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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. its their employers call,, freedom of speech refers to the laws of the land, not the policies of an employer and HO has nothing to do with drug use,, so the terminology was very insensitive,,, Right on! Freedom of speech means if you own a newspaper you can print what you want but John Q Public can't print stuff they want IN YOUR PAPER. ALSO if you own a radio station, you have the say so on what gets broadcast over the air. DUH!!!! Lpdon you don't have a clue what freedom of speech means. It does not mean you can use your employer's radio station to libel a celebrity. She did not do "crack" and she was not a "ho." She most likely simply abused prescription drugs.  Watch the video, she admits to a lot more then just Rx drugs. I'm not interested in watching the stupid video. It does not excuse someone calling her a "crack ho" on a radio station. I would have fired them too. Its simply rude, disrespectful and libelous. And "freedom of speech" has nothing to do with it. And that is why you don't manage a radio station. Boredom doesn't attract listeners, shock jocks do. |
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Jeanniebean
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. its their employers call,, freedom of speech refers to the laws of the land, not the policies of an employer and HO has nothing to do with drug use,, so the terminology was very insensitive,,, Right on! Freedom of speech means if you own a newspaper you can print what you want but John Q Public can't print stuff they want IN YOUR PAPER. ALSO if you own a radio station, you have the say so on what gets broadcast over the air. DUH!!!! Lpdon you don't have a clue what freedom of speech means. It does not mean you can use your employer's radio station to libel a celebrity. She did not do "crack" and she was not a "ho." She most likely simply abused prescription drugs. Watch the video, she admits to a lot more then just Rx drugs. I'm not interested in watching the stupid video. It does not excuse someone calling her a "crack ho" on a radio station. I would have fired them too. Its simply rude, disrespectful and libelous. And "freedom of speech" has nothing to do with it. And that is why you don't manage a radio station. Boredom doesn't attract listeners, shock jocks do. I find your remarks unbelievable and ridiculous beyond belief. This is not about ME so it has nothing to do with why I don't manage a radio station and I don't give a rats butt about listeners, motives or any of that. My point, that you keep trying to distract from, is that you don't know what freedom of speech is all about. geeeeze...
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So much for freedom of speech. Being guaranteed a microphone at a 50,000 watt radio station to prove you're an insensitive clod isn't a First Amendment right. -Kerry O. Except when it's accurate and it spikes ratings. Some time ago on this very board, you made a claim that women are generally natural-born liars and thieves, a claim you said your occupational experience has endlessly proven accurate. I hardly think your claiming it's your First Amendment right to broadcast your observation on the 50,000 watt radio station of your choice will be upheld by any court in this country. Even Glenn Beck Himself ended up in hot water for broadcasting a live phone conversation in which he mocked the wife of a competitor on the phone who had just suffered a miscarriage. Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. -Edward R. Murrow -Kerry O. |
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LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles radio station has pulled two popular talk radio hosts off the air for comments they made about Whitney Houston. KFI AM 640 suspended John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, the hosts of the "John and Ken Show," for "making insensitive and inappropriate comments about the late Whitney Houston," it said in a statement Thursday. "Management does not condone, support or tolerate statements of this kind," the station said. According to audio posted online at UrbanInformer.com, the hosts called the late singer a "crack ho" and said she was "cracked out for 20 years." Kobylt said in statement that he and Chiampou "used language that was inappropriate" and they "sincerely apologize" to their listeners and to Houston's family. "We made a mistake, and we accept the station's decision," said Kobylt. The hosts, who broadcast their show weekday afternoons, will return to the airwaves Feb. 27. Kobylt and Chiampou often rail against taxes and illegal immigration. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said last year that it targeted the show's advertisers to urge them to stop backing the program. The group said the hosts promote hate speech and appealed to listeners to call and harass an advocate for immigrant rights about state legislation to give financial aid to illegal immigrant college students. "A temporary suspension is not enough," Alex Nogales, president and CEO of NHMC, said in a statement. "How many times do John and Ken get to spew their hate, apologize and then do it again after taking off a long weekend? KFI must permanently remove John and Ken from the air. Los Angeles deserves better." http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2012/02/17/la_radio_hosts_suspended_for_houston_comments/ Wow, they got suspended for being honest? They were 100% right, she spent the last 20 years sucking the glass dic. So much for freedom of speech. They were rather uncouth. This is not a violation of freedom of speech, its two idiots who said inappropriate things getting told about their idiocy. Respectfulness is not a completely lost human trait at least not yet. |
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And that is why you don't manage a radio station. Boredom doesn't attract listeners, shock jocks do. The fact the Glenn Beck seems to do better on the airwaves these days than during his 'morning zoo days, by being, as he himself puts it, 'half-chick' ( you know, LP, those folks who you think are natural-born liars and thieves ) by crying on the air seems to shoot down your premise. -Kerry O. |
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So much for freedom of speech. Being guaranteed a microphone at a 50,000 watt radio station to prove you're an insensitive clod isn't a First Amendment right. -Kerry O. Except when it's accurate and it spikes ratings. Some time ago on this very board, you made a claim that women are generally natural-born liars and thieves, a claim you said your occupational experience has endlessly proven accurate. I hardly think your claiming it's your First Amendment right to broadcast your observation on the 50,000 watt radio station of your choice will be upheld by any court in this country. Even Glenn Beck Himself ended up in hot water for broadcasting a live phone conversation in which he mocked the wife of a competitor on the phone who had just suffered a miscarriage. Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. -Edward R. Murrow -Kerry O. Actually that was just a rant and me being an a$$hole(which I never denied that I am btw). Oh yeah, i'm not a big fan of Beck btw. |
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. its their employers call,, freedom of speech refers to the laws of the land, not the policies of an employer and HO has nothing to do with drug use,, so the terminology was very insensitive,,, Right on! Freedom of speech means if you own a newspaper you can print what you want but John Q Public can't print stuff they want IN YOUR PAPER. ALSO if you own a radio station, you have the say so on what gets broadcast over the air. DUH!!!! Lpdon you don't have a clue what freedom of speech means. It does not mean you can use your employer's radio station to libel a celebrity. She did not do "crack" and she was not a "ho." She most likely simply abused prescription drugs. Watch the video, she admits to a lot more then just Rx drugs. I'm not interested in watching the stupid video. It does not excuse someone calling her a "crack ho" on a radio station. I would have fired them too. Its simply rude, disrespectful and libelous. And "freedom of speech" has nothing to do with it. And that is why you don't manage a radio station. Boredom doesn't attract listeners, shock jocks do. I find your remarks unbelievable and ridiculous beyond belief. This is not about ME so it has nothing to do with why I don't manage a radio station and I don't give a rats butt about listeners, motives or any of that. My point, that you keep trying to distract from, is that you don't know what freedom of speech is all about. geeeeze... The hell I don't. |
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. No honesty is not insensitive, calling someone a ho ("ho" is a derogatory term in case you weren't aware) who just died, is insensitive. Virtually EVERY DJ on that station talked about her drug use and her life style. EVERY DJ, pointed out all the same facts about her. John and Ken were the only ones suspended. So no, telling the truth does not need to be offensive. If you really can't see the difference, then I don't know what else to say. 'nough said. 
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. No honesty is not insensitive, calling someone a ho ("ho" is a derogatory term in case you weren't aware) who just died, is insensitive. Virtually EVERY DJ on that station talked about her drug use and her life style. EVERY DJ, pointed out all the same facts about her. John and Ken were the only ones suspended. So no, telling the truth does not need to be offensive. If you really can't see the difference, then I don't know what else to say. 'nough said.
