I'm very interested as to how this develops. I'm out in Seattle, WA and wish that I could listen to a stream of this show this morning.

Props to hiphopmusic.com for keepin the public abreast on the issue at hand!

fantastic

Shit...I'm sure that first call was from a friend of Miss Jones or whatever. Anyway, hopefully this leads to Miss Jones and those other fools being fired!

I just saw on CNN about "a local NY radio station that played a 'We Are the World' parody that ended up offending the victims of the tsunami. tasteless etc" and I thought "well they would have said Howard Stern of it was him... oh no...... already?"

The drama never stops.

Just for that, I hope it's replaced by a 24/7 loop of Jill Scott records.

Good to know. Personally, IMO, About time. I hope details are forthcoming from Hot 97.

FIRED!!

Anyone heard if Star and Buc have commented yet?

I heard the announcement and while I am happy that we are being HEARD against the HATE, the suspension is "Indefinitely". I want it to be permanent. (all with the exception of Ms Info if she was suspended too)
Lets keep up the fight against HATE !!!! Lets not let it stop here. We need to make sure Ms. Bitch or Todd Lynn does not get the chance to spread their HEAT on the airwaves again !!!

Ooops... i meanet HATE not HEAT !!!!

jin is on right now, he sounds great, and they're playing his track for the second time this hour. i am surprised at how responsible and open to dialogue they're being. i guess they really do read our emails.
on the less serious tip, i did enjoy the irony in jin's track about hot 97 playing the same three songs repeatedly, then immediately afterwards they played Keyshia Cole's constantly looping "I changed my mind."

Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident

Of cource, it was truly offensive. How would you feel if people from other countries make fun of us about 911?

They ain't reading emails. They're bowing to public pressure. If they were reading emails they wouldn't have waited this long for the suspension.

National media attention, advertising dollars disappearing... that doesn't sit well with the Emmis which is a publically held company. Once the stockholders are effected, all bets are off.

Keep the pressure on because I'm sure they think this will appease the masses. This shouldn't end until Miss Jones is off the air in NYC.

In regards to Ronnie Jr. comment:
If you read the lyrics to the parody. And then listened to the racial slurs made on AIR, and still be able to ask :
"Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident"

Then there is no hope ......

If making light of little kids watching their moms float by, impaled by tree branches, awaiting their imminent enslavement is not offensive, I don't know what is.

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

I cant believe that someone - anyone would even disrespect those who perished and those who are still missing! I hope God has Mercy on those involved with this terrible incident.

"The best way to resolve a problem is to remove it's cause."
For me, it's deeper than just the racial slurs. Like Jin said on the radio today, we take it all the time, with a grain of salt. Listening to the callers on Hot 97 today, it seems to me that a lot of the supporters of Ms. Jones are not understanding our point. It's more than the racial slurs. It's about countless children without parents and parents without children. It IS about children getting sold into child slavery (there have already been reports about it). Echoing other people's frustration, where is the humor in that?
I also don't understand why the FCC has not made any formal statements about this?! They haven't even acknowledged the situation.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientous stupidity."

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

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I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

Love to Miss Info!

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

Love to Miss Info!

I hope for the best for her

As for Miss Jones, you could hook up with rupaul up at 102.9!

I am sorry Amy I cant find a website with the Lyrics, I had heard the issue wasnt that big, but I am on the west coast

Mis Jones or in other words Miss Bitch is a nuthin but a dusty black monkey

Hey,I hope the station management gets their asses fired for letting this crap to be aired more than once

It is funny that TOYOTA is from Japan and they are still not taking their ads off...what a shame!!

wow. you are right on it, jay! posting at 6am with the latest. i was just coming here to post that the story was given quite a bit of air time on npr this morning. it was a little inaccurate, though, in that it said the station apologized afterwards. while this may be true, it's misleading given that the website reposted the song and the station was not exactly all-around contrite/miss jones kept flapping her yap.

thanks for your accurate reporting on this! as i keep getting e-mails from my friend in the maldives who lived through the tsunami, hearing about the tragedy in detail, i just... well, i'm still astounded that anyone could defend that lame, insensitive parody...

So is Miss Jones on air right now or not, and what exactly happened with thier arguement (Jones/Info)

Whats on-air at hot 97 right now

props to you guys for keeping us updated... we need to keep on fighting until they become fired. they are utterly disgusting excuses of human beings.

Keep the emails going. Suspension does not mean she is fired. They may be just trying to put the show on hiatus until this "blows over". Well I'm not going to just let it go. She and Todd Lynn deserve to be fired. They suffer from a severe case of verbal diarrhea and lack a moral compass. It's a dangerous mix.

"Most calls so far are in support of Miss Jones and bringing back her program."

I bet some of those people who called are probably jone's family cause you knwo she aint got no friend. Shoot its a 1-800 number we should all call and give them a piece of our mind cause they sure dont read our emails. It's our chance to be heard on air!!

Ronnie, http://www.angryasianman.com has the lyrics posted.

This is a small step...

We have to continue with our letters and calls.. Remember, we want them FIRED!!

As far as the FCC goes this is not an fineable offense.

This does not fall under the indecency catagory. It was tasteless but not fineable.

While I am sure the crew will be soon hit by unemployment, I feel that management should be sent to the unemployment line as well....

They allowed the bit to be played multiple times without objection. The apology was a paragraph of legal dribble and possibly the most insincere apology I have ever heard...

word. good work jay, jose, et al.

(meanwhile, can't let this slide: "Mis Jones or in other words Miss Bitch is a nuthin but a dusty black monkey.")

You guys can listen to Hot 97 here...

http://hot97.radiodot.com/

I have personally recorded the Jin interview for those who haven't heard it. You can download it here...

http://www.youshareit.com/download.php?98b332fed8a3935f8a93cfecc1207aff

1.800.223.9797

Call and voice your opinion. Too many people standing up for Miss Jones for all the wrong reasons.

Get on the phones like you're on the email.

The problem is that they're only addressing the 'tasteless' comments in the song. Call it what it is.. RACISM.

I, too, hope that Miss Jones have difficulty finding employment elsewhere in NYC. I still can't believe that the song aired for a week before action was taken. After the first day, with word of mouth and internet postings, everyone involved should have had their pink slips received by the end of the week. The individuals who thought the song was humorous must have been inhaling some serious stimulants.

Unfortunately, I live in Miami and Hot 97's web site doesn't offer live streaming, so if any can provide MP3s to Miss Jones' "apology" and any listeners who called in to the station this morning, that would be great!

1) I was listening to the show this morning and a caller said that "now they know what we face everyday." I can't begin to imagine the difficult issues African Americans have to face everyday and I'm guilty of sterotyping people myself. However, there were signs that read "no chinese or dogs allowed" not too long ago and we can't forget about the murder of Vincent Chin by two Detroit auto workers because they thought Vincent was Japanese. We have to realize that we are more similar that we think are. It shouldn't be about us versus them; it should be about what is right and wrong.

Excellent. This goes to prove what organized action can accomplish.

Todd Lynn! bring it, im asian. shoot me motherfucker. Racist fuck!

How long has Miss Jones been with the station and secondly how long has she been hosting a Morning Show. Did she replace Star and Buckwild, I thought I heard Sway was up in that joint for a minute. I think it looks like Hot 97 is having enough trouble with finding a Morning Show. I just seen the Lyrics and think they are pretty bad. If I was in managment I would be huntin for a new show, How was her ratings anyway....I am mostly on the westcoast thats why I have alot of questions...thanks in advance for all your answers....May God have mercy over them

So I'm wondering why they said Miss Info had a choice on whether to come back to the show alone and she chose to stand with the morning show.

Wasn't Info the one who stood against this in the first place?

This sounds like another fake attempt at quelling the public's dissent at this situation.

They are saying they are getting a lot of calls in support of the show. Problem is that they are screening all these calls and only airing most of the favorable calls.

Are you telling me there's no questions about Miss Info? How about they aren't even trying to touch those calls.

Once again. It's a fake attempt. Keep the pressure on.

gotta love these folks calling in agressively defending miss jones who preface their comments by saying "i haven't heard the song but..."

please call the station and let them know how pissed off you are!

I can understand that in general, we like to always forgive someone and give them a second chance, but after hearing how some people called in to support Ms. Jones, Ive come to realize that these people do not comprehend the reality of what Ms Jones and her crew did, and the effect and damage it brings on not just to themselves, but to everyone else as a commmunity. Everyone knows the snoball effect? If you dont stop it now, or voice anything.. it will only get worse. One joke , one outrageuous humor and next thing you know, you'll see a civil war if not a world war.

Folks, lets be frank.. would you be okay or laughing, if that song was about 911, and played in France or so? Come on, enough is enough . She f*cked up, and thats the truth that some of you supporters cant seem to ackknowledge. Unfortunately, you'll have to the pay the price..

Good Luck Ms. Jones, enjoy your new vacation at home and to have to walk around with your head in shame, as the STUPID F*CKING DJ WHO MADE A SONG ABOUT CHILDREN DYING. Good Job, you should be really proud of yourself.

