oh please. a weeks of pay is not "discipline"

yes me again.

so this wason HOT 97's website.

"OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON AIRING OF TSUNAMI PARODY SONG
HOT97 regrets the airing of material that made light of a serious and tragic event. We apologize to our listeners and anyone who was offended.

Both HOT97's program director and Miss Jones issued on-air apologies on Monday stating that the material was offensive and should not have been aired.

HOT97 takes pride in its community involvement and in the last few weeks has joined with broadcasters nationwide to raise money for victims of the Tsunami. Our relief effort will result in a substantial cash donation. "

would anyone happen to have recorded their apologies?

Yeah the song was bad and offensive. Hey James W. Fisher, You live on top of me haha!!

has anyone organized a group of protesters yet to go down to that wack ass station? i'd definitely be there if my ass lived in New York.

That is a weak response from Sprint.

how much you want to bet none of them are giving up any kind of money. there's no week's pay changing hands. the parent company is just gonna' write a check for that amount of money and hope the whole thing blows over.

i can tell you this.. those people got families and bills. you can bet a week's pay would have them complaining a lot more then the happy.. business as usual shit they were spouting on air today.

If Miss Jones and Todd Lynn aren't removed from the morning show, I am planning a protest in front of the radio station Friday morning at 8 AM with NYU students. Please attend

Hi Cathy, are you from NYU?, I am too, I'm interested in organizing a protest.

FYI. the morning show will be broadcasting live from caroline's comedy club on friday so might be better to pick a better day. i'm sure caroline's really wouldn't like all the negative attention so perhaps that's an even better plan to gather en masse.

just a thought.

I'm white and that is f'd up, and I'm offended by it. Opie and Anthony got taken off the air, people cry about Howard Stern, and people on Hot97 can say they're going to start shooting Asians and only have to give up a week's pay? Are you out of your fucking mind? Shit, say an "Asian station" happened to be one of the top stations in the state and one of the people on the show just happened to say they're going to start shooting blacks. How long do you think that guy would live for? Maybe another 2 weeks if he stays off the streets? god damn stupid...

I received this automatic response. I felt the need to respond, even though it's certain that my e-mail will probably go in the iCircular File:


Evidently, you didn't express your "strong concern" well enough, as the racists *your company sponsors* are still with jobs. Perhaps you should try a little harder next time.

You gave these people money; your connection to this racist trash is quite clear. Unless these people lose their jobs for the outright hatred they spew on the radio, all the pathetic "concern" in the world will not cut it.

But hey, it's just a few 200,000+ chinks that lost their lives...who cares, no?

Your complacency is utterly reprehensible.

Emmis, we're not going away.

Trust me.

THIS IS SO REPULSIVE!! EMMIS DOESN'T EVEN READ THE EMAILS!!

I SENT AN EMAIL CRITICIZING THEIR APOLOGY AND ...OH HERE IS WHAT I SENT:

************
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

The �Tsunami Song� aired on Hot 97 WQHT-FM was a racist, and offensive, skit to both Asians and the victims of the tsunami and their family.

The station has issued a weak apology and Miss Jones was forced to read an apology on the air. There have also been forced to donate a week of their pay to the tsunami relief fund. Do you really think that this is a suitable punishment? That is nothing but a slap on the wrist.

The apology was obviously forced. When listeners called in to complain, Miss Jones told them all that they are not the boss of her, and she will play it whenever she wants, then played the tsunami song yet again

No disciplinary actions of any kind have been announced. No, having the staff voluntarily donate some money does not count; calling that an appropriate "discipline" is insulting.

HOT 97 seem to think this is all behind them now. Just a few insincere half-apologies and their problems will all go away. Hot 97 has proven they have no conscience or integrity, at all.

The issue at hand is not so much the 'need for an apology'. It's the fact that Hot97's morning crew basically said that it's ok to be a bigot and a racist as long as you 'apologize' for it later. They knew full well what they were saying and that they were saying in a public forum where hundreds of people were listening.

Miss Jones and her entire crew should be FIRED (excluding Miss Info, who got into a verbal conflict with Miss Jones after objecting to this song) and anyone else above them responsible for the insulting song should be reprimanded as well.

Please take the appropriate action necessary.
***************

AND GUESS WHAT WAS THEIR REPONSE, IT IS SO REPULSIVE AND INCONSDIERATE. THEY DON'T EVEN READ THE EMAILS.

***********
Dear Richard:

HOT 97 regrets the airing of material that made light of a serious and tragic event. We apologize to our listeners and anyone who was offended.

Both HOT 97's program director and Miss Jones issued on-air apologies on Monday stating that the material was offensive and should not have been aired.

HOT 97 takes pride in its community involvement and in the last few weeks has joined with broadcasters nationwide to raise money for victims of the Tsunami. Our relief effort will result in a substantial cash donation.

As an additional sign of HOT 97's commitment to the cause, Miss Jones in the Morning, along with her entire staff, have agreed to contribute one week's pay to Tsunami Relief efforts.

Thank you for contacting us.

Rick Cummings
President
Emmis Radio
3500 W. Olive Ave.
Suite 1450
Burbank, CA 91505
o: 818-238-9156
f: 818-238-9158
********

SICKENING!!

Okay I have watched all these posts go down..apologies were done and how do you know they didnt mean it? Were you there??..I bet they have more things planned..From all the comments written here with all the curses etc..expressing yourself that way doesnt make you better..I wish people had this much energy to make such a ruckus in their own enviorments/communities where things that arent fair or unjust happen everyday.
What have YOU contributed to making your community better???

I agree it was in horrible taste etc etc..it was horrible they made fun of the situation but I just feel everything you guys planned will not be an orderly protest..cursing and all kinds of name calling etc doesnt make u look better..u look as lame as they do..dont blame the whole corporation for the action of 2-4 people who actually were involved in the creation of the parody.

Also from what I hear the PD had no idea this was going to air.that means he has to check them more..but really this is going TOO FAR

save the energy and contribute to your community and educate those who are ignorant..

Karma is a bitch and im sure all parties responsible will feel it somewhere along the line..not now, maybe later but it will happen..

Sitting generalizing and all this self righteous ish is not making us look good

Also from what I hear the PD had no idea this was going to air.that means he has to check them more..but really this is going TOO FAR

Which time did the PD not know it was going on the air? The first time? I'll give you that. Unfortunately, it didn't run once.