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She was a ho, she bounced from guy to guy and probably traded sex for drugs since she was practically broke later in life and couldn't afford the high price of the high she was chasing. Ignorance on display as thought it were fact. Sad really. I do not condone drug use, although I certainly do not condemn marijuana, which as far as I'm aware is the only illegal drug habit that she admitted to having. What is sad, in my opinion, is that Whitney's mistakes are the only things being used to measure her worth by many in the media and here on this site as well. Even sadder is the notion that what those mistakes actually were is nothing short of conjecture. If Whitney constitutes being such a bad person and what not simply because she made mistakes despite the fact that throughout her life she readily gave millions to different charities in order to help less fortunate people, then what does that tell us about the value system of those drawing such conclusions? I mean, her goodness helped millions, her talent helped millions, whereas her mistakes hurt herself and perhaps those closest to her. They're not the one's complaining about it though, are they?  Really? Right here she admits to Alcohol, Prescription Drugs Abuse, Marijuana(Which is illegal and a gateway drug BTW), and Cocaine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzV5UL4CjA http://medicalmarijuanadoctors.org/university-of-california-center-for-medicinal-cannabis-research |
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And that is why you don't manage a radio station. Boredom doesn't attract listeners, shock jocks do. And obviously neither do you or you'd know that the reason they were suspended was because they offended a lot of listeners, who tuned out because of it. The reality is they suspend DJ's for two reasons doing something illegal, and nothing they did could be construed as illegal, and driving listeners away. Once again every DJ on that station (and they are all shock jocks) covered the story in full. K&J crossed a line, they know it, management at the station knows it, it's just you who's oblivious to it. |
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No honesty is not insensitive, calling someone a ho ("ho" is a derogatory term in case you weren't aware) who just died, is insensitive. Virtually EVERY DJ on that station talked about her drug use and her life style. EVERY DJ, pointed out all the same facts about her. John and Ken were the only ones suspended. So no, telling the truth does not need to be offensive. If you really can't see the difference, then I don't know what else to say. 'nough said.
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ABC showed her interview she did not do crack,,,,, she did expensive drugs... Her own words..
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When people are harsh about or towards others...it's really a huge statement about them, not the person they are saying harsh things about.
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It sounds to me like they are shock jocks. If that's true, then they shouldn't have been fired. How can firing someone for doing their job well be justified?
That said, I think what they said was reprehensible. I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead. |
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When people are harsh about or towards others...it's really a huge statement about them, not the person they are saying harsh things about. yep and we should just stop associating with self proclaimed a-holes. |
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It sounds to me like they are shock jocks. If that's true, then they shouldn't have been fired. How can firing someone for doing their job well be justified? That said, I think what they said was reprehensible. I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead. They are definitely border-line shock jocks. But, the radio station they are on tends to be more conservative about things like this. So, they were suspended, but not fired. |
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It sounds to me like they are shock jocks. If that's true, then they shouldn't have been fired. How can firing someone for doing their job well be justified? That said, I think what they said was reprehensible. I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead. They are definitely border-line shock jocks. But, the radio station they are on tends to be more conservative about things like this. So, they were suspended, but not fired. Ah, okay. I didn't read the whole article. Thanks for clearing that up. 
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Edited by
sweetestgirl11
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Sun 02/19/12 09:41 AM
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. its their employers call,, freedom of speech refers to the laws of the land, not the policies of an employer and HO has nothing to do with drug use,, so the terminology was very insensitive,,, She was a ho, she bounced from guy to guy and probably traded sex for drugs since she was practically broke later in life and couldn't afford the high price of the high she was chasing. that is specualtion nonetheless and it is namecalling and irresponsible and the station could be held liable which is prolly the reason for the suspension & apologies her relatives could sue and I half hope they do (on behalf of all women who have been called a "ho" by some unthinking man who has no clue).... she was incredibly talented her life was a tragedy there is no place among responsible adults for name calling I do not agree with funding students who are here as illegals, however, as long as it can be discussed in a way that does not resort to name calling and hate speech, it is a legitimate issue we can about afford to fund our own students who are legal and natural born citizens of natural born parents who have paid taxes - for years and generations - funding these types of students is the priority and must remain so threfore all that students need to do is obtain legal status. simple |
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Na, they didn't get suspended for telling the truth otherwise a lot of personalities from that station would be suspended. They got suspended for poking at a popular figure who just died. Lots of hosts referred to her drug habits without a problem. The problem for John and Ken was it was too insensitive a terminology and too soon. So honesty is now incensitive? That's stupid. She ruined her life and is a perfect teaching points for kids and it shoud be sugar coated. No honesty is not insensitive, calling someone a ho ("ho" is a derogatory term in case you weren't aware) who just died, is insensitive. Virtually EVERY DJ on that station talked about her drug use and her life style. EVERY DJ, pointed out all the same facts about her. John and Ken were the only ones suspended. So no, telling the truth does not need to be offensive. If you really can't see the difference, then I don't know what else to say. 'nough said.
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