Hope Hot 97 don't bring them back. If Star and Buc Wild got suspended before because they made fun of Aaliyah's death, this group should be fired because this is 200,000 + time worse than an artist dying.

im southeast asian (cambodian) and i wish that todd dude will come down to Long Beach Cali talkin that "shooting asians" shiet maan we'll beacho azz. props to Jin and miss info

im listenin to the live streamin rite now, man the caller a min ago, wat a bitch jin gave a shout out to Miss Info not cuz she asian but becuz she opposed the song on air and opted to be part of it. wanna bring slavery and shiet into the agrument like she actually went thru that. U wanna talk bout the police brutality? that shiet is nuttin compared to the police corruption and poverty in certain parts of south asia. This whole shiet is biased, all the callers were probably hand picked

but yo cancel all that hatin on blacks though peeps like that exist in all ethnics just gotta deal wit it. i aint gonna hate on all blacks but fucc them jockeys

Hope Hot 97 don't bring them back. If Star and Buc Wild got suspended before because they made fun of Aaliyah's death, this group should be fired because this is 200,000 + time worse than an artist dying.

Couldn't get through on the 800 line. Forwarded my statement to the station:

"I just wanted to call and voice my concern, since that is what this number is for. I’m a graduate student down in Florida and news of Miss Jones and the Tsunami song has gotten down here. In The media has been slow to respond so I feel that very few people around the nation even know what’s going on. Everyone who might be saying that “It’s only a few people are whining” don’t realize that fact. And it’s not just Asians who are upset, people of various backgrounds and affiliations have voiced their horror at this. People involved in the hiphop scene (see BET’s website), muslims, Canadians, british…it’s not an Asian sensitivity issue.

I’m actively involved both online and offline rallying awareness about the situation. This situation isn’t about quote unquote tasteless remarks, and it’s not even necessarily a race thing, it about basic human decency and respect. Miss Jones and her morning crew with the exception of Miss Info, has shown their total lack of human decency with their involvement in the Tsunami Song. "

My complaint emails came back with this message:

"User mailbox exceeds allowed size: hot97@hot97.com"

Looks like their email has been jammed.

Her other email: missjones@missjones.net

Go to www.emmis.com and view their portfolio. Send emails to all the contacts for the stations and magazines they own around the country.

I think this is a better approach, as it will show them how global it really is. It won't just affect Hot97.

If a large number of all their advertisers are pressured company wide, it will have more of an impact.

more offensive to me was the "ima start shootin asians" comment. the song didn't seem any more offensive than anything else that's played on morning radio before but "ima start shootin asians"? wtf is that shiet? how is that ni... still on the air?

I just called the station. Email this guy

dimick@hot97.emmis.com

Miss Jones' racist behevior is totally UNacceptable, and she should be FIRED!!! She was making fun at 200,000 victimes, and put so many bad tastes into the Asian ethnic group. If American society torelates such racist program, this is egal to torelating anti-semist speech in Germany in 1930s, which led to the Holocaust (ironically 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the Auschwitz tragedy).

This is NOT the first time Miss Jones show racisms towards Asian group, she aired "Chikpoly" which harmed the image of millions of Asian/Chinese American. I am also wondering what's in Miss Jones' mind to joke about other minority, given herself is a part of American minority. If people joke aout the the slavery on Afro-Americans in 19th century,what would she think about? Can she laugh? Would this bring no harm to her? She must resign from public radio and read more books of Martin Luther King Jr.

I think it's important that we continue this fight. Asians are often looked over, so I think it's important that we use the threat of our purses and wallets -- b/c that's what they're paying attention to.

I am absolutely OUTRAGED...and yes this is much deeper than racial slurs. I think that there should be severe punishment for that station in general...not just the firing of Miss Jones. This issue is about respect for life and the message that it sends to young urban inner city listeners! This GROSS CALLOUS parody would NEVER air on a top 40 pop affiliate. Let's be real people, we've been hearing about janet's boob popping out all year because of the fear of some white toddler seeing a black boob. Where the F is the FCC now? Where are their statements and lawsuits and fines now? I think it has a lot to do with who their target listeners are. I am appalled at the fact that it's taken this long to suspend Miss Jones and her team and I am even more appalled that this parody aired for DAYS!!

Oops sorry that mail address should be

jdimick@hot97.emmis.com

Star from the Star and Buc wild show commented this morning around 8:30 a.m on the suspension of Miss Jones and crew. Interestingly enough, he fingered the producer of the show, didn't say his name. According to Star this is the same producer responsible for the incident with the jocks whon aired a couple having sex in St. Patrick Cathedral. Those jocks were also fired if I remember correctly.

He called Miss Jones sloppy and chided Hot 97 for self-destructing on a week after their return to the New York market.

from McDonalds:
Hello James:

Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.

First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Effective immediately, McDonald's has indefinitely suspended advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.

It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Robyn
McDonald's Customer Response Center

ref#:2569120

Please do not "reply" to this email response. All "replies" go to an unmonitored mailbox and are not reviewed. If you wish to contact McDonald's Customer Response Center again, please visit our website at www.mcdonalds.com.

I knew this was coming when Star returned to the NYC market this month. Since he left Hot 97 they have been like chickens with their heads cut off.

I heard Star make some comments this morning calling what happened wreckless. However, he also said that most of that negative stuff even going back to when he was there, is generally sanctioned by station mangement. He also said the producer of the idea is the same guy who produced the Opie and Anthony skit that got them trashed. That producer's name never seems to come into the forefront.

I hope that everyone involved gets what they diserve. Why should this radio station continue to get away with such behavior? How can anyone think that this is not a big deal? This is just sad!

http://www.daveyd.com/staraaliyah.html

clearly Miss Jones had a heart in the past. Curious what pseudo-stardom does to a person.

I live in nyc, and listen to the miss jones morning show on my commute every morning. And am an avid fan, as hot97 has gone through a year and a half flip flopping personalities looking for the right chemistry and finally believe they got it with the 4 they currently have. Now i do agree that the song was in very bad taste, but to fire them, i think would be over the top. They were out of line, people are out of line all the time.

Chapelle, chris rock, and many other comedians make fun of racist issues all the time on there shows, and there is no public outcry. Sort of a double standard here. I do think they will be given another chance only becuase star and buc were given a chance after the alliyah issue. They were ultimatly fired for comments made about a sponsor. I just cant see hot97 firing them after it took them almost 2 years to find the right morning show personalities.

I am so HAPPY that the Asian community is going through the extent of taking their time to make a difference to not let shit like this pass through. I hope everyone continues to fight this. Times have changed and there is no excuse for such ignorance. How dare make such a disgusting song about peoples lives?

I got a similar reply from McDonald's and posted here http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000760.html#comments
Posted by: G.C. at January 26, 2005 09:24 AM

Any thoughts on McDonald's actions? One more major sponsor to go.

That's because Chapelle and Chris Rock have talent and are truely funny.

Jones has no talent and must resort to the lowest form of humor. If you can call it that.

Hey, it's all about money, G_Money.
Miss Jones, her crew, and the producer should get fired or the backlash will mean more loss in advertisers.

Go straight to the top, CEO of EMMIS
jsmulyan@emmis.com,

I am getting 'real' responses from Sprint PCS from:



http://www1.sprintpcs.com/learn/form_public_question.jsp

Most recently:


Thank you for bringing this issue to our notice.


Your opinions and perceptions are very important to us, and we value your input.


Please know that the commercials that we make are for the promotion of our product and service and we do not intend to hurt anyone's feeling
through them and do not support the un-ethical Advertisements.


Please know that I have forwarded your note along to the appropriate departments so that they may take further necessary action.


We appreciate you contacting us.


Norina
Sprint eCare


Although there might be miscommunication - I did not say that they are advertising Sprint phones with the tsunami song, just that Sprint continues to advertise on a radio station that repeatedly played this song. Anyways.



Keep it up. Push harder.

I hope they fire Miss Jones!!!

Please continue to contact the sponsors!!! Don't let this temporary suspension tactic make you believe that they are fired because if they were, they would have announced it. Indefinitely probably means when the heat is off of them, about a few weeks or a month.

A quick google search brought up the name of the hot 97 morning show's producer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/211506p-182197c.html

Considering how they name the email accounts there looking at the other ones posted here, it shouldn't be hard to figure out this guy's email address.

Is no one talking about the HORRIBLE racist insults that Miss Info had to endure, from other people of color no less?? She was trying to stand up for what's right, and all she got was shot down by Miss Jones and whoever, after which they mentioned how she felt "superior" because she was Asian. Um, yeah, a comment like that really shows that SHE'S the insecure one. Jealous of "Best Week Ever" much?

I'm a black soldier in the US Army. We have soldiers of all races over there fighting together. Why can't we all come together here and get Miss Jones and her crew off the air. No way, shape, form or fashion were they right for playing that crap. I've done my part by contacting the FCC and sponsors of the station.

I MUST comment about the racist poster who called ms jones some kind of "Monkey." Dude, you're no better than she and Hot 97 are for what they did and posts like that have no business here. She is a lot of thinkgs but I think you only add fuel to a raging fire when you spit racism back instead of promoting harmony.

Star and Buck are punks too............

To the person who said "Was it truly offensive, or are people making a bigger deal for no reason....is it worse than the Janet, Justin incident"

How can you even compare what happened with Janet and Justin to that? Totally different! The incident with Janet wasn't even a big deal, they just made it a big deal.

