He called an actual employee live on the air. And by the way he was a morning show guy at the time. I did hear it and was appalled.
But maybe that's the difference; I haven't heard the tsunami song. Even if it made to reference to race it would still be an attempt to find humor in a lot of deaths and maybe that's why it made me think of the Howard Stern bit. Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:20:19 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not a big Howard fan but I think there is a big diference. I didn't hear > Howard's bit, but it sounds funny to me. Insensitive especially considering > the timing (the next day). But its the kind of thing I would expect on a late > night show a week after the crash. I could see a late night guy joking about > traffic and wondering outloud about the cost of taking a plane to the bridge. > But that sort of thing is a far cry from racist. I've heard part of the > Tsunami song and it isn't funny. It's sick. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Tsunami song > > they're equal opportunity offensive huh... I blame Howard Stern for > this. Do you know that after an Air Florida plane crashed into a > bridge in Washington DC he called the desk at National Airport and > asked the price of a ticket to the 14th Street Bridge? > > Seriously, the whole thing sounds pretty revolting and not at all > onthe same level as a gay joke. > > Dana > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:51:44 -0500, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speaking of racism.... > > > > A local (New York) radio station (97.1FM) is being barraged with complaints > > after airing an insensitive and racist song about the recent tsunami (sung > > to the tune of We Are the World). It's amazing what some people will do > > for ratings. I have the lyrics but they are so far out there that I'm > > omitting them from this post (they disparage Asians, Africans, etc.) > > > > http://www.nydailynews.com/01-26-2005/front/story/274920p-235203c.html > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145525 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