Unorderly or not, I think the effort is enough.

Check out this article: http://www.wnbc.com/news/4089831/detail.html

A weatherman was fired for a racial slur he uttered on-air "on accident." Do you see the difference? That man was FIRED. Do you think it's asking too much for Miss Jones, Star and all the other racist people employed by HOT 97 to be fired as well? Or maybe get more than just a slap on the wrist?

To the anonymous "thought" giver:

The apologies are insufficient because they do not address the substance of our grievances. They do not acknowledge the racism at all, or the threat to "start shooting Asians."

Where exactly did you "hear" that the Program Director didn't know it was going to be played? And even if true, how could that be a relevant excuse when it played repeatedly throughout the week in addition to being on the website 24/7?

Julia is correct, and in addition, Hot 97's competition Power 105 fired Raqiyah Mays on the spot for her remarks about interracisl relationships. And after she got fired, guesss who hired her,.. Hot 97. So Hot 97 clearly has very different standards than their peers in the industry. And they need to be held accountable for that.

so who hired star and buc?They just got one also cuz they called out an indian woman..correct?Thats a clear channel company..if you wanna make a statement boycott both stations dont sit there and make excuses.. How does that make power 105 better? They knew what they were getting into hiring them.(star and buc)So don't gimmie me the desperate ploy for ratings on hot's side because the reason they(star and buc) got hired by power 105 was for just that RATINGS...The song was up for one day b4 it got pulled off..I know people that work there and have told me whats been happening...like i said dont blame the whole company blame the ones involved and boycott them..
Save the energy and help out causes over there and in your own community..dont let it stop there keep it going ..

Don't blame the whole company just blame the ones involved? Okay, so in your opinion the weatherman who was fired for his "Martin Luther Coon King Jr." comment shouldn't have been fired right? Because why blame the news station he works for when you should just blame "the ones involved" i.e. the man who made the statement. So the weatherman should be responsible for his own comments, not the news station and he should still be employed (this all in your line of reasoning). That is RIDICULOUS!!!

you say that the program director had no idea what was going BUT ISN'T THAT THEIR JOB?!?!

if that's the case than it's obviously a problem with the station and their management.

the dude is new not an excuse but miss jones, todd yes should be fired..and no they shouldn't be employed..but like i said people are so quick to jump at a radio station but how quick do we jump when unjust shit happens in the streets everyday..run down communities and all that..help those people out..im not justifying their actions but people wanna fix the media when u need to fix ur own backyard..

To anonymous:

You are incorrect, the song aired for more than one day.

Who do you know that works there? Do you also work there? If you have inside information that would give me some insight, that you would not like to share with the public please e-mail me at jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com.

It's impossible to simply blame the individuals, because they cannot be held accountable unless their employers make that happen. If Hot 97 volunteered to do that, there would be no problem. but they are refusing to do the right thing, so now they are accountable too.

anonymous: I agree, this type of energy also needs to be focused on other issues, I discussed that on the radio this weekend. But that does not render this issue unimportant.

If you believe they should be fired, who do you imagine is supposed to fire them? Their bosses. And that's who we are focusing on. So I'm not sure that we really disagree here.

In a quick reply to Just a Thought... I understand what you mean, cursing and bitching is not going to do anything, spend your energy in your own communities. Good advice, but... then this is the comments section of a blog, so you have to expect this kind of bitching. Radio is a huge public medium with a reach that goes beyond our immediate communities and so the offensive words and actions expressed on Hot97 that morning was heard by many. You can't hold this sort of "isolationist" point of view on something so far-reaching as radio. Better to spread the word both in your community and outside of it, then sitting by and waiting for karma. That is not how you get things done in this world if you want things to change.

So to the outraged and angered, continue to speak out. Let others know that what was expressed that morning, whether seriously or jokingly, is unacceptable and offensive. Let others know that they are not alone in their feelings of outrage. Though the actions were done by only 2-4 ignorant people, we as a society can not condone it by continuing to support and listen to the station, sponsors, etc. Dig into the the social structure and the higher powers. Hit them where they will feel it, with ratings and money. Let the station know they cannot allow such remarks to just blow over with an 'oh by the way we're sorry, and now on to the daily traffic report' attitude.

So keep posting, communicate with each other, and let us non-NYC'ers know what we can do to help.
But at the same time, don't let your anger get the most of you. Cursing is not the most efficient way of getting your point across.

To Cathy and Tiffany,

Just letting you know. Apparently http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/ is planning to hold a rally/protest in NYC too. The first week of Febuary. They drafted a letter and are asking for people to sign it. I don't know the details of the rally, but you might want to get in contact with them and coordinate.

I wish I was in NYC and not in FL, I would participate. I'm not a causehead, but there some stuff that shouldn't be allowed to blow over.

This type of sh*t would never happen on the westside, all you new yorkers need to handle your business and hold it down.

You are idiots, just paying a week worth of income says you are all good and free of the crimes? What the hell? If asians made some rap about all the africans getting aids and crap, what would happen?

[REPLY EDITED BY REQUEST. Details about upcoming protests will be posted soon. - Jay Smooth]

couldn't agree with you guys more. when i got that email from sprint, i laughed and wrote him again directly.
thanks for this site to make us aware....

would it be pointless to get ms. info's perspective? Jay Smooth, your thoughts on this?

missjones@ missjones.net, that's miss jones' e-mail, go send her your opinions, I already did and I wasn't nice about it

i wish i could participate in the protests but im here in socal.

Much props Richard. I read your email to Emmis. In my emails to various companies I think I wrote exactly the same thing you wrote in your 6th paragraph. I mean it's uncanny how much our wording is similar.

Anyways, I'm not calling you out. I'm just giving you props for the way you succinctly identified the problem and the situation.

As for participating in protest, I'm in the same boat. But I've been trying to email the large news networks to have them cover this. It won't blow over if we can get them to take up the story. Just an idea.

yo anybody got any fat jokes?

contact the tourism board of ny, let them know not a single cent will be spent in their city while miss jones is still on the air.

Yo, if anybody knows racism, it's me, and that shit those fools were sayin' on that whack-ass radio station was racist!

