the imus effect continues

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?

opie and anthony: so far over the line that they can't even see it anymore

yesterday, bwe reported more obscenities going on over at opie and anthony's xm radio show. wednesday the duo shock jocks had a guest they call "homeless charlie" on for a segment in which he describes that he wants to f--k condoleeza rice--as in, the us secretary of state (like there's another condi rice).

the radio clip (NSFW), is really obscene and (although i'm not really a supporter of this administation) very offensive. as a woman, i'd hate to be talked about this way by anyone. hell, i get the heebie jeebies when guys yell "hey mami" or "god bless you, girl" while staring awkwardly at me on the nyc sidewalks. being that opie and anthony are on satellite radio, i really didn't think they'd apologize for anything. but maybe in the post-imus world, they felt like they better cover their asses. after all, these were the same guys that got fired from their terrestrial radio show for having two of their listeners have sex in st. patrick's cathedral.

in their apology, they said:
"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused."

a rep for xm (i.e. publicist doing major damage control) made this statement on today: "We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie and Anthony Show." no information on whether the duo will be repremanded.

i guess now that paris hilton is going to jail, deejays feel guilty if they talk about having sex with her. but the next target in line being condi rice?? you just don't talk about a government official like that.