G_Money you miss the divide between Chris Rock/Dave Chappelle and Miss Jones. Chappelle presents comedical satire on the racial tensions that exist, he's bringing public awareness that shit happens. I mean people laugh about it, but they know it's true. In a way it's calling people out.

Miss Jones on the other hand is bringing out hateful comments which serve no purpose but to make money and spread hate. Do you think Chappelle could make a joke out of some kid who just say his mom float by with a tree stuck in her head? Yeah great punch line.

Liz This isn't just an asian fight, this involves everyone. If you notice you're on a hiphop community not an asian community. Remember that this shouldn't divide the races, it should bring people together.

u wanna make a difference BOYCOTT every single racist thing that gets said ANYWHERE
Shit happens..fighting is not going to bring these people back..You guys are wasting time doing all this cuz noone can tell me they have never uttered anything racial against anyone

the hypocrisy in this world kills me

I just heard that the crew of the morning show was just let go from a pretty reliable source. I wonder how many morning crews this station is going to go through before they "get it"?

I have never heard of Miss Jones or Hot97, until this thing exploded. It was on the O'reilly factor last night and they played a clip of it.

That was the most disgusting thing I have ever listened to.

The song and the creators of the song are utter gutter trash fuckholes and they deserve to be fired.

I wonder what miss jones and that other moron thought when Rodney King got his ass beat? I bet it was different, THEN.

They are a good example of the ever-expanding loser population in the United States.

People like that make me ashamed to say I'm an american.

I have mixed emotions while I like Ms. Jones there is a fine line and she stepped over that line....I think she should be fired...if it had been a white air personality...there would not of been any suspensions they would of been fired on the spot. We have to set an example somewhere that anything will be tolerated that is what is wrong with this society as we know it.

kiki - where did you hear this from?

it's great to see that sloppy tired old groupie miss jones and the rest of that ig'nant lot go...

jones truly has beef w/ the asian community and i hope that this event wakes her stupid a$$ up...

as for the rest of us, let's try to keep having each other's backs and don't let the establishment (i.e. radio stations, corporate amerikkka) pit us against each other like common fools.

peace...

I heard it from someone who is in pretty tight with the advertising/pr types at the station...

Thanks to all of you who have been putting in the effort. As an Asian American, it's hard to be taken seriously with issues of race, since we don't get looked at as really being a minority.

When I heard the broadcast I felt angry and helpless. But thanks to this forum and others, and more importantly, our strength to come together and act as a community, we were able to transform our anger into action.

It's empowering to know that there are people like you who are willing to put up a good fight against things that are obviously wrong.

suspended indefinetly. psssh. she needs to be fired but this is a good step.

Sorry to post so much...but this one is pretty noteworthy. From Council Member John Liu's Yahoo group.

"Dear Friends,

Council Member Liu will be appearing on CNN this morning right after the President's speech to the discuss the situation with Hot 97's playing of the Tsunami song.
"

For those of you who don't know, ABC has signed Todd Lynn to develop not one but 2 TV shows.

I'm pretty sure I won't be laughing at any material developed by a guy who threatened to "start shooting Asians" on public radio.

Feel the same way?

Let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

could someone possibly record Mr Liu's appearance?

Ming, can you please post what happens.

speakup, is there more info?

I just want to give props to Ms. Info. She is my hero for taking a stance . I hope she will be OK and this drama hasn't ruined her career!

I'll try and record it, my stupid Video capture card is not working just yet. But I have my trusty VCR tuned into CNN right now. I'll post info and hopefully video as I get it.

I think Miss Jones deserves to be fired. To make fun of a tragedy of these proportions and to say that "God is laughing" is unbelievable.

I really hope this person never gets a hold of another mic for the rest of her life.

YES!!!! I LOVE IT

Thanks Ming. Can anyone tell me if the protest at Caroline's this friday is still taking place. That's where they were suppose to broadcast live. Due to the news of the suspension, I'm unsure.

Jennifer-
the brodcast has been postponed...

lol someone said this. *Give Props to Ms. INFO. she is my hero.

Did u not listen to the song, and what she said?

Think About it!
Not ONLY Asian people died, Karma is a Bitch.

97hot is promoting hatreds and racism. Fine citizens are obligated to demand FCC to suspend its licences immidiately in order to protect our communities.
For those people who don't think it is a big deal, please put yourself into the same ordeal experienced by the tsunami victims.

Annie, I think you're getting Miss Info and Miss Jones confused

For those wanting more info on ABC and Todd Lynn, you can read it right on his profile page on the Hot 97 website here:

http://www.hot97.com/airstaff/toddLynn.aspx

Yes, the guy who got on public radio and ranted about "shooting Asians" is going to develop shows for ABC.

Maybe it'll be a reality show where Todd Lynn gets to live out his dream of "shooting Asians."

Again, if this issue bothers you enough, let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

SpeakUP.

I think we should get this in the media around the country as much as possible. Try writing to your local and national newspapers. I wrote to the Boston Globe and the NY Times. They are very slow to take this up. Also I'm from a college town so I'm going to email as many college newspapers as possible. You should try to do the same. Email everyone you know, call radio stations, TV stations, whoever - so we can get her FIRED and BANNED for good.

I remember right after 9/11 I want into a chatroom where some people were making fun of the attack; they were laughing and making jokes about the people falling off the buildings.
This was the only time I have ever felt like reaching through my screen and choking those bastards. So I can imagine how the asian community feels, get her out of my radio, out of NYC.

As an African American, I am wary of the "suspension". This incident has drawn so much attention to Hot 97 that we all (Miss Jones, her crew, African American and Asian American listeners) may lose in the end. Miss Jones & crew, as ignorant and misguided as they are, are being played as pawns in this race game- pitting blacks against Asians. How crazy is that?!? The execs/ wealthy station owners may laugh all the way to the bank with this one. I feel we need to get to the sponsors and just take Hot 97 off the dial. Stop tuning in, let Jay & crew report it and keep hitting the sponsors! McDonalds & Popeyes keep cheap and unhealthy food in poor minority communities (and Sprint just sucks!). Keep them from sponsoring these clowns and don't go to their establishments. If we're going to boycott, we have to go all the way.

WE NEED THE MAYOR OF NYC TO SPEAKUP
LETS GET THE PRESIDENT OF USA TO SPEAKUP!
IF IT TAKE MONTHS OR YEARS WE ALL CAN DO IT AS ONE! THIS IS NOT A RACE ISSUE

SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT DONT GIVE UP!
EVERYONE PLEASE CONT THIS EFFORT AGAINST HATE&IGNORANCE!

If this shit happen to African Americans, you think it'll be this fucking small?

Miss Jones only did this as a stunt to keep her ratings up. I guess she figured she had to do something big going up against star & bucwild now. She can't sing, she's NOT as cute as SHE thinks she is, so she had no other alternative. It was a tastless act yes, but she's running out of options ya'll. Let her keep her job, i don't think it was about race at all, just a stupid attempt to be "funny".

from McDonalds:

Hello XXXXXXX:


Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.

First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Effective immediately, McDonald's has indefinitely suspended advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.

It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Robyn

McDonald's Customer Response Center

ref#:2569120

Please do not "reply" to this email response. All "replies" go to an unmonitored mailbox and are not reviewed. If you wish to contact McDonald's Customer Response Center again, please visit our website at www.mcdonalds.com.

DON'T LOSE HOPE. Keep writing those sponsors!

FirethemNOW- I think it would have been 100 times bigger and anyone who said anything negative about African Americans would have been fired before they finished their sentence. Is that right? NO! But now's not the time to compare apples to oranges. As an African American, I'm fighting this fight as well. Let's keep the comparisons out of it and keep it moving.

MissEMONI, are you Miss Jones???????

No matter how desperate she was to keep her job, this is a SICK way to try to keep her ratings up.

Let her keep her job? YOU MUST BE JOKING.

I know about the McDonalds email. So I'm not going to take the heat off of them. As soon as we stop emailing, they'll think it's blown over. And everything will go back to the way it was. We need to make sure the STOP advertising and not just suspend it.

i called 1.800.223.9797 ant got this
"the phone number you have dialed has been diconnected" >.

MissEMONI if this was not about race and racism why would todd have said i'm going to start shooting asians. hm?

Thanks SpeakUp! His career is gonna go down like a lead zeppelin. I'm emailing ABC that they are supporting the career of someone who has ridiculed and belittled the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the loved ones they have left behind. In addition he has displayed his lack of moral bearings by saying that he would shoot Asians. If any shows develop from ABC, not only will I not watch the show, but I will actively tell sponsors of his past transgressions. I'm using that exact quote. Feel free to cut & paste. Down w/ Miss Jones, Todd Lynn and J. Dimick!

I agree with Afro NYC. Some how I feel like there is a larger picture involved. Think about it, hot 97 is getting more press now than ever, every one is tuned in to see what is said next and who is saying it. The only true way to win this is too hit them hard in the wallet - hence get all the advertisers to acknowledge that the public will not support any company that endorses hate-filled programming. Everyone do what you can to keep pressuring the big companies, like McDonald's. Sprint, Popeyes etc.