You may have heard what happened with Hot 97, if not, please refer to this site:
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/index.html
we need to take action now to show that Americans will not tolerate this. Please join us in our fight. If Miss Jones and Todd Lynn aren't removed from the morning show by WEDNESDAY MORNING, we will be protesting Friday morning at 8 AM
their show will not be broadcasted at the station, instead, its going to be a live broadcast from Caroline's Comedy club
626 Broadway Between 49th St. & 50th St.
212-757-4100

we need to take action now to show that Americans will not tolerate this.

Please join us in our fight. If Miss Jones and Todd Lynn aren't removed from the morning show by WEDNESDAY MORNING, we will be protesting Friday morning at 8 AM their show will not be broadcasted at the station, instead, its going to be a live broadcast from Caroline's Comedy club

626 Broadway Between 49th St. & 50th St.
212-757-4100

that's the same bull shit email i got back from Sprint.. what is wrong with Miss Jones and Todd Lynn...
what a shame that these two heartless fuckers are representing hip hop music... I really really hope that they get off the air! I wish I was in NY so I can go protest with ya'll.. but I will spread the word to everyone i know in NY
Get Miss JOnes and Todd Lynn off the air!!!!

anyone catch the news clip about it on wpix 11? i missed it on a shopping errand...

recap please...please?

also...someone should send a note to those who are helping with the tsunami relief...especially george clooney who seems to be the most outspoken...perhaps his voice can open up some more eyes to this & bring a bigger spotlight

Stories just ran on UPN9 and FOX5 10 o clock news in NYC. They played clips of the songs and got people's reactions on the street. They also aired some footage from today's press conference on city hall steps with John Liu from Queens (now there's someone we should all be emailing).

As for all these emails, I'm sure nobody is reading them. By now those targeted have surely set up email filters to delete or autorespond to anything with tsunami in the subject or body of the email.

Reality is that Jones (won't even dignify her with the title of 'miss') and Todd and the producers of the show aren't in the least bit regretful they did this. I can bet you they feel like they're being forced to apologize for something they don't feel they did wrong.

And that money.. you can bet it aint coming out of anyone's pay. You think Miss Info would sit back and let them take her money when she wasn't riding with it from the get go?

Wake up people, they're full of shit and it's goign to take some relentless action not only locall but aimed at reps in DC effect some change on this one. Anywhere else.. any other time... someone would be fired over this. Period.

FCC says they don't think this is complaint worthy? How about when they're making death threats on public airways? (todd's comments).

Sounds pretty complaint worthy to me. See you all on Friday.

Please note that the address for Caroline's Comedy Club is 1626 Broadway between 49th and 50th.

This has me so upset that I can barely think straight. I cannot believe that in this day and age, such blatant racism and SUCH insensitivity exists! I have to clarify that I am upset enough over the mockery of such a tragedy -- the ignorance and racism merely compound the ire.

I work in a top urban apparel company and have been immersed in the hiphop culture for quite some time. I was once an avid listener to Hot97, and more recently to the Morning Show. This is no longer the case.

I have to reply to a comment to MagicJaundice: you said that this would never happen on the west side. However, just last year I believe, Shaquille O'Neal, at the time with the LA Lakers, made the equivalent of derogatory remarks directed at Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets by resorting to the age-old mockery of the Chinese language. He is quoted as saying, �Tell Yao Ming, ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.� This was his, ahem, apology: "I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't have a sense of humor, like I do.� Riiight.

the issue about the protest venue: they may decide to change venues if they find out about the protest. i say we protest at sponsors' sites, like a sprint pcs store (and don't give details as to which one), mcdonalds, popeyes, etc..

thoughts? who's in on this?

the story got picked up by REAUTERS and MSNBC!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6863581/
we need to apply more pressure on news stations and the sponsors and station. the more pressure the higher the likelihood Jones will be fired.

they aint changing the venue from carolines unless carolines don't want them there neither. they got a live broadcast happening that morning and it's being done to draw a crowd for the smackfest shit they got going on.

either they'd cancel the broadcast from there.. and then you'd hear about it because they'd announce it. or.. the show must go on.

either way.. you could always leave someone at the first site directing people to the station..

and yeah.. tighten the screws. the bigger this gets outside of NYC.. the less of an option they'll have of keeping that bitch on the air. once the money stops coming in... she's a liability.

THE WB, CHANNEL 11 had the best coverage of the incident (I saw FOX 5, UPN 9 and WB 11). They exposed more of the song (some stations held back), and talked more about it. Also, there was more coverage of the city councilmen talking on it at city hall, as well as narration by correspondent Pauline Liu.

I don't see any firing, all I see is their ratings going UP....

yahoo news also picked up the story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&ncid=689&e=2&u=/nm/20050125/music_nm/music_tsunami_dc

(212) 229.9797

Miss Jones seems to think slavery is funny, isn't that ironic. So why do we have programs like Affirmative Action to remedy "the past" again? The past that happened hundreds of years ago when slavery was socially accepted to no one's fault.

For people who say things doesn't go down from where they are..I think racism happens everywhere regardless. From NY to Cali to New Orleans..

Agreed (with No Name). Racism happens everywhere and to everyone.

I think the Los Angeles-based hiphopmusic.com'ers should visit the Emmis office in Burbank.

Rick Cummings
President
Emmis Radio
3500 W. Olive Ave.
Suite 1450
Burbank, CA 91505
o: 818-238-9156
f: 818-238-9158

has anyone thought of talking to a rep from the fcc? i think that it might have more of a long-term impact on the radio station. maybe sumthin u should think of doin after ur protest rally thing.

i cant believe them. i wish i could join but im not in NY. props to all you guys protesting.

i can't believe the fcc deemed this as not complaint worthy -______-

I demand justice!!!!!! When the people who go and protest, remember what they said about child slavery and about shooting asians and about thos poor kids who had their mother float by!!!! Protest extra hard for those of us who can't be there to join you!! You suck HOT 97!!!

Try contacting Samsung, a Korean company about Sprints stance. Might have some effect.

when and where is this protest being held?

http://www.fubabee.com/racistjones.html

my personal protest. feel free to disseminate.

