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[OmniGamer]

Todd Lynn on the morning show is a complete ass. I think he just likes to go too far just for the sake of it...not so long ago he made fun of a mentally disabled kid who died here in NYC, and when people, some of whom had relatives who were mentally disabled, called in to voice their resentment at his mocking, he just kept on. Saying he'd laugh at his retarded kid if he had one, and wishing those who disagreed with his statements that they have retarded kids.

Just this past Friday, they were talking about Lamont Bentley(from Moesha), dying in a car crash, and someone(whoever is at the sound effects boards) cued in a screeching car crash effect. Miss Info(i believe) immediately repremanded him....I dunno, i'm only a casual listener of Hot97, but damn...they sure revel in their low-brow incompetence sometimes.

 

[Stele]

You can't diss a brotha, foo.

 

[Cloudy]

They actually played crap this on radio?

 

[Luscious LeftFoot]

So does anyone know if they fired the asian chick who made it a point to say she was not in on the crappy song? At the end someone says some of us will be beck tomorrow.

From what I understand, Miss Info has been on Hot 97 for a while, and she and Ms. Jones argue all the time. I don't think she's going anywhere.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

um, that wasnt funny at all....

what tasteless bullshit, no wonder i dont listen to radio anymore.

fuck hot 97

 

[iamthevillain]

holy shit this is horrible

I don't know who this miss jones is, but I want to punch her in the throat so bad

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

http://www.hot97.com/

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

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

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

i think more should be done tho...miss jones needs to get gang raped or something.

well, maybe thats a bit harsh.....maybe just a good beating.

peace

 

[belgurdo]

http://www.hot97.com/



i think more should be done tho...miss jones needs to get gang raped or something.

GAF taught me that it's okay to make tasteless statements of my own in public about people I barely know when I'm angry! Thanks!

 

[Socreges]

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

Please still listen to our program!

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

Due to recent developments, such as decreased viewership and promotions, we are "sorry".

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

See, we're good people! Honest!

Fuckers.

GAF taught me that it's okay to make tasteless statements of my own in public about people I barely know when I'm angry! Thanks!

Not to mention that no willing individual would even want to see that bitch naked.

 

[levious]

I love it when apologies include the phrase "anyone who was offended."

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

GAF taught me that it's okay to make tasteless statements of my own in public about people I barely know when I'm angry! Thanks!

gaf didnt teach me anything, id say it to her damn face and slap her while saying it.

what i said doesnt even compare to what she did.

 

[Fresh Prince]

Hopefully she loses her job. Also doesn't the FCC do anything about this?

 

[Shinobi]

From what I understand, Miss Info has been on Hot 97 for a while, and she and Ms. Jones argue all the time. I don't think she's going anywhere.

Probably part of the shtick...plenty of TV and radio shows get off on having two people argue all the time, in some grand scheme to be all things to all people, or open-minded, or whatever the fuck they call these gimmick shows.

And yeah, where is the FCC in all of this? I doubt Howard Stern on his worst day could be as pathetic as these pieces of shit.

 

[Rorschach]

...wow...

 

[Socreges]

It might have been the FCC that encouraged/forced them to make this statement and change their ways.

Probably part of the shtick...plenty of TV and radio shows get off on having two people argue all the time, in some grand scheme to be all things to all people, or open-minded, or whatever the fuck they call these gimmick shows.

I think you're right, but this one incident seemed totally genuine.

 

[Odnetnin]

Yeah, hopefully people will lose their jobs over this.

... I just heard the song. It's a parody of "We Are The World" and it is horrible. It's not funny. It's just absolutely retarded. Furthermore, what fucking group of brainiacs volunteered to sing this? If it was my job, I'd fucking quit.

And somehow they managed to make a Michael Jackson joke completely devoid of humour.

is Wilco banned or is that a cute tag. Thanks for your post. Its good to know some guys on GAF have souls.

I agree that someone should be fired for this. If they fired that chap over the word coon... they can fire some woman/team over the concept. Someone forward that to the American Asian society or whatever they're called. If they get onboard and call for resignation or they'll call the sponsors to say they'd boycott their products.. a lot can and will happen.

 

[Tazznum1]

I was listening to O&A and they played the fight that went into this horrible song. O&A said that the singers were the program director (who they used to work with before getting kicked off and he actually wrote it) and other on air personalities.


They all should be fired with their unfunny song. And Miss Jones is ghetto personified.

 

[Mike]

This is pretty awful. I don't understand how the management didn't intervene sooner...

 

[Tazznum1]

The management (program director) wrote it.

 

[isamu]

From what I understand, Miss Info has been on Hot 97 for a while, and she and Ms. Jones argue all the time. I don't think she's going anywhere.

I just want to go on record and say that Miss Info is incredibly hot! Luscious LeftFoot, would you agree that she appears to have some black in her? I mean, she certainly does not look 100% Chinese...to me at least.

Oh and for the record, Miss Jones needs to be taken off the air, permenantly.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

I just want to go on record and say that Miss Info is incredibly hot! Luscious LeftFoot, would you agree that she appears to have some black in her? I mean, she certainly does not look 100% Chinese...to me at least.

