Clear Channel replaces sex with racial "humor"
Jul 6, 2004 14:57:19 GMT -5
Post by mst3k on Jul 6, 2004 14:57:19 GMT -5
Racial jokes rampant on radio
Racial insensitivity replaces sexual explicitness since The Monsters took over for Bubba the Love Sponge.
By ERIC DEGGANS, Times TV/Media Critic
Published July 6, 2004
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Russ Rollins says it is All in the Family-style humor, an attempt to poke fun at those who would invoke racial stereotypes.
On The Monsters, the syndicated radio show he has created, those attempts at humor often include jokes that use words most radio programs avoid - derogatory terms for people of color and homosexuals, such as "jigaboo," "spic," "nigra" and "f*g."
The Monsters, which originates in Orlando and also airs in Jacksonville and nationwide on XM Satellite Radio, has taken over the 6 a.m to 10 a.m. spot once held by shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem on WXTB-97.9 FM (98 Rock).
Clem was fired by Clear Channel in February after incurring a record $755,000 fine for indecent speech, which involves sexuality. In early June, Clear Channel settled all indecency complaints by negotiating a $1.75-million payment with the Federal Communications Commission.
But the FCC hasn't cracked down similarly on profane speech - which is offensive, nonsexual language - amid free speech concerns. And a Clear Channel spokesman said the company's "responsible broadcast initiative," instituted in response to the indecency fines, doesn't cover racial slurs.
The instances of such language on The Monsters show include:
Racial insensitivity replaces sexual explicitness since The Monsters took over for Bubba the Love Sponge.
By ERIC DEGGANS, Times TV/Media Critic
Published July 6, 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russ Rollins says it is All in the Family-style humor, an attempt to poke fun at those who would invoke racial stereotypes.
On The Monsters, the syndicated radio show he has created, those attempts at humor often include jokes that use words most radio programs avoid - derogatory terms for people of color and homosexuals, such as "jigaboo," "spic," "nigra" and "f*g."
The Monsters, which originates in Orlando and also airs in Jacksonville and nationwide on XM Satellite Radio, has taken over the 6 a.m to 10 a.m. spot once held by shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem on WXTB-97.9 FM (98 Rock).
Clem was fired by Clear Channel in February after incurring a record $755,000 fine for indecent speech, which involves sexuality. In early June, Clear Channel settled all indecency complaints by negotiating a $1.75-million payment with the Federal Communications Commission.
But the FCC hasn't cracked down similarly on profane speech - which is offensive, nonsexual language - amid free speech concerns. And a Clear Channel spokesman said the company's "responsible broadcast initiative," instituted in response to the indecency fines, doesn't cover racial slurs.
The instances of such language on The Monsters show include:
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