I would love to go and protest and give them a piece of my mind!! Too bad I don't live in Ny. For those who are going mad props.

if a non black person makes a parody about how all black people in Africa are dying of aids, i'm sure the NAACP and Al Sharpton would be all over this and that person would most indefinately be fired. The mere fact that we are asian and a TRUE minority (There are probably more black people in the US than white people. So why do they still call themselves a minority and make a big fuss about shit like everyone is picking on them, but the fact is they are the ones doing the bullying) we just aren't taken seriously, and that just really pisses me off.

Asian-Americans need an Al Sharpton or Martin Luther King...when da fuk are Asian-Americans gonna get someone to take on this role? There's gotta be someone out there who's willing to do it.

If you folks cant hear the audio for whatever reason , go to www.3030radio.com, its there.

-Jose3030

go protest

I don't see how Sprint is to blame for this. They don't have a whole lot of control over what people can air on /their/ shows. Yes, it was a bigoted and really stupid thing to do, airing that parody, but someone explain to me how this is directly Sprint's fault.

To AceofSpades704 they maybe liable for HOT97's actions under 'Vicarious liability". http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/criminal_law/vicarious_liability.html

I'm not 100% but I'll find out and post to let you know.

In our legal system, something doesn't have to make sense for it to be enforced by the law. Take a Business law class and you'll be appalled at some of the court decisions you read about.

ace of spades:
I don't think anyone is really blaming Sprint, we just want Sprint and every other company who sponsors Hot97 to realize the effects of this song. We're trying to get these companies to stop sponsoring Hot97, becuase they (Hot97) obviously are not taking much action on this. Hopefully, we can cause enough noise and get miss jones fired, along with an public apology.

I haven't heard Miss Info speak on the radio int he past two days. Is she still on? Or is she just not talking

[big bunch of porn links deleted]

Dear ddd,


I think you missed a link. Perhaps you should check it out.

-j

fight fire with fire. if you're going to the protest print out some of these and spread it out to enrage everyone else.

Ace of Spaces: Sprint should make a stronger statement, pull their ads from Hot97, or something of that nature. Their little comment is SIMPLY NOT enough.

Toyota is one company we should also contact. Their SCION ad is still on the front page of Hot 97! They should be pulling their ads!

James, I was already aware of this statement at the time I emailed you. An apology is appropriate when someone says something offensive. It is hardly sufficient when somone specifically incites racial violence (Todd Lynn: "I'm going to start shooting Asians"). You say Sprint monitors the content it sponsors, but you have not decided to pull adverstising from this station. In effect, Sprint has condoned it by continuing to support that station. The DJs repeatedly, over several days, played this song and refused repeated requests to stop until they got the maximum publicity out of it. This was a publicity stunt and Sprint is attempting to profit off the publicity of racial hatred. If you think appropriate action was taken, I have to question whether the message of the Tsunami song really "runs contrary" to Sprint's committment to diversity.

Respectfully but disgusted,
Michael.

Wow! Perhaps it's tme that someone wrote a parody about Miss Jones, her radio station, and all of the sponsors that seem to think it's OK!

"What have YOU contributed to making your community better???" -just a thought

..

Seriously speaking, we are living in a globalized world and my community is your backyard even we were living thousand miles apart.

This tragedy is a good example of the whole world coming together, and by helping the Tsunami-victims I feel like helping my beloved ones.

Please consider.

..

And about the racial slur, yup. Seen peeps gettin fired for less, so I strongly feel that Miss Jones and Todd Lynn oughta go.

Just finished sending some emails, thanks for Trackback for providing the links needed. Peace.

And good luck with the rally/protest on friday, supportive thoughts from a distance!

-g

The Washington Post has ran a story about this in today's Style section. (It's a wire service story.) So at least people in the DC area will have a chance to know about this incident. If I lived in New York, I'd join in the protests against Hot 97. I wish the protestors luck in getting the people responsible for that tsunami song fired.

GET ANGRY, TAKE ACTION:

I urge all of you who are offended to write to fccinfo@fcc.gov with the following information (which includes everything the FCC asks for to determine their course of action):

During the week of January 16th- January 21st, WQHT, (also known as Hot 97), a local radio station in New York City, has willfully and repeatedly aired a highly offensive parody mocking the victims of the tsunami tragedy while using racial epithets.

The following is an excerpt of the lyrical contents, which aired between the hours of 6am-10am:

"...all at once you could hear the screaming chinks and no one is safe from the wave. There were Africans drowning, little chinamen swept away. You could hear God laughing "swim you bitches swim..."

The following link is an actual recorded segment from the broadcast:
http://www.3030radio.com/longer_hot97_tsunami.mp3

In the middle of the segment one of the DJs can be heard saying "I'm gonna start shooting Asians."

I hereby request the revocation of the station license, or at the very least, a substantial fine for every instance it was aired.

Your Name
Mailing Address
Daytime Phone

Anyone have any more details on the protest that's supposed to happen?

fubabee - thanks - I'll be using that to send along my complain to the FCC.

The FCC keeps count of its complaints - so I urge everyone to get out there and email.

a few more mailboxes to flood...

dbenjamin@emmisny.emmis.com
tcloherty@emmisny.emmis.com
ebro@hot97.emmis.com

if anyone's got any suggestions on what someone stuck behind PC from 9 to 5 can do, let me know. i feel like i should be doing more besides emailing.

their auto response or lack-of is quite discouraging. i hope more people take action against this outrageous, insensitive issue. i am angry & really want them OFF THE AIR.

If you are interested in helping out with the protest, please e-mail me at sun5beam7@yahoo.com. we are meeting tomorrow night (wed.) to plan it..

at the protest we need to show that this is not just an asian american issue, so we need-and welcome-EVERYONE to come out! help us plan for it, too, we need your perspectives! e-mail sun5beam7@yahoo.com for details

i just heard the protest announced on 1010 WINS, i guess it is now a part of the news broadcasts

It's funny, I just went to Miss Jones web site and there is no word of an appology. I would like to know if her appologu came from her heart or from a piece of paper given to her. My money is on number two.. Its sad to see that we fight so hard to bring every race together and it's one of us that sets us back. Maybe we should start to look at ourselves before pointing the finger at other people. We are not helpin our cause by putting down another race.

Look like they pulled the tax return ads off the website. Keep it up people.