McDonald's wrote me this email:

Thank you for taking the time contact McDonald's. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you regarding the recent events involving hosts from the Hot 97 morning radio program in New York.First, McDonald's does not support programs that discriminate or are insensitive to the plight of people suffering from devastating events. Starting immediately, McDonald's will indefinitely suspend advertising on the Hot 97 morning show.It's also important to know that Ronald McDonald House Charities, McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's family around the world have donated more than two million dollars to the Tsunami relief efforts. We take these matters very seriously and will continue to work together to help victims of this devastating disaster.Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concerns.

Can someone post a list of sponsors? So far you've mentioned Sprint and McDonalds, are there others? Thank you.

Financial loss is the ONLY thing that will motivate the station owners to fire the morning show crew. Money talks and bullsh*t walks.

Keep hitting the SPONSORS

/follow the trackbacks on the main page to find the sponsor list

Is Rick Delgado the producer of the morning show? If so, he should get fired as well.

if that song aint racist....i dont know what racism is...
i dont know how they can write about kids and their dead moms and think its funny,

Some companies (because I listened for commercials played on the show the past couple days) include:

Wendy's
Dunkin Donuts
Coca-cola
Sleepy's Mattresses
Subway
Blockbuster Video

This website has other sponsors listed such as Popeyes, Toyota, Reebok, etc.

Also, the media does not seem to know that the morning show was pulled today.

The media doesn't seem to care because I haven't seen much coverage on this issue, aside from a small 2 second thing the other day, when they showed a few assemblymen at a press conference.

Why is there no continued coverage? What ever happened to freedom of press? Is EMMIS partners with the newspapers in NY?

YOU PEOPLE ARE A BUNCHA HYPOCRITES

I heard about your movement to get Mrs. Jones of the Hot 97 morning show fired over the Tsunami song. Although I agree that the song in itself is inexcusable, I want to take a second to address the controversy that is now taking place.

I think that all of you people who are acting so offended by this situation should really take a long hard look at yourselves in the mirror. All this talk of starting a movement against Hot 97 is in my opinion a joke. The same people walking around NYC complaining about Hot 97 are the same ones listening to that bullshit. I saw the same thing happen a few years back when the same morning show with Star and Buc Wild played the "Aaliyah plane crash" skit and everyone wanted to get them fired. I saw petitions and outrage and what happened at the end of the day everyone was right back listening to Hot 97 like tha shit never happened. It was the best free publicity that the station could have gotten, and I know for fact that subsequently, advertising rates for that program went up. Hot 97 suspended their morning show hosts and temporarily changed their playlist to a more conscious one (just like they do anytime they catch heat), and 2 weeks later, the morning show was back in effect doing the same offensive type humor that cats tune in to hear everyday. Also, when the Aaliyah plane crash skit was played on air, Ms. Jones, who was the co-host of the morning show at tha time, got so offended by the skit she walked out on the show. Now, I'm not making excuses for her behavior in this incident, because as a grown woman, she should have known better, but I want to point out that she is not to blame as much as Emmis Communications and Tracey Chlorety who is in charge over at Hot 97 and co-sign this kinda bullshit on a daily basis.

For the last ten years, Emmis communications has reached its slimy tentacles out to dozens of radio affiliates across the united states. The off-color antics of its on air personalities are of legend (Especially in NYC) and this type of behavior is consistent with its practice of playing the most lyrically irresponsible music you've ever heard. In fact, in NYC, most of the on air personalities spend more time talking irresponsibly on air about their private lives and personal opinions than they do playing music. Everyone knows this and it's been cool up until this point, so why have a problem with it now? If they can play songs like "Drop It Like Its Hot" and "Get Low" at 3pm in the afternoon when 13 year old kids come home from school and listen to that and emulate that bullshit, then whass the beef? You didn't have a problem with it then, dont have a problem with it now. Thass Emmis Communications for you. Learn it, live it, love it.

As for Tracey Chlorety, I was backstage at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert a few years ago when a well known "Conscious" hip hop artist took her to task for not playing anything but "Murder-Death-Kill-music." When he asked her about the negative music in heavy rotation on her station and its lack of balance with positive Hip Hop she was dismissive and personally offended. When this artist asked her about her responsibility to the kids in the community that listen to Hot 97, her response was "I dont have any responsibility to the community, the only responsibility I have is to my shareholders." I would not have believed it had I not saw it with my own eyes. (Note: this whole incident was caught on tape by a well known local video show, but i doubt that it will ever see tha light of day since the host of that video show is employed by Hot 97 as an on air personality) I realized that not only does Tracey Chlorety not give a fuck about the community, she doesn't even live in the community or have to deal with the effects of the negativity broadcast over her radio stations airwaves. This is also indicative of the disposition of quite a few of Emmis Communication stations program directors across the country. Most of the P.D.s are either white or reporting to white regional programmers who are not in touch with the realities or needs of the listening audience, most of whom are people of color. And because it is that community of color, nobody gives a damn, because at the end of the day, these same people of color come home and turn that shit on like they do BET or Clearchannel and Radio One stations and listen religiously just like they have been programmed to do. While everyone is calling for Mrs. Jones head, Hot 97 will make her the sacrificial lamb and get another fall guy to do tha show, and Emmis Broadcasting dodge the bullet and have you all listening and waiting for Funk Flex to drop another one of his "Payola-Sponsored" bombs.

So, while I find this little on-line display of outrage quite amusing, I ask that you all bend over and take it without the Vaseline from Emmis Broadcasting just like you are going to end up doing anyway. You people wont write your local Emmis affiliate telling them they got to get their shit right or they got to go. You wont contact the advertisers who run ads on these stations and tell them to pull their ads, You wont research who the shareholders of Emmis Broadcasting are and demand they divest (In fact their stock just went up, check their website if you think I'm kidding.) All y'all are gonna do is get them a buncha free publicity and word of mouth advertising. You might say that thass some for real bullshit, but thass how its gonna go down. Aint nothing revolutionary about posting on a blog and then allowing the same bullshit that you complain about to continue. So when y'all are really ready to go after the Emmis Communications, Viacoms and Clearchannels of the world then let me know, I'll be down front like Ron O-Neal said in "Superfly" with guns blazing, but until that day comes, spare me the theatrics. Y'all Ni@@az iz scared of revolution.

Priest
www.priestforever.net

Also for the person who is on here calling people "black monkey". Do you honestly feel that this comment is effective in getting the issue resolved. The whole ordeal is to stop the racial comments and here you go adding fuel to the fire. Please elevate your mind.

"Chapelle, chris rock, and many other comedians make fun of racist issues all the time on there shows, and there is no public outcry. Sort of a double standard here. I do think they will be given another chance only becuase star and buc were given a chance after the alliyah issue. They were ultimatly fired for comments made about a sponsor. I just cant see hot97 firing them after it took them almost 2 years to find the right morning show personalities".

Dude, Chris Rock and Chapelle makes fun of every race. They make fun of White, Black, and Asians. They dont discriminate in that sense. They are comedians and when u watch their shows you expect them to be edgey. The Tsunami parody is more about human decency. They are making fun of people that have lost EVERYTHING. As many as 1/3 of the victims are CHILDREN. Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle will never make fun of children dying and children losing their parents. And some children are being exploited because of this tragedy. If they would of made some jokes about this...i GURANTEE that it wont be tolerated...
and Ms. Jones is stupid, hasnt she learned anything from Starr and Buck??? and like many readers said, Ms. Jones being black herself should know how it feels to have to go through bigotry and racism in this country...so why go there??? i know she's a shock jock and it's her job to get ratings...there are other means, like their Smack Fest. No one is getting hurt unless you're a WILLING participant in Smack Fest. Victims of the Tsunami are not willing participant in the Tsunami Parody hence the public outcry...Want rating, go to the drawing board and brain storm some ideas and not getting lazy and use tragedy and bigotry as a way.

Post all media to cover the issue!!! I've emailed CNN repeatedly. I emailed the NY Times for their astonishing lack of coverage. I emailed the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, to include an editorial. I've even emailed the Oprah Network. If there are other news media outlets, who have not acknowledged the situation, it is up to US the public to notify them what we deem newsworthy. It's already been a week since this happened. The media needs to know they are not responding appropriately.

I'm glad some of the sponsors are pulling outta this radios station which means its taking in effect.

The only reason Hot97 is suspending Miss Jones aka The nasty bitch is to applease their sponsors, not because of the complaints from the people. I can't imagine why people would call in defense for Mrs Jones. What can they possibly say to justified playing a song about the deaths of 200000 people!!! I have a feeling the station is only taking in biased callers with no comphresion of the situation. A caller mention slavery into the argument. What the hell does that has to do with anything to this situation!?! Its about the basic human decency and moral conduct, regardless of race. Its about righting the wrongs of this great injustice.

I wanna know what the FCC is doing about this. I don't want to see this just get brush under the rug like it never happen. I continue to get the word out about this. Not until Mrs Jones get fired.

FYI Priest.
Tracey is no longer the PD since January.

Jayson,

Sadly, I see your point. But I'd rather do this, than act like nothing happened. Yes, the probability is that Emmis's success will grow with this controversy. However, your "revolution" has to start somewhere. Also, not need to belittle the people who have voiced their opinions as you have, or their need to act on this issue. It's truly in bad taste.

