Comments on: Is Kyle Sandilands’ live broadcasting career over?

By: Terry Macklin

Terry Macklin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:23:50 +0000

ACMA deadline for interested parties is next week – have your say to someone who can change things??

http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311849

By: Josh Champion Hilditch

Josh Champion Hilditch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:27:47 +0000

It’s the same in many> do we all remember Sam Newman getting booted off air? Hardly for the same thing, but it shows that people in television or radio are willing to go so much further for ratings, at the expense of an innocent person.

It is sad that such terrible events are used to get ratings, and those who do so should feel ashamed of themselves. Broadcasting networks should do alot more for preventing this in the future.

As for Kyle, shame on you. What you did is down right UNAUSTRALIAN.

By: Rae

Rae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:56:42 +0000

I’m impressed that 2dayFM found a duo even more mediocre than Kyle and Jackie O. I even tuned in for about an hour until my ears started bleeding. They must be working hard to maintain their standards and sponsors, so kudos to them.

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:02:33 +0000

I agree – Thank you Maria!! Get him back on the air!! ps though – I thought Danni did a good job.

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:01:22 +0000

Over !No way.He’s a loaded gun for hire.The cashed up no morals radio stations don’t give a toss.What goes up must come down and ratings will return when this train wreck rolls back into town controlled by the fat cat airwave controllers.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:49:43 +0000

Sand – i – who?

By: codebeans

codebeans — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:50:30 +0000

Thank you Maria S for putting things into perspective.

“To use the power of the media, and the manipulation of words and sensationalist journalism to try and silence someone in the same business is a dangerous cord to pull.” (item 62 by Maria S)

I can’t agree more to this! This is exactly what happens to the media circle today. Sad but true.

By: Maria S

Maria S — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:54:24 +0000

Jeanie,

The point I am making is meant for application to a “big picture”. You can’t censor everything everyone says just because a minority of the community (and in this instance it is a minority – Kyle has his fans; kyle has his haters – and there is a vast majority of people he doesn’t even register on their richter scales).

It’s got nothing to do with racism; bullying or anything else. This specific instance is a one off comment that some people took offence to.

To use the power of the media, and the manipulation of words and sensationalist journalism to try and silence someone in the same business is a dangerous cord to pull.

You aren’t a Kyle fan – fair enough; but surely you’d have to concede that if the media outlets didn’t blow this out of proportion – you would never even have heard about it? (and if you concede those points – then by default you concede that people in the media have an alterior motive to be listening to Kyle’s every word)

Getting a thick skin is something people need to develop – and to develop the ability to turn away or turn the channel or put your point across and then agree to disagree – that’s what would make the world go round much more peacefully.

There are much bigger problems out there we can be focussing on – the drug pusher who only gets a fine; the bloke or woman next door who abuses their kids; the people who can’t make ends meet and live below the poverty line in a rich country like Australia.

There are bigger issues to concentrate on other than “oh my gosh did you hear what kyle said today” – it’s just that the issues that are bigger are harder to sort through – so sensationalist journos and media go for an easy target – go for Kyle – he’s big enough to bring down with a thump – but not too big to cause them trouble.

Bring him back – put him on air – leave him alone and get the media concentrating on much tougher issues.

By: kate

kate — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:25:40 +0000

Adam, Kyle refers to himself and “fat white trash”, i have not heard him ever “speak highly of himself”, but your entitled to that opinion. But i have to agree with Tracey, bring Kyle back, i find the current people filling in for him BORING.

By: Adam Paull

Adam Paull — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:20:32 +0000

@Kate “Kyle does not speak highly of himself” That has to be the quote of the year!

I stand by everything I said about Kyle – he should not be allowed anywhere near a transmitter. Same goes for Price, Jones, Francis and their Ilk.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:55:15 +0000

Bring back Kyle – i can’t take Danni Minogue for another day!

By: zoe

zoe — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:06:44 +0000

I think the issue here is less about Kyle, less about racism and more about utter sexism. At risk of connecting a statement from a pitiful show into a wider social comment, I think it reinforces the fact that society tacitly says it’s OK to comment on womens’ bodies and judge the way they look, as their bodies are somehow ‘owned’ by the public. This particular comment obviously went too far (not because of its sexist nature either), but there are millions that are not picked up because they are seen as OK.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:46:25 +0000

OK, Maria, by your way of thinking I could make all sorts of racist, sexist and or/homophobic comments on this notice board today, but because my defence would be that there’s no malice intended, you’re saying Mumbrella readers can’t criticise. They should just find another website to read and “get their skin thickenned up a little bit”. If they don’t do they become one of “a bunch of zombie-like politically correct humans?”

By: kate

kate — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:02:07 +0000

Adam, did you listen to the radio programme that morning? because if you did you would not be judging him so harshly. Do you know Kyle on a personal level?, because you seen to dislike him so much. If you find him offensive, don’t listen to his programme, i never mentioned that my grandmother likes kyle, she does not even listen to any programme. I told her what happened that morning on radio, and asked her what she thought. Sometimes i feel that if i continue to get upset everytime someone says something wrong,about a “JEW” i will end up having a anxiety disorder. I do not wish to live my life thinking everyday about millions of people including family being tortured, when i went to a concentration camp in 2001, Austria, i had a Panic Attack and could not breath, i went to pieces. So a silly comment which was not intended to hurt anyone, why would i take that on board and dislike a man i have never meant. As another blogger pointed out, Kyle does not speak highly of himself, all the names he had been called, are the names he refers to as himself anyway, he is a shock jock, look at us all blogging about him, he has obviously done his job well for all of us to be doing this, i however look forward to when he returns. So Adam, what about Steven Price, do you find him rude? i guess i even that up.

By: Maria S

Maria S — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:35:06 +0000

Jeanie – you’ve missed the point. Did you actually listen to the whole segment that morning?

There was no malice in the segment; in the content of what Kyle said at all.

There’s a difference between a bully who systematically focusses on their “prey” and someone saying something in passing – which may not be “nice” but it’s not meant in a malicious way.

Everyone needs to get their skin thickenned up a little bit – it really does make a difference in the way you live your life – when you are able to hear something you dont like – be faced with an adverse situation – and are able to turn away or push it out of your mind….

Turn over the channel; turn off the radio – whatever – just dont let society turn in to a bunch of zombie-like politically correct humans.