Protest on Friday. I think the appearance at Caroline's is open to the public. Anyone can get in. *hint* take it to 'em. I doubt they'd expect anyone to come in and protest while they're on air. Shut it down.

good idea, whatever. can you help us plan? e-mail me at sun5beam7@yahoo.com

sorry loretta. not in nyc.

concentrate on the pd , and company owners not other staff members who didnt have ish to do with it

I am not sure if this will help punish Hot 97 and teach them that some things are not funny, but I would like to make a complaint to the FCC. I really am not one for government censorship, but since we are in a hypersensitive environment right now and the people at Hot 97 do not seem to be able to understand how distasteful, racist, classist and just plain stupid their song and attitude are I don�t mind using the government on this one.

I visited the FCC website and it looks like I have to send in a written complaint. They want excerpts if not the complete transcript of the offending incident. Has anyone transcribed it yet? If so please forward it to me and hiphopmusic.com should post it so that other people can complain to the FCC.

Thanks

Michael

FCC page that describes complaint procedures
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/radio.html#complaint

FCC address for complaints:
FCC Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

My e-mail peacsign@cpeace.com

Her are some excerpts from the song:

There was a time when the sun was shining bright
So I went down to the beach to catch me a tan
Then the next thing I knew, a wave twenty feet high
Came and washed your country away

And all at once you could hear the screaming ch*nks
And no one was safe from the wave
There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away You could hear God laughing, "Swim, you b*tches, 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 your children will be sold to child slavery (2X)

Update

I got the Asian Studies Department at the University of Florida to sponsor a Discussion Panel. I'm planning on inviting all the student unions under ASU, the Black Student Union, the Hiphop club, and anyone else I can. I contacted a few of the journalism clubs. I'm trying to get faculty who are doing work on racism in communication involved as well.

Hopefully we can spread awareness of the issue here too. I agree it's not an Asian vs. Black issue. In my memo to the organizations I state this about "Respect for human life and basic human decency".

I heard the FCC fined them, can anyone confirm this?

What I continue to be shocked at? The fact that Emmis seems to support Jones' racism. I mean, what other reasoning could there be behind STILL employing her and her racist staff?

This is the same radio station, people, that satirized the death of Aaliyah. Granted they were different people but they all got something in common -- they're all employed by HOT 97.

Keep pushing, people.

When going to Caroline's please remember to dress the part, They many discriminate you from going in because you look different. so dress like their target audience and bring a lawyer just in case.
good luck, I may see you guys but I have a medical emergency that morning.

I just received this auto-reply from SPRINT TM

STATEMENT FROM SPRINT

* Sprint does NOT have any connection to the Tsunami Song aired on Hot
97 FM.

* Sprint strongly objects to any communication or other effort making
light of the devastation of the tsunami disaster. The content of the
"Tsunami song" clearly runs contrary to Sprint's commitment to diversity
and inclusion, and is not in any way supported or condoned by Sprint.
Needless to say, our hearts go out to the tsunami victims and their
families -- for this and other reasons, the Sprint Foundation and our
associates have worked together since the tsunami tragedy to raise funds
for disaster relief efforts and will continue to do so.

*Sprint has purchased advertising time on Hot 97 but was incorrectly
identified as a sponsor of the segment of the show in which the song was
referenced. In any case, Sprint was unaware and had no connection to the
content of the "Tsunami Song."

*Sprint has expressed our strong concern about this content to the radio
station. The station has issued a public apology and appears to have
disciplined the responsible parties. Sprint continually evaluates
acceptable content against our own guidelines and we will continue to
monitor the process with all outlets in which we advertise.

Ooops, didn't noticed the sprint reply was already in this here article

Just to let everyone know we were actually there at the press release with Councilman John Liu and have worked with him in a protest against Details Magazine here in NYC. Asian Media Watchdog totally supports Councilman John Liu, and we are working towards going after Miss Jones along with Star and Buck Wild. We did not know of the protest being planned until today when we were doing an interview with 1010 wins and they informed us of one. At this moment I am trying to get more information on this because we have done protests before.

Sincerely,

Colleen Eustice-Sakai
Co-Founder of www.asianmediawatchdog.com

i replied to sprints reply that the automated response they sent out was just as insulting as hot 97s apology. got this in my mail box this morning.

******************

Fisher, James W [CC] to me
Show options 9:41am (2 hours ago)

I'm a live person who is taking the time to respond to anyone who
contacts me. There's nothing automated about me.

*********

still sounds fairly insulting to me.

Well I for one am going to switch phone service providers from Sprint and let them know that I am doing so because of their sponsorship of the HOT97 Morning Show. I encourage everyone else to do so as well. Punch 'em in the pocketbook and they will take notice.

See you Friday at Caroline's!

Bullshit. Screw Sprint.

Make the morning show crew go to asia and donate their time!

Can someone please tell me whats going on with the protest?

those in the NYC area, Channel 7 is about to do a piece on the evening news. just saw the teaser before the commercial...tune in.

I also got an automated response from Sprint. The same message that everyone else got.

Wow... I just saw the channel 7 report and they said that the parent company stands by it's stations' apology and that no one will be suspended or fired. We have to do something about this!

Channel 7 Joe Torres did a nice piece on the news.
however what Imonte said was correct, Emmis Comm in IN are not doing anything.
This is F'ed up, if Jimmy the Greek could get fired and countless others why can't this morning "crew"?

wildwill,
I watched it and that's what he said. He said they stand by their stations apology and no one will be suspended or terminated. The ABC anchor people seemed shocked also when the camera panned to them for reaction. I'm so sick that they will get to keep their jobs.

See: NOTHING
Save the energy and go help out your own community and stop blaming idiots..Waste your energy so no more people with this mindset

I forwarded Jackson Hewitt's response to James Fisher at SprintPCS. If Sprint does NOT take a stronger position in all this, I will make good on my threat and cancel my account. I urge every one of you that has Sprint to do the same. Paying a couple hundred dollar cancellation fee will be worthwhile.

[EDITED BY REQUEST - details on protest will be posted soon - Jay Smooth]

I will make sure to tell everyone I know dropping the Sprint PCs as their telephone service, and boycut other sponsors of the Hot97 radio show.

i heard that miss jones' mom has cancer or something, lets make a song about that!! it is NOT a tumor! oh wait, yeah it is. lol PWNALITY

Ms jones gives the ill deep throat

I was wondering if anyone has contacted the ACLU/NYCLU or the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in regards to this matter. Both organizations should be willing to lend their support. According to the organization's website: "The National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (RPC) is a multiracial, multi-issue, international membership organization founded by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. We're working to move the nation and the world toward social, racial and economic justice. From our national headquarters in Chicago and a bureau in Washington, D.C., we're uniting people of diverse ethnic, religious, economic and political backgrounds to make America's promise of 'liberty and justice for all' a reality." I'm rather interested in what Rev. Jesse L. Jackson would have to say about all this.

