its Web site, said
management later decided "stronger action was necessary to demonstrate
the severity of the situation."
The decision to suspend the DJ and her crew was immediately hailed
by groups upset over the song.
"I think this is definitely a step in the right direction," said Ibrahim Hooper,
spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"The egregious nature of this offense mandated something beyond a week's pay."
Others had called for advertisers to boycott the station and for Emmis to fire its staffers
-- a call reiterated by City Councilman John Liu, whose Queens district includes a large A
sian population.
"It's clearly not sufficient," Liu said. "Miss Jones and (sidekick) Todd Lynn need to be
terminated, taken off the air permanently."
The death toll in the tsunami is estimated at anywhere from 144,000 and 178,000,
with upward of 140,000 more people still missing.
Hot 97 has been criticized for poor taste before. In 2001, two different morning hosts
were suspended after an on-air mocking of the plane crash death of R&B singer Aaliyah.
On the Net:
www.hot97.com
Correspondent:: John Starrett
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:23:37 -0700
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König Prüß wrote:
> NY radio station suspends morning crew over tsunami `parody'
> - LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
> Wednesday, January 26, 2005
>
> (01-26) 13:04 PST NEW YORK (AP) --
>
> The host of a New York morning radio show and the rest of her on-air crew were
> suspended indefinitely Wednesday for airing a tasteless song parody that mocked
> victims of the catastrophic south Asia tsunami.
Geeze, everyone is so sensitive. Various recent spates of genocide have
killed as many or more, and you don't see morning DJs getting the boot
over genocide sketches, do you?
Lighten up, management. We gettin' our funny on!
JS
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:34:22 GMT
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In article ,
König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> NY radio station suspends morning crew over tsunami `parody'
> - LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
> Wednesday, January 26, 2005
..............
> The disc jockey offered an on-air apology, and the station initially
> announced that
> she and a half-dozen other members of the morning team would donate a week's
> salary to tsunami relief. The station, in a statement posted on its Web site,
> said management later decided "stronger action was necessary to demonstrate
> the severity of the situation."
Well, then, just kill them. Its the next logical step, after all.
Radio in general has been a bouquet of assholes for just a little over
20 years, when its last gasp puffed from the roof, heralding the arrival
of the Pope of Mammon. Right about time I went off the air, actually.
The only good things left now are classical, The Hour of Slack and
those rare recordings of insane listeners shooting talk show hosts in
the head live.
--
HellPope Huey
When she brought out the chicken,
he knew it had become sexual
"When that climax lightning bolt
comes roaring down your loins,
there's only one thing on your mind:
Why in the hell is everybody else on this bus
starin' at me?"
- Dennis Miller, "I Rant, Therefore I Am"
"The fact that the portion of your brain
that governs your sexual drive
is being eaten away by spirochetes
is no basis upon which to begin a relationship."
- "House"
Correspondent:: "ArWeGod"
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:13:35 GMT
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; "GfbAEV" wrote in message
news:bUWJd.28848$8u5.16605@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> NY radio station suspends morning crew over tsunami `parody'
> - LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
> Wednesday, January 26, 2005
>
> (01-26) 13:04 PST NEW YORK (AP) --
>
> The host of a New York morning radio show and the rest of her on-air
crew were
> suspended indefinitely Wednesday for airing a tasteless song parody
that mocked
> victims of the catastrophic south Asia tsunami.
Don't tease! Where's the transcript?!!
--
ArWeSoFired
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:38:06 GMT
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"ArWeGod" wrote:
>; "GfbAEV" wrote in message
>news:bUWJd.28848$8u5.16605@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> NY radio station suspends morning crew over tsunami `parody'
>> - LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
>> Wednesday, January 26, 2005
>>
>> (01-26) 13:04 PST NEW YORK (AP) --
>>
>> The host of a New York morning radio show and the rest of her on-air
>crew were
>> suspended indefinitely Wednesday for airing a tasteless song parody
>that mocked
>> victims of the catastrophic south Asia tsunami.
>
>Don't tease! Where's the transcript?!!
>
>--
>ArWeSoFired
>
>
Well, I'd guess that www.hot97.com is probably trying to sell it
to Howard Stern!
http://www.hot97.com/
Correspondent:: NOTvalid@surplus4actors.INFO
Date: 30 Jan 2005 15:49:20 -0800
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SPCS sponsored Hot-97 show making fun of child slavery, "Africans
Drowning", Screaming "Chinks", and "Chinamen" Tsunami Victims
McDonald's [USA toll-free telephone number at 1-800-244-6227] still had
commercials on WQHT Hot-97 Saturday Jan 29. Tell them whether or not
you think child slavery is something to joke about.
"Hot 97 Mocking the "Chink" Tsunami victims"
See
http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/index.html
or
Google Usenet "Groups" and
Google "Web"
for
"longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3"
On the MP3 you hear them introducing the "Tsunami Song," then Miss
Jones and co-host Todd Lynn launching into an abusive tirade against
Miss Info when she voices her objection to it. Miss Jones finally tells
Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably
because you're Asian." Miss Info says that the song is offensive to
Asians. You will hear "sponsored by Sprint PCS". Then co-host Todd
Lynn informs her: "I'm gonna start shooting Asians." Yes, he really
says that. It's at 3:37 on the mp3.
Here are some choice lyrics:
"..All at once you could hear the screaming chinks
and no one was safe from the wave
there were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away
you could hear god laughing, "swim you bitches swim"
So now you're screwed, it's the Tsunami
you better run or kiss your ass away, go find your mommy
I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head
and now the children will be sold to child slavery..."
After you have confirmed the above by hearing it, please forward this
to evryone that you know.
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:46:15 GMT
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NOTvalid wrote:
>SPCS sponsored Hot-97 show making fun of child slavery, "Africans
>Drowning", Screaming "Chinks", and "Chinamen" Tsunami Victims
>
>McDonald's [USA toll-free telephone number at 1-800-244-6227] still had
>commercials on WQHT Hot-97 Saturday Jan 29. Tell them whether or not
>you think child slavery is something to joke about.
>
>"Hot 97 Mocking the "Chink" Tsunami victims"
>See
>http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/index.html
>or
>Google Usenet "Groups" and
>Google "Web"
>for
>"longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3"
>
>On the MP3 you hear them introducing the "Tsunami Song," then Miss
>Jones and co-host Todd Lynn launching into an abusive tirade against
>Miss Info when she voices her objection to it. Miss Jones finally tells
>Info she's only complaining because "you feel superior, probably
>because you're Asian." Miss Info says that the song is offensive to
>Asians. You will hear "sponsored by Sprint PCS". Then co-host Todd
>Lynn informs her: "I'm gonna start shooting Asians." Yes, he really
>says that. It's at 3:37 on the mp3.
>
>Here are some choice lyrics:
>
>"..All at once you could hear the screaming chinks
>and no one was safe from the wave
>there were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away
>you could hear god laughing, "swim you bitches swim"
>
>So now you're screwed, it's the Tsunami
>you better run or kiss your ass away, go find your mommy
>I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head
>and now the children will be sold to child slavery..."
>
>After you have confirmed the above by hearing it, please forward this
>to evryone that you know.
>
Thanks! Mundo Bizarro!