although the don imus incident was about a month and a half ago, other people are still feeling the reprecussions.last week, xm satellite/cbs radio dj's opie & anthony had a homeless man on the air that made "inappropriate comments" about secretary of state condoleeza rice. although an apology had been issued by both the dj's and an xm representative, it just wasn't enough. xm has suspended them from their program for 30 days. they will continue to be on their cbs radio as scheduled (for now).
also, as of this monday, cbs radio dj's jv and elvis were fired from their syndicated program. they were previously suspended without pay for performing a prank phone call on a chinese restaurant that apparently contained ethnic and racial slurs.
according to radio online: The call was originally aired by JV and Elvis on April 5, and then replayed it two weeks later. During the call, a female employee of a Chinese restaurant was told by the caller he would like to "come to your restaurant" to see her naked, so he can see her "hot, spicy, Asian ass." The caller also attempted to order "flied lice," before threatening, "I am training in kung fu, bitch." He also repeatedly cursed at several employees.
now i'm all for people being repremanded for their unsuitable actions. and needless to say what each of these dj's did is inexcusable. but at what point does it become a violation of first ammendment rights?
i think that what people say can definitely affect other people's opinions (why do you think i write in this blog?). but with that said, if people don't like what they hear, see, or read, they have the option of turning the other way or turning it off.
with that said, i hate mexicans get it, cause i'm mexican-american, i can say that. right? oh shit. i'm in trouble, aren't i?
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