ACLU/NYCLU:

New York Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, New York NY 10004
212-344-3005, fax 212-344-3318

RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION:

New York - Wall Street
Empire State Building
350 5th Avenue
Suite 2723
New York, NY 10118
ph: 212-425-7874
fx: 212-968-1412

National Headquarters
930 East 50th Street
Chicago, IL 60615-2702
ph: 773-373-3366
fx: 773-373-3571

wish i could be there for the protest man, but i'm stuck here in Cali. wish you all the best at the protest. give em hell.

Miss Jones'...Who ever her name is. Point blank...SHE SHOULD BE FIRED! That sound was stupid anyway. The weather guy in Las vegas was fired, so should she should get the same treatment.

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fuck sprint

i'm about to cancel my service and my families service plan

what kidn fo bullshit response is that???

fuck them

i been eyeing verizon lately anyway

I've contacted John C. Lui's office and was told that there will be a rally outside of Hot97 station this friday 1/28 at 11 am.
I read alot of people's opinion on this site, now lets voice it so it will be heard this Friday.

Miss Jones and those involved in playing the Tsunami song should be fired. Emmis Communications should be held accountable for the actions of their staff.
I hope the FCC and others take swift action to stop this continuing trend of hatred, bigotry, and racism.

Sprint is going to pull advertising from HOT97

As of Wednesday, January 26, Sprint updated its public statement on the issue of the Hot 97 tsunami parody song:

STATEMENT FROM SPRINT

* Because the tsunami parody content on the Hot 97 program was in violation of our company standards, Sprint intends to suspend its advertising on the station.

The following information was issued previously:

* Sprint does NOT have any connection to the Tsunami Song aired on Hot 97 FM.

* Sprint strongly objects to any communication or other effort making light of the devastation of the tsunami disaster. The content of the "Tsunami song" clearly runs contrary to Sprint's commitment to diversity and inclusion, and is not in any way supported or condoned by Sprint. Needless to say, our hearts go out to the tsunami victims and their families -- for this and other reasons, the Sprint Foundation and our associates have worked together since the tsunami tragedy to raise funds for disaster relief efforts and will continue to do so.

*Sprint has purchased advertising time on Hot 97 but was incorrectly identified as a sponsor of the segment of the show in which the song was referenced. In any case, Sprint was unaware and had no connection to the content of the "Tsunami Song."

*Sprint has expressed our strong concern about this content to the radio station. The station has issued a public apology and appears to have disciplined the responsible parties. Sprint continually evaluates acceptable content against our own guidelines and we will continue to monitor the process with all outlets in which we advertise.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tat02sc@aol.com [mailto:Tat02sc@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:38 PM
To: Fisher, James W [CC]
Subject: From a Concerned Employee

James,

I am writing as a concerned employee of Sprint as well as an American. It is deeply disturbing to see that our Company has been dragged into something as vile as the song that was played and associated with our company.

I have NEVER written to complain about anything, but this feels like an attack on two fronts, first as an Asian person and secondly having the company I work for gets its image tarnished.

I am asking that our company take greater action in handling this situation. We must show that people who perpetrate actions such as this must be held accountable and those who are supposed to be in charge be held responsible as well.

I believe that we should hold our business associates to our standards of "NOT HERE NOT EVER"

I don't believe for a second that if these people worked for Sprint that a suspension is all that they will receive.

I know your email must be overflowing and I apologize for adding to it, but I feel extremely compelled to address this situation.

Thank you for your time.

A concerned employee.

Just to let you know there have been some updates. First of all Sprint, Mcdonalds, and Jackson Hewitt tax service have all pulled their ads from the station. Also the Miss Jones show was not on the air today and it was suspended. Check out the following link.

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/

It looks like the whole show has been indefinitely, according to publicist Lizzie Grubman, who declined to say whether Jones would feature in another show at a later date. That includes Miss Info being suspened as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/26/quake.slur.reut/index.html

I have also emailed the contact at Sprint and he has confirmed that Sprint will be pulling it's ads and that Sprint as a whole, from the Chairman and CEO on down, deplores Hot 97's actions. Being an asian and working for Sprint in NYC has brought the entire situation more to heart for me.

THANK YOU !!!

You all need to get over it and stop whining. If you don't like something said on the radio, turn it off. Nobodys holding a gun to your head.

Why is it that a white person says anything slightly controversial and he is fired. Yet a predominantly black radio station can mock another ethnic culture and a weak apology is issued and now they think it is over. Imagine if Howard stern said the same thing with respect to a disaster in Harlem. Al Sharpton would be screaming for the death penalty along with every other black activists. Seems only racist's can be white in this country. Damn shame. I think anyone that had anything to do with this skit should be fired. from top to bottom. I will be boycotting the station.

That was weak. I sent James (of Sprint) the following letter:

James,

Whether or not Sprint was �incorrectly identified as a sponsor of the show,� in question, your company still purchases advertising from this station (HOT97). Claiming to have been unaware of the content of the tasteless �Tsunami Song� is not important to your customers. What they see is that you support people who uses hateful language and mocks those suffering from a devastating disaster.

�Sprint strongly objects to any communication or other effort making light of the devastation of the tsunami disaster...� What about using derogatory slurs to reference certain racial groups that are probably customers of your company?

It is disappointing to see that a professional such as yourself, who is probably responsible for maintaining Sprint�s public image, be so easily appeased by the lightness of the disciplinary action taken by the station.

