Alan Jones has no shame

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Oh what a short memory we have!
Have we already forgotten the "never ever GST", "children ove board", "weapons of mass destruction" lies?

Wake up people! They're politicians! They spin yarns to stay in power! No matter which side they're on.

It's disgusting - true;
but in the disgust stakes, no politician's lies can ever match it with the bile from AJ's gutter.

 

[Calliope]

Oh what a short memory we have!
Have we already forgotten the "never ever GST", "children ove board", "weapons of mass destruction" lies?

Wake up people! They're politicians! They spin yarns to stay in power! No matter which side they're on.

It's disgusting - true;
but in the disgust stakes, no politician's lies can ever match it with the bile from AJ's gutter.

The lynch mentality is alive and well in the media.

The condemnation of Jones has shifted from idealism to opportunism. When you have all Jones' traditional enemies, the Labor Party, the Greens, the ABC, Fairfax Media, GetUp!, and now Change.org and more than 100,000 people, all baying for the professional blood of one man, the scale and disproportion of the fury begins to create blowback.
Most Australians do not like a brawl involving 100,000 people against one. Nor do they like disproportion. And here we have an attempt to ruin someone over an impromptu remark, made at a private function, on the spur of the moment and later withdrawn, together with a public apology.

(my bolds)


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...s-lynch-mob-20121003-26zkf.html#ixzz28ZQ6SidH

 

[orr]

The lynch mentality is alive and well in the media.




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It certainly looks like a lynching to me... 'Give'm enough rope and they'll hang themselves'

Read more: ... Do you really think that's what any shock jock wants his audience to do?

 

[Julia]

Macquarie Radio has now pulled all advertising from Jones' program.
Apparently the concerted campaign on social media to all companies advertising on the program has made it essentially impossible for them to do normal business, as people flood their phones and email with abuse and threats.

What on earth is going on here? This is one of the most disproportionate responses to one stupid remark ever!

It seems that the political Right has a lot of catching up to do to equate the effect of the Left when it comes to taking massive advantage of a dubious opportunity to their own ends.

Politics seems to keep achieving a new low which is immensely depressing.

As an aside, on the campaign by the government and others to paint Tony Abbott as a women hater, the polls actually demonstrate that Julia Gillard is as unpopular with males as Tony Abbott is with women.
Perhaps the Libs need to get their own campaign going, pointing this out, and asking what Julia's problem is with men.

 

[MrBurns]

Macquarie Radio has now pulled all advertising from Jones' program.
Apparently the concerted campaign on social media to all companies advertising on the program has made it essentially impossible for them to do normal business, as people flood their phones and email with abuse and threats.

What on earth is going on here? This is one of the most disproportionate responses to one stupid remark ever!

It seems that the political Right has a lot of catching up to do to equate the effect of the Left when it comes to taking massive advantage of a dubious opportunity to their own ends.

Politics seems to keep achieving a new low which is immensely depressing.

As an aside, on the campaign by the government and others to paint Tony Abbott as a women hater, the polls actually demonstrate that Julia Gillard is as unpopular with males as Tony Abbott is with women.
Perhaps the Libs need to get their own campaign going, pointing this out, and asking what Julia's problem is with men.

+1, there's too much absolute rubish flying around, i think the public may see through it though, I hope.

 

[McLovin]

It seems that the political Right has a lot of catching up to do to equate the effect of the Left when it comes to taking massive advantage of a dubious opportunity to their own ends.

You know, I actually don't think it's the left I think it's most of Sydney. Alan Jones in Sydney is pretty much despised for his influence and interference in state politics. This has been a long time coming, I think it's more the straw that broke the camel's back.

Hopefully, he has reached his use by date.

 

[drsmith]

Oh what a short memory we have!
Have we already forgotten the "never ever GST", "children ove board", "weapons of mass destruction" lies?

Carbon tax, the list goes on.

A saving grace for the GST though was that it was put to the electorate.

 

[ghotib]

McLovin is right: politics is a sideshow in this. It's not just that what Jones said was despicable; it's that he said it so soon after Mr Gillard died. It was cruel, not just to the PM but to her mother and sister. I hope Sydney is fed up with Jones and that the pressure stays on 2GB and the advertisers until he's off the air. Peter Fitzsimons gets it right here: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/socie...lia-says-enough-is-enough-20121007-2771n.html

...What has in fact happened in the last week has been the rise of decent Australia saying enough is enough. And yes, sponsors like Gerry Harvey have publicly worried that by withdrawing from the Jones program they are taking part in a lynch mob, but they misunderstand. What you are actually doing, Mr Harvey, is refusing to sponsor any further "lynch-mob radio".

All you need to do is listen to Jones on a good day. As the Bully-in-Chief, Jones' major exercise every day is to line up the day's targets and then excoriate everything about them and everything they stand for...

 

[sptrawler]

This is great isn't it, who are we going to get next. Can't wait to see it, this is better than reality t.v.
The public just uses their phone to record a photo or a conversation, then we throw it open to public debate.
Can't wait to see the next union meeting on utube.LOL,LOl

 

[wayneL]

If only Australians mobilized like this themselves over worthwhile issues.

Really people, this is worth about one day's news and indignation... a few rolls of the eyes and that's about it.

It seems being a boofhead is a worse crime in Australia than lies and corruption.

Unbelievable.

 

[DB008]

Having just watched both the ABC and Channel 9 do coverage on this issue this morning, it's pretty clear that ABC is biased. The 2 ABC presenters were even laughing/chuckling on-screen and got a 3rd person involved and went to town on him, while Channel 9 was a little bit more serious and talked about the effect of the sponsorship ban during his show.