Mrs Jones needs to get her ass fired. And I'm not just saying that because I'm chinese. Whats wrong is wrong. Pure and simple.

I support priest..exactly my point and more

Priest:


You may have some ill will towards the higher ups or others involved in the industry.


I don't.


I'm going for the throats of the fools who planned, wrote, recorded, and repeatedly played the tsunami song.


Anyone who heard it or read the lyrics should understand why.

heard she's gonna be in Times Sq. on Friday....I wanna go throw some Indian food in her face.

Miss Jones should be fired. What she played on the air was RACIST, she should have known better. and yes its like another country making fun of us about 911, its not right.

If I made a comment half as offensive as the parody song at work I'd be canned immediately. Why the hell should they get break? Fired their asses.

If Miss Jones could get a real record deal, maybe she wouldn't have to do things like this. Oh thats right she cant sign anyway.

Ignore people like Priest and the poster blah who is too afraid to post his real identity here.

People are brave on the internet, naysayers and activist alike. But I'm doing more than just bitching on the internet. I'm trying to inform people in offline through events planned at my University.

The difference between the people who care about this and the people who don't is that the people who care are fighting and uphill battle. Not only do they have to work to get the message out there, they have to fight cowardly naysayers. Those of us trying to spread the message of tolerance aren't afraid to hide our identities. If they wanted to film me on national television voicing my opinions I wouldn't mind. I bet you all the people who are trash talking us and putting us down wouldn't do the same.

The only downside to the internet is that people can hide in anonymity.

If you really support the movement against HOT97, stop using racial slurs. Don't retaliate with the same mentality. You're just making the problem worse.

I meant sing. sorry

I am happy about the suspension, but it should not end there. The producers and higher management should also be held accountable for the distasteful song. Thank you jay for stressing this issue. Please remember that Ignourance does not prosper.

Priest, that was tight.

they're playing jin's song on Hot 97 and taking the same bullshit calls about the controversy because they know people who are pissed off and wouldn't normally listen to Hot 97 anyways are going to tune in, which, in addition to the regular listeners, is going to boost ratings. It's not because they've learned a lesson. This is exactly what they expected and wanted to happen when they first released the song. So turn that shit off. Anything you need to know, you can find online later.

And as priest said, the only way to make these people regret this is if we take away their money, which means taking away their sponsors and advertisers. So fuck Emmis, and keep attacking their sponsors.

And finally, damnit, don't listen to the fucking station when this is over. its contributing to the death of hip hop.

Yo word up, this is my freestyle and it goes to some lil chinks out there, freedom of speech y'all

the yella man be weak the yella man be plenty but nobody be scared of them lil rice eatas cuz all of them cant beat us
Jin my man keep yo mouth shut, you been swinging on black mans cock for too long and now your peeps got bitch slapped and you frontin, go back to bootleging your shits, peace out fucka you aint nobody to be telling shit,
Pickin on a fat ol nigga bitch, yea you big man, we ben running scare of your sensitive flair, well hell no mofo, nobody gives a shit some monkeys in asia drowned, fuck up
Y'all asian bitches are too damn piccy, go back to y'all stores and be quiet, and go back to buying nigga's shit nigga's music and CDs cuz we be coming ova ur girls house be making her dizzy
Dont blame the brothaz cuz you brought it on to yourselves. Cant handle the heat go back to saigon, go back to nippon, this is the real shit, and we dont take false issues, so the bitch is you
A latino (rick delgado, ex-producer of Opie & Anthony, WNEW) wrote the song and produced it too, but you dont be dissin on them spanish finks ya fool. Y'all were wiating for this Face it. trying to take us down, but we are all over ur towns, so face us like a man, go down to Hot 97 and protest ya clowns, see you wouldnt, so sit on y'all computas. shut up. cant be like the black man, so stop frontin my chigga cuz you will never be william hung like a nigga. y'all all jokes you so called model minority folks. dont give me no bullshit cuz you prepared for this and done jones in, now are you happy?
You wont be happy until all niggas go down to ya level's, neva man,
SO Jin, nothing personal my man but this shit i cant stand, i dare you to go BET cuz you cant even make it on TV, so wisen up sucka, ya fool,eat
ur rice. Peace im outz, he-yea

I would like to see an artist or a label with the guts to tell Hot97 not to play their song. Now that would say something. Any artist here that wanna take a stand. Anyone can give money, now do something real.

correct me if I'm wrong but Dave Chappelle is married to an Asian woman and his writing partner in the show is white.
Wayne Brady is married to a Japanese american.
Both funny and talented.

Priest,

It's sad that YOU are missing the point. There IS a revolution taking place and it starts with one battle at a time. If you aren't aware, radio is loosing out to satellite radio, internet radio, mp3 players, and newer forms of mass media.

Don't hate those who are trying to make things right.
Slavery didn't end in one day.

It's really not that deep...Clearchannel gets to pick and choose whats too much...all the black jokes made on this station (I.E. abduhl luima, amadou diablo, etc.) they decide that this Miss Jones song was too much.. but let Howard Stern do something like that and there would be laughter and praise. It's all a lot of B.S. because it's all jokes.. YOu have a choice, you can sit around and be sad about things, or you can try and laugh about it and move on.

Setzer,

When the protest does happen, and it will shortly,
Be sure to come down and acknowledge yourself as the one calming that we are hiding in front of our computers. I will be the 1st online to pound your stupid ass down.

I think everyone is harping on the wrong issue here. Yes, there were racial epithets used in the Tsunami song, and that in and of itself isn't cool. But most people have laughed at or even used racial epithets in some context or another. The major issue here is that they made fun of an incident which left thousands of people dead or suffering, through no fault of their own. I mean, what, I ask, is funny or satirical about a child who sees his dead mother float by? What's comical about children being sold into slavery? When is it appropriate to make light of someone's country being "washed away"? The show has done this sort of thing before- they once made a song about a mentally challenged boy who died when he accidentally fell down a laundry shoot. This Tsunami parody just took the cake, that's all.
The creators of South Park make fun of death and destruction all the time- Kenny dies in almost every episode in some gruesome form or another, along with many other characters. That's not the point- the point is that they are mocking people's SUFFERING. People are suffering seriously over there- nothing humorous about that. No one would ever think to make fun of 9/11, or slavery- hell, Miss Jones walked out on Starr and Buck when they joked about Aaliyah's death. Why on earth would Hot 97 not see how this song or the others like it equates to that?
Well, they wanted the attention, they got it. I personally do think those involved with creating it- Miss Jones, Todd Lyn, and others- and especially, ESPECIALLY the management who allowed it to air on not one but FOUR freaking days, should be replaced. I mean, not only did they air the song, but had a heated argument on the air about it with the one person in the room who had sense enough to speak against it. And then Miss Jones stooped to accusing Miss Info of feeling superior because she's Asian? I mean, come on. There goes that go*damn race insecurity at work again, when will we Black people get off that? I mean, if you ever want to sound ignorant, that is the perfect thing to do- blame someone else for feeling superior because they're not Black, esPEcially when it doesn't have anything to do with the situation at hand. WHAT does racial superiority or inferiority have to do with any of this, ANYWAY?? Eww. Just eww.

Just got an idea...it may sound stupid...but it's an idea...

Why don't we try contacting media personalities. Specifically Oprah, her show reaches an estimated 14 million watchers a day and in over 132 countries.

I've emailed her, but I think if more people do they'll get the idea that it is an issue. People may not respect your or me, they might not respect Oprah. But naysayers will bend to the will of 14 million informed viewers.

www.oprah.com

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.

FYI.
Do some research on how ratings are calculated. A company sends out a piece of paper to a VERY SMALL seclection of people and you're supposed to write down on that paper, the station you listen to throughout the day. If this is still going on when those papers go out to the random people you think they're going to write HOT 97 on them?

Most likely not, unless they're part of the brainwashed masses currently swinging off HOT's nuts. Some people will be just mad enough to write Power 105 just for spite.

I'd be suprised if this bumps ratings but who knows.

Why wait until someone else starts going after Emmis, shareholders, blah blah blah? People have such problems with them, go after them yourselves.

To Afro-NYC and your post:
As an African American, I am wary of the "suspension". This incident has drawn so much attention to Hot 97 that we all (Miss Jones, her crew, African American and Asian American listeners) may lose in the end. Miss Jones & crew, as ignorant and misguided as they are, are being played as pawns in this race game- pitting blacks against Asians. How crazy is that?!? The execs/ wealthy station owners may laugh all the way to the bank with this one. I feel we need to get to the sponsors and just take Hot 97 off the dial. Stop tuning in, let Jay & crew report it and keep hitting the sponsors! McDonalds & Popeyes keep cheap and unhealthy food in poor minority communities (and Sprint just sucks!). Keep them from sponsoring these clowns and don't go to their establishments. If we're going to boycott, we have to go all the way.

You're right. We have to go all the way.

KEEP IT UP! It about time we our raise voices.

As someone on the other coast, the perception I've gotten from reading media reports about this, is that the station is both hoping to milk the controversy and weather it at the same time.

I believe they are hoping the outcry from people who deplore racism and hatred will let up so that they will not have to fire those involved.

I have written each of the shows sponsors myself and believe we must keep up the pressure until Miss Jones, Todd Lynn, and the show's producer are fired.