How many of you people out there even listened to the show before you heard about what happened?? Im sure theres not that many of you.. I listened to the show since May of 2003 and it kept me entertained on a 45 minute drive to work. Like someone said before if you dont like something on the radio dont listen to it. Change the station. Miss Info has been on the show way before Miss Jones was. Shes been on for at least 2 yrs when Rich Nice and Jimmy Mar where on. What they did is inexcuseable and Im not saying they were right for doing it but its not the first time they have done something like this on the show. Just this time people said something about it. Now not that Im trying to prove a point but everyone wants to bring race into it. You want to talk about Jones being a racist but look at yourself wanting to bring race into something because a white person got busted why cant a black person get it too.. Please!!
And also for those that dont know which Im sure its all the non listeners that think they know about the show. They DID get fired.. And Emmis already has a job posting on their website. So if you can do better by all means put up your resume..

And to all of you that are threating to leave Sprint.. I highly doubt that they care. They make plenty enough money as it is.I dont think a small amount of people cancelling plans will really hurt them much. Plus by you cancelling early you just giving them even more money.

Well, I personally don't give a shit about wats gonna happen to fuck up Hot 97. FUckk all the crews and all the bitches there. Every mother fuckers in tat station should and will be responsible for whats done. Lets say tat 2 fuck up workers at a deadly chemical factory burn the plant down and along with the little town. Who's fault is it? Blame the lazy fuck up boss, you no why? its his job to check what ta fuck is going on. So Fuck everybody in there. So fuck Hot 97. I use to be a fan, but now...fuck them.

To those who are protesting....Givem all you got brothers.

Hopefully that Radio station never air again, and all that bitches in there get their asses fire, or better, drown drown all their asses and die.

Fuck hot 97
Fuck hot 97
Fuck all the crews!
Die Miss Jones! HOpe your ass get fuck so harded before you die.
Fuck you too Todd Lynn the all mighty slave of the people.

Fuck all your appologies!!!
Hope all you bitches die.

It's not if you were white and made a racist comment against black people then you would get it. You would get into trouble if you were of any race other than black to make racist comments. If an asian said the word 'nigger'. There would be a riot in the streets, same for white, hispanic, etc. But it's just alright for black people to be racist. Black people through there many years of slavery way back when have earned the right to call people chinks, and spics, and crackers. We owe them so much. We as Americans should repay all blacks for the slavery that they have endured.

very true VD. God Forbid someone says the slightest thing to offend a black person which would turn into nationwide coverage, but go off and be racist towards asians and it's all good

lots of trolls and flamers leaving their comments.

"You all need to get over it and stop whining. If you don't like something said on the radio, turn it off. Nobodys holding a gun to your head.

Posted by: Matt at January 26, 2005 04:10 PM"

are you ok with someone non-caucasian using the terms milktoast or cracker to describe you? (assuming you are white)

"It's not if you were white and made a racist comment against black people then you would get it. You would get into trouble if you were of any race other than black to make racist comments. If an asian said the word 'nigger'. There would be a riot in the streets, same for white, hispanic, etc. But it's just alright for black people to be racist. Black people through there many years of slavery way back when have earned the right to call people chinks, and spics, and crackers. We owe them so much. We as Americans should repay all blacks for the slavery that they have endured.

Posted by: VD at January 27, 2005 12:37 PM"

blacks have not earned the right to be racist, no one has. for the years of slavery, one would expect blacks to be more weary of racism instead of being involved. miss jones was fairly adamant on her position when confronted by miss info. and as for todd lynn about shooting asians, boy has not seen romeo must die has he?

WHO THE FUCK SANG THAT STUPID ASS FUCKING SONG?! by the way... FUCK THAT BITCH MISS JONES N THAT FAG CO-HOST TODD LYNN FUCK YOU BITCHES... well anyways WHO SANG THAT FUCKING SONG?

wtf are you talking about .. having the right to make racist comments against asians... its not even that you fucking dumbass.. its the concept of making fun of a tragedy having thousands of people dead and thousands homeless.. its much more then just being racist.. fuck you racist bitches and have a nice day

by the way FUCK YOU TO DJ ENVY

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."


"Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity.


It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true."


-Martin Luther King Jr.


How can anyone actually defend the song that makes fun of the people who were destroyed by the tsunami?


Just because the color of their skin is different? I don't understand.


I would imagine people supporting Miss Jones would have no right to be upset the next time someone who isn't black says something 'controversial'.


If people can't see the truth regarding this whole mess, everyone loses in the end. You cannot become a better person, or a better people, by putting others beneath you.


"God is not merely interested in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men. He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race."


But according to those behind the tsunami song, he was laughing as people drowned.


I don't understand.

You know what Asians need to do in the country? Mobilize and join together to handle racist bullshit like this. I'm glad to see so many people on here writing about how pissed off they are, cuz I'm FUCKIN pissed. Studying Asian American studies, you know what I think we as a people need to do? We need to show that Asians won't put up with this crap. We gotta stop being the Model Minority and stop just brushing this shit off our shoulders. People are stupid enough to say these types of things because they don't FEAR Asians, they don't FEAR what Asians will say or do. African Americans have made more progress than Asians in that category, and you know why? People are just plain AFRAID of blacks, people are AFRAID of their reactions to something like this. Nobody in their right mind would make a song about black people and how they are dying in Africa from war and disease. And it's cause these people would get brutally beaten up or shot to death, and that's the truth. Asians are not respected in all areas of the country, and that is why we all need to put aside our differences of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, South Asian, Southeast Asian, etc, and come together as ASIAN AMERICANS. We all live here and deal with this stuff together, and racist people don't see the differences in us (how many times have you been called fuckin Chinaman when you're really Korean or something else). So we need to work as one unified people and start reacting more drastically to shit like this. I'm not saying go out and shoot a racist, but do not lose respect for yourself or your race by just standing idly by. It's easy to rant and rave, but how often are our complaints heard by deaf ears? ALL THE TIME. So don't just yell, scream or shout, go put your foot in somebody's mouth - em.c

Can someone clarify for me what's going on today, Friday 1/28? Is it Carolines or the Hot 97 studio or both?

On a personal note and as a reply to "the one I was born with", I've been listening to this station since I was kid in the 90's discovering hip hop for the first time. I woke up to the morning show on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday when I first heard the song playing from my clock radio. I was shocked awake by the lyrics and could not believe what I was hearing. Despite all the other studid, sophomoric little bits they have done in the past, I could not believe they threw all of their humanity away to produce such ignorance for the sake of ratings.

And then, not even 10 minutes later, they play a tribute song to Dr. King with quotes like, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." How can you laugh at child slavery, call the victims "chinks", and then act socially enlightened with a tribute song? Where is their character?