 

[tinhat]

Reading the political discussions here is enough substitute for listening to the ignorant rantings of Alan Jones. The only difference between the two is that these discussions didn't bring down the Fahey government, sack the NSW police commissioner, see a controversial redevelopment of the walsh bay wharfs get rammed through (and the list goes on and on). Alan Jones, durings the 1990s and 2000s treated himself like a cabinet minister of the NSW government. You had to get Jones approval for any major policy. Ask Bob Carr. Thankfully, it's only Tony Abbot turns up to the studio these days for a bit of homoerotic Jones worshiping.

Alan Jones is turning on the advertisers now.

"Now this bloke McCarthy has big noted himself on behalf of Mercedes-Benz and said: 'Well we want the car back straight away and if we don't we'll get over there and we'll repossess it and we'll take it away from him.

"You big hero Mr McCarthy. How many phone calls did you make to me, you absolutely gutless wonder? None, none.

"Easy to shoot your mouth off and present an image which is completely untrue.
"But I'm telling you something, there will be a stack of Mercedes-Benz dealers out there today not happy because how the hell in the light of this kind of treatment do you then sell Mercedes-Benz product?"


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...ber-bullies-20121008-277tu.html#ixzz28erz5Ra9

 

[Bushman]

There is no such thing as 'bad publicity' people.

Macquarie Radio can afford to turn off the advertising for a few weeks as it will be standing room only on the Alan Jones band wagon. He is again the hero of the rust belt of NSW, a fearless renegade not afraid to 'give it' to those Armani-wearing socialist bullies.

One day the teenage paragons of social media will realise that you should not reflate the old dinosaur, for notoriety is the hot air that he breathes. Better yet to let him be, spouting his tired old one-liners to a bunch of 'young Libs'. An ever shrinking bile-filled oasis undlessly being encroached upon by the harsh desert sands of irrelevance.

 

[Julia]

If only Australians mobilized like this themselves over worthwhile issues.

Really people, this is worth about one day's news and indignation... a few rolls of the eyes and that's about it.

It seems being a boofhead is a worse crime in Australia than lies and corruption.

Unbelievable.

+1.

Thankfully, it's only Tony Abbot turns up to the studio these days for a bit of homoerotic Jones worshiping.

"homoerotic"? And you're on about others being insulting???
What basis do you have for implying Tony Abbott has any homosexual attraction toward Alan Jones?

Nothing like climbing on the bandwagons I guess.

 

[Calliope]

Yes - who would have thought it would create such a kerfuffle when an odious commentator slags off an odious PM? The Jones haters have grasped it with glee and are stooping to the same level of nastiness on the blogosphere and even on this thread.

 

[awg]

If only Australians mobilized like this themselves over worthwhile issues.

Really people, this is worth about one day's news and indignation... a few rolls of the eyes and that's about it.

It seems being a boofhead is a worse crime in Australia than lies and corruption.

Unbelievable.

what like ?...climate change ?

reminds me of primary school.

its well known psychological trait humans lie, so its a matter of who is the biggest liar really.

afaic, most politicians would lie to get re-elected. In fact, imo, if you gave them a straight out choice of lying, or not getting re-elected, they would almost all conciously choose to lie, maybe I'm too cynical, but it does seem to me they would be knowingly telling various porkpies most every day as part of their regular duties.

I reckon the decision to pull all the adverts would have been down to Al.
His reported remarks about bullying are ironic.

I would be be unsurprised if Jones himself would not have been the victim of schoolyard bullying, given his nature, and educational background, from what I hear of him, it does seem to manifest.

wonder if he had a chat to the journo who started this thing..that would have been an interesting call

 

[MrBurns]

Yes - who would have thought it would create such a kerfuffle when an odious commentator slags off an odious PM? The Jones haters have grasped it with glee and are stooping to the same level of nastiness on the blogosphere and even on this thread.

Agree, this is an orchestrated push against Jones using this as an excuse, completely over the top and ridiculous.

The sponsors should all get back on board to show enough is enough............or do they take orders from cyber bullies.

 

[McLovin]

His reported remarks about bullying are ironic.

They're a joke. The guy has made a career out of badgering and bullying people to further his own interests and for cheap entertainment. It's not a couple of people "cyber bullying" him, as what happened with Charlotte Dawson and Robbie Farah, it's a pretty well supported campaign. The only defence he seems able to muster is to play the victim, pathetic.

He's finally getting a bit of blowback. He doesn't seem to like it when the shoe is on the other foot.

 

[IFocus]

They're a joke. The guy has made a career out of badgering and bullying people to further his own interests and for cheap entertainment. It's not a couple of people "cyber bullying" him, as what happened with Charlotte Dawson and Robbie Farah, it's a pretty well supported campaign. The only defence he seems able to muster is to play the victim, pathetic.

He's finally getting a bit of blowback. He doesn't seem to like it when the shoe is on the other foot.

Jones had the power of voicing his vitriol when no one could reach the same audience to reply but with social media ordinary people have a voice to serve it up back.

The whole thing has blown way out past being political

 

[lindsayf]

Interesting thread. I dont believe Jones does have shame. What he has become is a proficient attractor of media focus for the benefit of his advertisers..visavi..himself...he seems to embody this as his central MO in life. His 'apology' was as much an insult as the original comments and now he will be more marketable than ever once back on stream properly. The whole thing is disturbing as a feature of our society but there it is...each party attempting to leverage it for their own ends. Not sure that shame is much of a motivator for many involved.