I say heads should roll at the radio station.

They're "professional" radio DJs who made a major mistake at their jobs. If your employees lost multimillion dollar accounts while offending people at the same time, wouldn't you fire them?

MissEMONI, are you for real? How could it not be racial? with phrases like " Chinks, Chinaman', " I am going to shoot some Asians tonight", if that is not racism, what is? Or is it only racism when someone diss your own race?

SUP AJEN

new statement has been issued

Statement from WQHT-FM, HOT 97

New York City - Miss Jones and the HOT 97 Morning team have been indefinitely suspended for the airing of a song that made light of a catastrophic event, as well as comments made at the time the song was aired.

Earlier this week, Miss Jones said on the air "I apologize to all who have been offended by my poor decision to go along with playing that insulting (to say the least) Tsunami song. I should have known better and I didn't. So I'm sorry and hopefully we can move forward from this, or I can move forward from this being a better hostess, because I am better than that, and I know better than that -- and you deserve better radio than that."

While Miss Jones has apologized on the air, in the media and on the HOT 97 website, station management felt that stronger action was necessary to demonstrate the severity of the situation.

Emmis Radio and HOT 97 will not tolerate such derogatory and racially insensitive content. This incident in no way reflects the spirit of HOT 97. The station has a long-time and well-known reputation for community involvement and support.

Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings said, "What happened is morally and socially indefensible. All involved, myself included, are ashamed and deeply sorry. I know the members of the morning show are truly contrite. They know their actions here are inexcusable."
We would like to clarify that no company advertising on our station had any connection to the Tsunami Song and no company advertising on our station endorsed or sponsored the offensive material aired on the "Miss Jones in the Morning" show. We apologize for any misunderstanding that may have caused listeners to believe that anyone, other than the morning show staff, was responsible for the material that should not have been aired.

Yo Setzer, why are u being a playa hater?
If your mom got killed and then called a whore, wouldn't u declare War?
I guess not because u got no class, your just another dumbass!
Fuck u and fuck your freestyle rap, your just a fool who needs to get bitchslap

Word out.

thank goodness she was pulled from the airwaves. i was actively writing letters to the sponsers and emails to pull their support from HOT97 until Miss Jones was removed. There is no apology that can make up for being ignorant to a world wide disaster involving the deaths of almost 200,000 people in addition to making racist remarks. I agree with one of the previous comments that it would NOT sit well with us if another country made a parody of our 9/11. i hope she is gone permanently. good riddance to her

PLEASE KEEP THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROTEST UPDATED!!! I WILL BE THERE FOR SURE! THANKS PEOPLE
LET'S HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD FOR ONCE! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! ASIANS TEND TO JUST LET IT GO EVENTHOUGH WE GET HURT AND OFFENDED, BUT I THINK THIS IS TIME TO SPEAK UP! SO PLEASE! STAND UP!!!

Setzer -

You are a complete babbling bafoon. It's ignorant people like you that give your race a bad representation. You are the "typical" idiot that America is pitted against - that the decent Black America despise as well. Yeah, I'm sure they'd be proud of your racist ass calling all of us out and making the situation worse than it already is. Nice move, dumbass. You're an incoherent mental defect that needs to go back to grade school and get an education.

i am still not pleased w/ their most recent statement. more needs to be done. keep pressuring their sponsors!! and reach out to other media outlets.

for the protest taking place on friday, has the venue been moved? since their broadcast at Caroline's has been postponed, maybe the protest should be taken to the station's HQ.

News agencies all across Asia are now picking up on this story, from Taiwan to China to the Tsunami devastated regions of Thailand and Indonesia.

What irony that this whole incident was caused by an african-american female DJ. She of all people should know what it felt like to be discriminated. Dr. King must be rolling over in his grave right now.

hot 97 posted a new statement on their website. take a look...

Thank you Sheila,

It is unfortunate such apologies and honest reflection on your part make little difference. The radio station and Miss Jones has a lot to learn about the world after making such racially derogatory comments during a crisis, when so many have lost so much, It is unlikely those involved at Hot 97 would enjoy such insults when aimed at them and there families, there race and there country.

Ironically, In the UK a member of the government sent an email, 20 Min after the horror of September 11th, suggesting now was the time to release unfavorable information as the public’s attention was elsewhere, she was fired along with the minister she worked for one day later, that is the type of response that sends a message to the intolerant and the stupid.

In all things a personal sense of shame, responsibility, decency and corporate accountability should avoid such editorial mistakes, the disaster affected many thousands of people, I am British, Black and off Jamaican ancestry, I lost a brother and two cousins.

The UK has approx 50 dead and 400 people missing, Indonesia: at least 95,000 dead; 133,000 missing, presumed dead, Sri Lanka: 31,000 dead; 5,637 missing, India (inc. Andaman and Nicobar islands): 10,744 dead; 5,640 missing, Indonesia: at least 95,000 dead; 133,000 missing, presumed dead, Sri Lanka: 31,000 dead; 5,637 missing, India (inc. Andaman and Nicobar islands): 10,744 dead; 5,640 missing, Thailand: 5,384 dead; 3,130 missing, Somalia: approx. 150 dead, Maldives: 82 dead; 26 missing, Malaysia: 68 dead, Burma: 59 dead, Tanzania: 10 dead, Bangladesh: 2 dead, Kenya: 1 dead, Seychelles: 1 dead, Thailand: 5,384 dead; 3,130 missing, Somalia: approx. 150 dead, Maldives: 82 dead; 26 missing, Malaysia: 68 dead, Burma: 59 dead, Tanzania: 10 dead, Bangladesh: 2 dead, Kenya: 1 dead, Seychelles: 1 dead.

Thanks for responding, I do not believe this can be ignored and I hope it won’t be.

__________________________________________

Regards,
Andrew Brown

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From: Cort, Sheila [mailto:Sheila.Cort@JTax.com]
Sent: 26 January 2005 00:01
To: Andrew brown
Subject: RE: Against all good taste

Dear Sir/Madam:

We respect and share in your concerns regarding the truly insensitive and inappropriate behavior of the show’s hosts and the airing of the offensive song. Please be aware that Jackson Hewitt Tax Service does not endorse or approve of such behavior and had no input or prior knowledge as to the content of the broadcast that aired last week during the “Miss Jones in the Morning” program. In fact, we have already contacted station owners and management to express our concerns and to inform them that we have withdrawn our advertising and support from the “Miss Jones in the Morning” program. We acknowledge that the station has posted an apology, but certainly do not believe that that is enough, considering the serious nature of this matter. Thus we have called upon the station’s owners and management to further review this program and its allowance of such behavior.

We thank you for taking the time to reach out to us on this serious matter.

Respectfully,

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. Management

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From: Andrew brown [mailto:a.r.brown_mail@btinternet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:10 PM
To: james.w.fisher@mail.sprint.com; jennifer@stenderhawkins.com; lisa.bartlett@reebok.com; Cort, Sheila
Subject: Against all good taste

Hi,

I am a tourist on holiday from the UK, your radio station and its staff seems to find the death of thousands of men, women and children funny.

I can only say that I hope and earnestly pray that you to suffer the pain felt by those, like me, who have lost family in this disaster, I now truly regret feeling any compassion for the USA and New York after the bombing of the two towers.

To Miss Jones, may all your hopes and dreams fail, May all your family and friends die a painful death as you seem to take joy in such events. I can only voice my disgust and pray your soul finds understanding from your god, who is obviously not the same as mine.

To those who fund these people, please demonstrate that you too do not find such things funny and delight in the pain and suffering of thousands.

Theres asshole and fuckheads everywhere, regardless of race. Mrs Jones is one of them.

For anyone who thinks that this issue is exaggerated or is a "joke", please go HANG urself. Why don't people feel normal when someone call an African American "ngger"??? Because is Racism.Also, how can they make fun of victims of the Tsunami? I don't find anything humurous about it. If these racist slurs are used against another race, then that person would be fired. But now, miss jones is only suspended.What the F*ck does this mean?? We, Asian, have less human rights?? By the way, please do not use excuses like "freedom of Speech" . That's simply Bullshitttttt. Now anout their stupid "cash donation". If Tsunami vitims must be degraded and discriminated against to get their "Cash Donation", Please stick those cash in ur @SS and pinehole.!!!!!!!!!HANG THEM UP!!!!!

WHY OH WHY IS MISS JONES' UGLY FACE STILL ON THEIR WEBSITE???!?!??! She's got the biggest banner there!!!! Right smack on top!

Call/Email/Fax NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and tell him to do something about this type of morning radio trash



Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

City Hall

New York, NY 10007

PHONE 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC)

FAX (212) 788-2460

Click to Send E-Mail:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

hey, note the blurb in billboard radio trade pub:

An issue this raises is there's no equality in racism. We need to have it. If it's acceptable for this radio show to use the word "chink" and "chinamen" it should also be acceptable to use things like "nigger" and "coon" on the radio and TV by non blacks. It should be acceptable to say "I'm going to go shoot some blacks" in the media. We should be allowed to tell a black coworker "Oh, you think you're special because you're black."

