Comments on: CBS Radio Suspends 2 For Racial Prank

NYC Station's Hosts Called Chinese Restaurant And Made Lewd, Offensive Comments

[trutommo]

Phoenix1218,

Unfortunately there does seem to be a bit of a race issue involved. While CBS is being encouraged to enforce this firing rule evenly, the standard rule on this very same radio station is that the N-word gets bleeped for everone EXCEPT if someone who happens to be black says it. (You can't make this stuff up...).

[ecs1749-2009]

"No reason to be fired over this one."

So, this one is okay and that last one wasn't okay?

What's the big deal, right? He's only insulting Asians this time...

[sasha415]

These guys have been around since forever. I used to listen to the "Dog House" 15 years ago when they were VERY big in San Francisco. This is nothing new. They have been doing phone pranks that pushed the envelope more than this one. Why don't people lighten up, I am a minority and even I know when someone is making a joke, even when it's in bad taste. No reason to be fired over this one.

[gmond]

I don't bother listening to radio if any of these Howard Stern wannabees are on air. Stern always knew where to draw the line, but these frat boy posers who have no concept of the meaning of "on air personality", much less "deejay", will never get it right.

[trutommo]

FYI this is the infamous radio bit that caused all this, originally aired in San Francisco years ago.

http://www.myspace.com/doghouseradioshowfans

[phoenix1218]

Have you ever noticed that they only ever seem to go after the radio personalities that are white. I do not mean to make this into a race issue but I cannot recall a radio personality of a different race being taken down a peg or two for something they said or a stunt they pulled. Correct me if I am wrong, please, because I would hate to think that it IS a race issue.

[phoenix1218]

they are not any different from Howard Stern, or Opie and Anthony when they pulled the stunt about Mayor Menino in Boston, OR when WOW (Whip it Out Wednesday)or any other such stunts like that. Everybody laughs at it...is it right, you can only be the judge of you, but you know you laugh at it. Do you watch South Park, they make fun of the asian community on that show ALL the time as well as making fun of different faiths, nationalities, genders as well as making fun of *** and lesbians. The ONLY time I saw an uproar about South park was when there was the hwole to do about Tom Cruise and scientology.

[trutommo]

If you're asking me coach, if I think that radio jockeys are contributing to youth violence, I would say no, they do not.

You work with kids (I assume if you're a coach), ask them what radio shows they listen to. They don't; they have ipods.

So lets add radio to the list of things we can't do because it may inspire people to kill others: Music, Video Games, Television (every channel but PBS), Radio (every channel but NPR), Internet (including this forum)...

I refuse to give up my right to listen to music and drive my car because a few overstimulated psychopaths can't handle it. If that makes me insensitive, then sign me up.

Check out this article http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21607426-1245,00.html
some people are just crazy and kill people, theres no sense in it. Trying to point to reasons as a reasonable and rational person will get you nowhere, because your mindset is completely different then some maniac murderer.

[vmcneal2]

This stuff just isn't funny. Could these guys be any more stupid. This isn't about Al or Jessie it's about two real dumb white DJs.

[coachcarp1]

So you're saying verbal abuse/harrassment was NOT a contribting factor in the Columbine shootings, NOT a contributing factor when, last week, a Washington 6th grader brought his grandfather's pistol to school to "get even," and NOT a contributing factor when a student in a town a few miles down the road from mine created a list of fellow students he was planning to "hurt."
Yes! By all means, let's continue to feed the culture of harrassment and ridicule.
Get your head out of the sand.