Oh and for the record, Miss Jones needs to be taken off the air, permenantly.

its just that picture, if youd see her in real life youd tell she is 100 percent asian.

peace

 

[isamu]

its just that picture, if youd see her in real life youd tell she is 100 percent asian.

peace

I see. Can I ask where you met her? And to your knowledge how old is she?

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

I see. Can I ask where you met her? And to your knowledge how old is she?

I never met her, i seen videos of smackfest.

peace

 

[Lil' Dice]

Damn, NY deejays sound incredibly stupid.....

 

[miyuru]

I just emailed hot97@hot97.com, I suggest you all do the same to actually make a difference rather than banter on GAF, though you guys still rock for it

Any other places we should contact about this?

 

[Teddman]

NY radio station pulls show over tsunami slur


NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The entire staff of the New York radio show "Miss Jones in the Morning" was taken off the air on Wednesday after broadcasting a song that ridiculed victims of the tsunami in South Asia, the radio station said.

New York FM radio station WQHT, or HOT 97, repeatedly ran the segment last week on the show, hosted by deejay Tarsha Nicole Jones who uses the on-air name Miss Jones.

Jones and her team were suspended indefinitely, according to publicist Lizzie Grubman, who declined to say whether Jones would feature in another show at a later date.

"What happened is morally and socially indefensible," said Rick Cummings, president of Emmis Radio. The station is owned by Emmis Communications Corp.

"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," Cummings said in a statement.

The piece used racial slurs to describe people swept away in the disaster, made jokes about child slavery and people watching their mothers die.

"You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches swim,"' was one line in the song, sung by staff of the show to the melody of the 1985 famine relief song "We Are the World."

On Monday, the hip-hop and R&B radio station and the deejay apologized and the seven-member morning show crew agreed to donate one week's pay to relief efforts. The tsunami struck on Dec. 26, leaving nearly 300,000 dead or missing around the Indian Ocean from Somalia to Thailand.

The incident is not the first time HOT 97 has been accused of racism and poor taste. The station made headlines when deejay Star, now at another radio station, called Jennifer Lopez a "rice-and-bean eater" and satirized the plane crash that killed R&B singer Aaliyah in 2001.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news...3370002315702&dt=20050126133700&w=RTR&coview=

 

[isamu]

Excellent

 

[xsarien]

Jones and her team were suspended indefinitely, according to publicist Lizzie Grubman, who declined to say whether Jones would feature in another show at a later date.

Somehow, this whole row now seems to make much more sense...

 

[norinrad21]

Read somewhere a guy in England will be spending a few years in the cooler for setting up a website to leech off of families who lost loved ones when the Tsunami hit.

 

[FoneBone]

Somehow, this whole row now seems to make much more sense...

Oh, god :lol

 

[BigJonsson]

Holy shit

Are these people braindead?!?

I heard them arguing before playing it and they just sound and argue in such a retarded manner


I hope they are killed in a smelting accident

 

[Lil' Dice]

Holy shit

Are these people braindead?!?

No, they're New Yorkers.....

 

[effzee]

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/


http://www.alljin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12422

 

[scorcho]

Somehow, this whole row now seems to make much more sense...

it wouldn't shock me if the supervisor is Joey Buttafucco too. god i love New York...

 

[Lil' Dice]

JIM IS FIYA!
PROPZZ TO YA!.....HOLLA BACK!

 

[The Faceless Master]

No, they're New Yorkers.....

nice tag

 

[isamu]

Jin's song is getting recognition all over the place! And McDonalds and Sprint have already pulled ads. Good for them! I seriously hope Jones is jobless once this is all over

 

[Malleymal]

Wow I didnt know Miss Info looked like that... she is something SERIOUS... well I havent listen to hot 97 period since star and buck been back in NYC. and I doubt I ever will again... but damn they are stupid.... I wish Miss Info could go back to star and buck, but they already got white trash girl and she is funny, so I know they wouldnt get rid of her... dumb ass miss jones

 

[isamu]

I never met her, i seen videos of smackfest.

peace

Hi Fixed. Can you do me a favor and post a link to where I can see footage or perhaps order videos of this Smackfest thing?

Or does it air on cable?

 

[Mr. Spinnington]

wtf that's sick, wheres my Al Qaeda sign-up pack...

Maybe it's not too late to pull a Benedict?

 

[Tazznum1]

She better call Tyrone and tell him to get her $hit.

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Radio DJs should spin records and keep social commentary to themselves. I rememebr when I was young and you heard music with a few commercials on the radio....

 

[open_mouth_]

Those dumbasses will never work on the air again. Stupid fucks.

 

[isamu]

i hope your right open

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Those dumbasses will never work on the air again. Stupid fucks.

Naw, she'll be back in another city. Miss Jones was here in Philly last year and it was her going off on Whitney Houston and I think she named her kids in a skit that eventually got her fired. I have to do some checking first but she was decent on the air but way over the line most of the times.

 

[isamu]

what is the latest on this? Are they still on indefinite suspension(crosses fingers)?

 

[The Faceless Master]

what is the latest on this? Are they still on indefinite suspension(crosses fingers)?

todd lynn (said 'shoot all asians' on air) and the producer who wrote the song got fired
the morning crew returns on wednesday

 

[isamu]

EXCELLENT

But Jones is still there? Fuck....only half justice

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

They just waited to everything died down.