But it's not acceptable to act this way toward African Americans. I bet Miss Jones would be one of the first people to denounce a white person in the media talking about how slavery is funny and using racial slurs there. She feels she has the right to be safe from racism, but yet she feels that she can propagate racism toward other races.

Racism should also be unacceptable PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, whatever. If you want to pull the freedom of speech card, then it should be true freedom of speech. We should be able to spread anti-black, anti-white, anti-arab, anti-asian, anti-hispanic beliefs all over the media. If you want to have a free for all, then it should be a free for all.

And about the caller saying that "now they know how we feel" is the stupidest thing ever. Now Asians know how blacks feel? Asians have been discrimated against for a long time too. It's like a starving kid showing a malnourished kid how it feels to not have food by taking away the malnourished kid's food. Good job.

I want her and her cohost fired and I hope to god she and her cohost never get work in the industry again. I dunno, but I just feel that Miss Jones deserves to be torn apart by an angry mob of Indonesian children and her cohost shot by Asians. That would be karma.

Hey...I got an idea...why don't you guys call the NYPD and file a complaint regarding Todd Lynn making that threat against Asians on the radio? Being associated with public safety for the past ten years...what he committed was an act of ASSUALT. It might even be considered attempted murder and/or a hate crime, as he mentioned a race of people in his tirade.

May Miss Jones rot in hell for this little stunt.

Fight for human dignity. Write all sponsors of Hot 97, and tell them that they should not support this evil.


This is not just an Asian American issue.

Well I sent an interesting letter to ABC regarding their hiring of Todd Lynn to produce their two shows. I'd like to see what they say.

If anyone wants a copy of the email, let me know. I'll be more than happy to send a copy to you.

CNN just added this story to their main page. Our protests are obviously doing something!

How "funny" is it that racist Lizzie Grubman does the PR for Hot 97! This station has to be kidding- I wonder who else works there?

What's going to happen to Miss Info? It would be a shame if her career was affected when she opposed the song in the first place.

Lizzie grubman not only is a racist..she enjoys running over people with her Mercedes SUV when she has a tantrum and can't get her way.

why would ms. info wanna continue her career there anyway?

Not only is this song a disgrace, but the behavior of Miss Jones should not be tolerated, on ANY airwaves of ANY town. She should not only be fired, but banned from working in broadcast anywhere. Her attitude was just disgusting.

for those worried about Miss Info's career, I believe she'll be just fine. You can actually catch her on VH1. Can't say for sure but she's a cast of "Best Week Ever" on VH1.

she was also a journalist for various hip-hop magazines. her integrity should pay off in the end.

holy moly,
I left a message with mr. lynn, and it was his answering machine. this is big as I said before. I used my calling card and a payphone.
however, I didn't say anything stupid. Just said some things that he would say if the tables were turned. (no threats or implications of threats, just repeated what he said)

Another reason why Jones & Staff should be fired. Click here.

Thank you for posting Miss Jones and Todd's contact info!

I've called and there's no answer at Miss Jones but there IS a machine at Todd's picking up.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO FLOOD THEIR LINES WITH CALLS AND MESSAGES!!! THEY NEED TO BE SCARED AND TODD BETTER DAMN WELL KNOW IF HE SAYS HE'LL SHOOT ASIANS ON-AIR AND THAT WE ARE OUT TO GET HIM!!!!!

Attacking Jones and Lynn will only give them ammunition that they can manipulate and use. Don't fall for it.

FYI.
Jones doesn't live in NY. Try Philly.

Watch what you say on anyone's answering machine, etc.

tight rhymes setzer! u ain't nothing but a joke and i'm pretty sure u know that already. u know u can only say it behind your computer. u should stop wasting your time writin whack ass lyrics like that and find a hobby. i'm guessin u is just another hater who got picked on in school all the time. stop embarrassing us black folk and let's get back to talking about the real issue here.

I'm disgusted by what I heard on Miss jones show. I'm glad sponsors have pulled advertising. And, I'm glad the show has been suspended. I also think Miss Jones apology isn't genuine. I think she is "sorry" that she "got caught." I heard the way she treated her asian colleague on the radio. Miss Jones owes her and apology. As far as Jones career,? 6 months of unemployment (without pay) while serving as a tsunami relief volunteer in Asia would be fair in my eyes. P.S. she'd have to be legally bound from writing a book about her experience in Asia or any other means of profit from what she's done. Then I may believe she is truly repentive.

Yo I heard Miss Jones was makin fun of the victims in the tsunami
Saw her picture up on the internet and bitch you will neva be mistaken for a hottie
Damn bitch look at your fat ass body
Tryin to be all controversial and naughty
I heard Gloria Velez was gonnna kick the shit out of Miss info
Plus there's a rumor around that Miss Jones is a fat nympho
You apologize and try to get out of this situation
But you made your bed and now i'm startin Fire Miss Bitch Jones petitions
Don't think I forgot about this nobody named Todd Lynn
You ain't nuttin but a punk ass wannabe comedian
Talkin about shooting asians but Im D Wizzzle from Frisco
and If you shoot at me you'll be the one dead like disco
Never had to make fun of no race or skin color to get my point across
You punk ass haters should be fired if I was the Hot 97 Boss
Making fun of a tragedy where millions of lives were lost
How could you guys continue to work in New York City
Miss Jone, your website was disgusting, what? you thought you pretty?
You got 60 pix and all of them make you look shitty and your arms are jiggy
I don't know who is the King of NY
Is it Fat Joe, Nas, Or Jigga
But I know you're the RACIST SKANK of NY who woulda figured?
How you and Todd get on Hot 97 with your own morning show?
Probably from getting down on your knees and startin to blow
all the top executives from Emmis or Clearchannel
You don't look much like a woman but more like an animal
Someone please fire this racist bitch and end this tsunami song scandal
Jin was right when he said who the fuck is Miss Jones?
Racist disses against asians is what Hot 97 seems to condone
This diss goes out to Miss Jones, Lynn, and the program director John Dimick
Nobody wants to hear the racist jokes and gimmicks
So now everyone is apologizing
Because they scared the sponsors will pull out their advertising
But Hot 97 and its staff need to start recognizing
that due to the tsunami, millions of people were dying
And millions more are homeless or orphans who can't stop crying
FIRE TARSHA NICOLE JONES FIRE TODD LYNN

HOLLA AT YA BOY D WIZZZLE and SIGN THE PETITIONS!

http://www.petitiononline.com/tsunmai7/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/endhate/petition.html

What did the Asian population to do you?

Your Tsunami song shows a total lack of class. The fact that the DJ's aggressively attacked complaints is inexcusable (regardless of what race they were). What kind of lowlife do you employ to have another DJ come out and say something about going out and shooting Asians? Are you crazy or just plain stupid?

Your apology is not only weak, it was an apology made only when their jobs were threatened by complaints. I feel the apology is not sincere and that people of this caliber should not only be fired but should be banished from the industry as well (alongside the poor management that hired them).

You make Howard Stern look like a reputable conservative DJ (I still think he's a lowlife). I never dreamed someone could make him look good!

You wonder why African Americans get such a bad rap?! Duh!

Here's a link to Ms. Info's info:
http://www.hot97.com/airstaff/missInfo.aspx

Did you guys catch this article?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/274679p-235203c.html

David Hinckley, the misled writer of that article, seems to believe that the majority of the Tsunami Parody was aimed at Michael Jackson. "This, plus its use of a slang term for Asians, fueled a wave of outrage - though much of the song jabs more at Michael Jackson."

He goes on to write, "'The Tsunami Song' was created to get attention - like everything else on radio or any other entertainment medium. Getting people to notice is the whole point.

On morning radio in particular, that often means making the audience wonder just how far these wacky folks will go."

I guess Mr. Hinckley doesn't see the difference between pushing the envelope and straight-up racism?

He writes about the station's response, "A few hours later, the station posted its apology, which the morning team repeated Monday. By yesterday, the team's on-air references to the issue were oblique, like joking they should stay away from gay or homeless jokes because 'we don't want anyone else mobilizing.'" Hey, there's nothing wrong with Asian jokes or gay jokes or homeless jokes. But since when is it a joke to write a song about children dying and calling the victims "chinks" and "chinamen." Is that a joke?

I think Mr. Hinckley should do a bit more research before writing about things he obviously doesn't understand.

I just got off the phone with the FCC...the agent I spoke with said they have received NUMEROUS complaints regarding this whole incident.

I have also sent a letter to ABC regarding their hiring of Todd Lynn to produce two shows, and the fact I will NEVER watch ABC again due to their disgusting choice of hiring Todd Lynn.

If the FCC is smart enough, I think this whole thing will be the end of Miss Jones and her disgusting counterparts.

Keep filing the complaints; keep emailing the sponsors of Hot 97; they WILL get the message that Hot 97 AND Miss Jones are bad news.

"Chinks" and "chinamen" are "slang"? Good lord we got another ignorant idiot on our hands.

one thing that's been lacking is heat that should be directed towards Rick Delgado, ex-producer of Opie & Anthony, WNEW) wrote the song and produced it too. somebody get his contact info and spread his name to other sites so that people will know of another person that was largely responsible and is very clearly racist.

I've been following what's been going on from Los Angeles. I agree that in order to really make an impact, we need to hit the parent company nationally, not just locally w/Hot 97. They have a history of condoning acts like this, waiting it out, and then returning to their former selves.