After that dazzling display of hypocrisy I turned the station off and haven't listened to it since. I will also be putting my Queens ass on the train to 395 Hudson even if only to let them know that they have killed hip hop for me entirely.

(sorry if i have misspellings)didn't want to proofread
Hello everyone----i'm not that great of a writer as the first gentleman was.lol But anyway, i am from chicago and i'm a african american female. what people need to notice is that this is not all about race, this is about ignorance. Ignorance has no color and will take controll over what anyone will accept, live or decide on and can often lead to hate and murder. If i am plegged with ignorance and never want to escape my neiborhood to see or experiance the rest of the world, or exceed the boundaries that others have set for me, i may not accept diferent cultures or someone of a different race. Of course that's not fair to the rest of the world but this is the way america has made it. Not to be anti-american cause i love living the way i do, but if you can remember some of the things that you learned in school or from reading, the civilizations of america right after the indians were extremely brutal to people of another race, and different cultures. Most of that history is not learned in school or has vanished because it is so gorry(spelling?) and people are ashamed. The hurt, tears and anger that existed then is still here and it never left. I wonder, why do people act as though america is healed after all of the terrible things that happend a long time ago? Sure things have gotten better and we expect all americans to live up to it's new standards but the hate is still here. This is NOT about color(i want people to understand)Many people are still hurt and ashamed. Realize this, the americans whos family names have been here for centuries, are only decendants of the people that were part of a brutal history. What do we expect from nations of poeple that were brought up to still practice very old ignorant lifestyles in 2005. I know it's not fair but it's been like this for centures here. This may be off the subject a little but we need to look at the big picture, this problem is bigger than the hot97 song----these thoughts of ignorance are in lots of heads in america. The song only serfaced the problem for many people to recognize that "OH my goodness, it's still here and they actually had the gutts to play it on the radio."
For example, some of your friends or people you know that are of another race may even make ignorant comments about your culure behind your back, because of a learned ignorance from family upbringing and friends. Unfortunatly about Miss Jones being a black woman herself, she must be very mentally ill along with the other fella that recorded this with her, because she of all people she know how it feels to be discriminated against being black in america and living the hip hop culture, and so on. Look like she would hate racism, since black people have sufford greatly in america. But once again, ignorance has no specifications on color, so i don't want anyone to make this a "This nationality" thang ok? The cause of ignorance is simply from, not enough exposure, negetive opions that older family members give to their children or even friends. So what happends is other people follow the trend on "Let's hate these kinds of people." Tall, short, minorities, poor people etc......the list goes on. We need to work on changing these old ignorant thoughts starting with our children, and correcting it when ever we see or know someone who is practicing it.
That's when america will practice equality towards all races.

of course, this is an issue, because asian very so often take the stand for themselves, but now, it's time, this is the chance to show all people that ASIAN AMERICANS are just as strong and outspoken as others. We just have respect, and we keep our comments to ourselves...but this time, it has gone too far, and we WILL take the stand, and we WILL speak our mind. Thanks Miss Jones for giving us this opportunity to stand up for ourselves...thanks for letting us know that we are able to SPEAK our mind and STAND TALL like all yahs...WE will let the MEDIA and the public know that ASIANS are just as important as others, and our voices WILL be heard!!!!

IGNORANT PEOPLE!!!
ITS THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS LOOK BAD...

the coments made by hot 97 about the tsuanmi are no differant then coments hot 97 has made against causicans on their radio shows or in mutch of the lryical content of many artist they promote. the only differance is that when its made against white people it seems their cival and human rights are not protected and their is no national lynching.however , i think it is vial the coments made and this station is a racist masoginist station that needs to be shut down

all i have to say, is fuck hot 97, fuck sprint, and especially, fuck ms. jones .. there are millions of other black females who can easily replace her . . . and can probably even run their mouthes a lot better than this bitch

Does anyone remember the Greaseman (from DC) and his comment on the radio about Lauryn Hill after she won five Grammys in 1999? Here's what I found about him:

- He was suspended in Washington D.C. when he joked about Martin Luther King Day: kill four more and get the rest of the week off.
- He was fired after playing a Lauryn Hill record and saying: 'No wonder they drag them behind trucks;' a reference to James Byrd who was killed by whites who tied him to their truck and dragged him around (February 24, 1999).

The same insensitivity and racism is there. Why not the same penalty for that offense?

Looks like it's happened...

http://www.hot97.com/

I'll take this opportunity to say that Emmis Communications is a terrible corporation. I used to work for them but quickly learned of their negligence and ignorance towards the listeners of their radio stations. They spend so much time comparing and contrasting themselves from other media giants like Clear Channel, trying to distance themselves from their rivals' bad wrap. They say they "care" about the listeners...they only want to give them the best...that they employ only the best of the best and treat them like family so that hopefully that warmth is translated through the air waves to their listeners. Well BULLSHIT. They are no better than their rival companies. They don't care about their listeners, they don't care about the message they are sending or the quality of their programs. In the end, all they care about is the money the station makes and money that ends up in their pockets.

This whole incident makes quite clear the kind of radio station they run here. Neglecting to recognize something so blatantly offensive is reckless, careless, and just plain insensitive. Of course the place to point blame should begin with the show hosts and producers, but definitely extends to the radio station programming director all the way up to Emmis' big wigs. Their automatic response and reply is sickening. It is cold and I do not find it genuine at all....just corporate political bullshit. This is why I refuse to support any of their radio or television stations. I do not believe in the kind of message they send their listeners and do not believe in them as a company. Sadly to say, however disgusting and sickening the song was, I am not surprised that such a tactless and cruel prank came from an Emmis Communications radio station.

Emmis communications, Sprint and other sponsors are clueless. Sprints auto reponse from Jim Fisher speaks volumes about their racist attitude. Emmis firing of only two staff and suspending the other two and a week of pay is not an apology to the world. THEY ARE RACIST EVIL PIECE OF TRASH. THERE IS NO WORD TO DESCRIBE PURE EVIL. It goes beyond racism; its an attack on human race. I hope emmis gets fined and closed soon.

Where's the aclu in all this? Why aren't they in an uproar? Why aren't any prominent black people speaking up against such blatant racism?

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Oh-I forgot to mention:

FUCK the ACLU! They should be shut down or worse.