BECAUSE THEY ENDORSE THE INTERROGATION OF CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR
SEXUALITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT..

FUCK YOU Optus I hope your management and that kyle and jacie o piece of shit
get a the living crap beaten out of them next time they go out in public

now that would be FUNNY unlike exploiting a RAPED 14 yr old girl for kicks.

Love to see that you guys actually monitor these things !!!

James & Dan or DanJams

Would never leave optus been good to me all these years.
But seriously tone it down someone would think you work for OPTUS

Thanks for your comment “I agree with Dan, comment 21″.

Interesting to see that not only do you & Dan think alike, but you also share the same IP address.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

It then becomes a matter of whether you do a D&C or if in the case of Optus, they use their weight as a large advertiser and say they are not going to pay for that air time until the station does something.

Also – I might be just one person, with THREE Optus services (mobile, home phone and cable internet – all OUT OF CONTRACT – so I was able to cancel), but I speak to a lot of other people.

Bad “word of mouth” can affect not just existing business, but future business AND FOR A LONG TIME.

Clearly Optus felt concerned enough about it to comment in the first place. I just think they didn’t do enough, which is why I walked.

Finally Kyle’s nonsense comments have come back to blow up in his face and about time. He has no sense, he talks nonsense – that comment to the young girl about “was this your only sexual experience” just shows how much he talks nonsense!!

This stunt has absolutely apalled me. I am really glad that the Kyle and Jackie O show is off the air – I hope it stays that way. I still shake my head in disbelief that their show would even think it was appropriate for these two hosts to do such a segment on a MINOR. Sex with a minor is statuatory rape – it is illegal, what could their team have been thinking to even allow such a stunt to be put on air is beyond me. Just for the ratings… Idiots!!

And Optus, they’re a big corporation whose corporate identity is just “feel-good” fluff that means nothing. Just good marketing. I dont use them and after this, I definitely avoid their products and services.

I would hazard a guess and think more people were appalled by this stunt than approve of it in any way…. Optus and the radio stations need to listen up…

Lets face it, if the girl had not said the whole rape thing (her MOTHERS fault) no one would give a care about the segment. And Kyle’s response was in the moment while he was signalling for the segment to be pulled, and hes appologised. He was in New Zealand and wasnt able to pull the plug as quickly as he would had he been sitting “in front of the buttons”.

The media jumped on it, and you all fell for it. Congtats.

As for Optus, of course they will be careful with their responses, too many people are fans of Kyle, Jackie and the show to just pull sponsorship and condem them for a mistake that was far from the presenters fault. Much more than those who will bother to cancel accounts bacause they sponsor a show. Ive worked in Marketting for two telcos and believe me they arent concerned and will sit on the fence till they are forced not to.

To address your points, first note that according to Nielsen Media Research (Oct 2008 figures are latest I could find) 2DAY FMs largest demographic percentage is 10-17 years old – 25.2% of 10-17s listen to 2DAY FM, more than any other station for the age group.

1) How is it appropriate to discuss these issues on public radio during a timeslot dominated by 10-17 year olds? How is it appropriate to do so without having a professional counselor on air asking the questions? How is it justifiable to continue when the 14 year old subject clearly states “I’m scared. “?

2) No matter how many sponsors gifts the show showers on worthy recipients, the show continues to use degradation and titillation to attract is mostly immature audience. If the 14 year old girl attempts to commit suicide after her public humiliation, is it balanced by the cash and holidays the show gives away?

3) If the segment was handled responsibly and ethically you may be correct, but it’s clear that the participants were not clearly vetted, and that no consultation with professionals was made prior to hooking a troubled 14yo up to a lie detector. If the girl had not alleged her rape, the interview would have continued and a 38 year old man would have publicly interviewed a 14 year old about her sexual practices, to a significantly young audience.

When Andrew Denton asked Sandilands about his publicising a married man’s homosexual encounter on radio, Kyle answered:

“I won’t not put anything on air because I think that you know someone might not like it. You know we’ll put anything on air at any stage and so long as it doesn’t break any radio codes, legally we’ll put it on there and then it’s up to the individual um listener to make the decision on whether, you know, they like that sort of show or whether they’d rather go over to a softer show that wasn’t so confronting.”

In his own words, he’ll put anything on air. It’s time he is made aware of the responsibility that comes with public broadcasting.