I thought it could be useful for everyone to see which one of your local media outlets
(radio/tv/magazines/books/interactive) is run by Emmis (can be seen more clearly at http://www.emmis.com/portfolio/radio.aspx):

---taken from their website-----

Emmis (the Hebrew word for "truth") went public in 1994 and now owns and operates radio stations in the nation's largest markets, including:
WRKS-FM (98.7 KISS FM), WQHT-FM (HOT 97) and WQCD-FM (CD 101.9) in New York City; KPWR-FM (Power 106) and KZLA-FM (Country 93.9) in Los Angeles; and WKQX-FM (Q101) in Chicago. Emmis Radio also owns and operates: KTAR-AM (Newsradio 620), KMVP-AM (ESPN Radio 860), KKLT-FM (Lite Rock 98.7) and KKFR-FM in Phoenix; KSHE-FM (KSHE95), KPNT-FM (105.7 The Point), KFTK-FM (Radio 97.1), KIHT-FM (K-Hits 96) and WMLL-FM (104.1 The Mall) in St. Louis; WENS (97.1 FM), WIBC (1070 AM), WNOU (RadioNow93.1), WYXB (105.7 FM), AgriAmerica and Network Indiana in Emmis' hometown of Indianapolis; and WTHI (99.9 FM) and WWVR (105.5 FM) in Terre Haute, IN. The company's International division operates Sláger Rádío, the #1 radio network in Hungary, and FM News (98.3) and Radio 10 (AM 710) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1998, EMMIS jumped into the television business with the creation of Emmis Television. Emmis Television's 15 stations include: WKCF-TV, WB 18
in Orlando, FL; KOIN-TV, CBS 6 in Portland, OR; WVUE-TV, FOX 8 in New Orleans; KRQE-TV, CBS 13 in Albuquerque NM; WSAZ-TV, NBC 3 in Huntington/Charleston WV; WALA-TV, FOX 10 in Mobile, AL; KSNW-TV, NBC 3 in Wichita, KS; WLUK-TV, FOX 11 in Green Bay, WI; KGUN-TV, ABC 9 in Tucson, AZ; KGMB-TV, CBS 9 and KHON-TV, FOX 2 in Honolulu; KMTV-TV, CBS 3 in Omaha, NE; WFTX-TV, FOX 4 in Ft. Myers, FL; KSNT-TV, NBC 27 in Topeka, KS; and WTHI-TV, CBS 10 in Terre Haute, IN.

Emmis Publishing, created in 1988 with the purchase of Indianapolis Monthly, produces award-winning regional and specialty magazines:
Indianapolis Monthly, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Texas Monthly, Los Angeles and Country Sampler. In addition, the company operates Emmis Publishing
National Sales, a publisher's representative firm.

Emmis also owns Revenue Development Systems (RDS), the largest and most experienced non-traditional revenue development company in media; and
jobcityusa.com, the premier minority recruitment website in the New York Tri-State area.

I wrote an email to David Hinckley, here's his response:

Subject: RE: your article
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:39:27 -0500
From: "Hinckley, David"
To: "David Eng"

David:

Thanks for your e-mail. I was trying to put the creation of the song into some context for people who never listen to the station or what
the morning show does. It was not my intention, in the process, to suggest its content was insignificant. But I do think, even in an egregious case, that it's worth pointing out that a Hot-97 is going to be delivering different programming than WQXR.

That said, obviously you're not alone in thinking this case went way beyond the pale. Hot-97 itself today seems to be considering that same thought.

Best,
David Hinckley

-----Original Message-----
From: David Eng [mailto:daveng9999@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:16 PM
To: Hinckley, David
Subject: your article

As a reader of the Daily News, I have to say that you got it all wrong with the Tsunami song coverage. The song was obviously an anti-asian racist rant (listen to the distinction between "Africans" vs. "Chinks" & "Chinamen" in the song lyrics, plus the notorious "Your think you're better because your asian" & "I wanna shot some asians" commentary that they've made).
This is the ugliest, foulest, and most blantant
example of racism one can find, and it's really a
shame that you, for whatever reason, can't call it
such in your article. The fact that they were so
arrogant and played the garbage for days, as well as the racist pandering to their audience, is even more troubling. I hope she gets fired, and this sends a message to the station that they can't get away with this.

David Eng

I wonder what Al Sharpton has to say about this. Where is he now? Isn't he a minority activist? What a joke.

You think the Black Community leaders want to touch this issue? They were there for the Rush Limbaugh issue about Donovan McNabb in a heartbeat and made their voice heard to get his ignorant ass fired off ESPN, but they were no where to be found when Shaq made his comments about Yao Ming NOR was anyone affected by the "great" Bill Parcels comments about the Japanese. It's all politics, why would you want to touch on an issue that makes your own people look bad (sadly enough it is true that the actions of a few have created the stir that this is the way African Americans feel about the Asian community in general, just like how Miss FFugly or whatever her name is feels about the Asian community by the actions of the few racist asians she's dealt with).

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Hearing from a very reliable source- that this IS ONLY TEMPORARY. They WILL BE back on the air. Please keep up the protests and plan accordingly

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David Eng: What is Mr. Hinckley's e-mail address? His response was lame. "But I do think, even in an egregious case, that it's worth pointing out that a Hot-97 is going to be delivering different programming than WQXR." Isn't that a given? But is that the point? Isn't the point that racial epithets shouldn't be acceptable in any context?

Miss Jones apparently has a problem with anyone who doesn’t roll with her opinions or beliefs. Recently, she had a on-air telephone interview with Benzino (from the Source magazine). For those of you unaware, Benzino and Eminem had/have beef with each other. The only reason she interviewed him is because of her disdain for Eminem…Not because of his derogatory amateur recording about an ex girlfriend who happened to be black. Her dislike for him stems from the fact that he’s not black.

On countless occasions, I’ve heard her mention how Hip Hop needs to be returned to it’s founding race…That white people and others alike were benefiting off of this genre of music that was allegedly created by blacks.

Since when any genre of music had to be regulated to any ethnicity?

For the record, I don’t think Todd Lynn meant what he said. I think in a weird way, he was trying to be edgy and funny. Nonetheless, he should be made to answer for his comments and for his involvement in the skit.

Envy is just a DJ. The show allows him to tell the weather and play a selection of music. If he was involved in the making of the skit, then he has to pay the price too.

As far as Ms. Info is concerned, I feel terrible for her. Ever since Miss Jones took over the show, Info has been made to take a very far back seat to the show, constantly getting berated by Miss Jones. Ms. Info has extensive experience in journalism as well as her recent experience on VH-1 and on Hot 97, so wherever she lands, it will most surely be on her two feet.

Miss Jones has got to go! She’s not funny, not entertaining and by all signs, extremely selfish. No regard for her co-workers and her audience. Edgy is one thing, but disrespectful is another. The sheer disrespect she exhibited on the show when Info chose to detach herself from the skit is evidence enough. IT’S TIME TO GO!

While everyone is talking about Miss Jones and her ignorance, I think more people should be worried about Todd Lynn and his "I'm going to start shooting all asians" remark that day. This is not only distasteful but its a crime! I would consider this as inciting violence, would it even be considered a terrorist threat against a specific racial group? I have contacted the New York Police Department via email. Calling would be better though. Also, Todd Lynn will be getting 2 TV deals with ABC. Let ABC know whats on your mind.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailnypd.html

Let ABC know at (818) 460-7477 or write them an email at netaudr@abc.com

Emmis Contact Info:

Jeff Smulyan, CEO, Chairman of the Board and President: jsmulyan@emmis.com
Rick Cummings, President of the Radio Division: rcummings@emmis.com

Unless the parent company feels pressure, its business as usual.

We need to continue this tirade !!! End the HATE !!! Let us band together and show the world that this is not an ethnic issue, but an issue of what is right and wrong.

What Ms. Jones and her crew (Minus Info if in fact she had nothing to do with the song including the recording of it) was irrepairable. No apology will suffice. Especially not "Indefinite Suspension" We need her to be OFFICIALLY TERMINATED along with all responsible parties for this atrocity.

Let continue to be heard !!!!! Keep up the good work !!!!! Everyone has to unite in order to see the end.....

Listen, simply stated...

If someone trivialized 9/11 the way Mrs. Jones did the Tsunami, they would have been found dead in an alley hours later.

So her being suspended is a 'slap on the wrist'...she should be fired altogether, and fined by the FCC...

...and I'd let anyone who lost family or was caught in this tragedy and heard the parody give her a piece of their mind, and show her the back of their hand.

Man, I don't see how people are still getting hung up on race. The racial thing is not the main issue here, in my opinion- Americans are so used to dealing with racism that they only see it when mixed with other problems, be they small or large.

The song made fun of suffering, dying people, orphaned children, and child slavery. I think THAT is a larger problem than racial ignorance; I mean, let's be realistic- how often people throw those stupid racist words around to hurt people? Of course it isn't right, but it's sooo tired and common. Why do people still get angry about it anymore? If I get called "Nigger", that shit rolls right off my back- not cuz I think am one or because I'm accepting it, but because it's a corny, unoriginal, and just plain played out form of trying to put me down. I do