Alan Jones ‘regrets’ using ‘n-word’ on air
Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has used Twitter to apologise for using the n-word on air when discussing the Liberal Party’s ongoing leadership issues.
At the time of using the offensive slur on air, Jones said he would not “yield to people who tell us that words in the language are forbidden”.
Jones’ 2GB program broadcast from 5:30am to 9am
How has that word ever been remotely acceptable, particularly in a public forum?
…and then the audacity to follow it with:
“I’m not going to yield” ??????
Get back to the f**king woodpile mate.
The sooner your ignorant generation dies off, the better.
Alan’s comments are an absolute disgrace.. He does not deserve the privilege of a voice in the public forum.
Not to mention his and Hadley and Fordham’s vicious and bullying interventions in the Liberal Party’s leadership. Jones is a chronic menace to Australians and a promoter of nasty losers – the only sort of people who will fawn over him.
He has apologised. What I find distasteful is that the media never mention the numerous good things he does, generally without fanfare or thanks.
People don’t mention the good things because there are none. He flaunts his supposed generosity in a pathetic way, much in the style of lonely rich kids who demand “love” from their staff. In fact when you see him a room of his “fans” it is seriously off-putting.
Jones invented a persona, a person is in a position to brutally disparage ordinary people and others who go about their work with no malice or bad intent. Usually because they don’t fit his script.
Jones is a social illness.
Too true. He is also a pissant who thinks he can choose our prime minster. I would like him in the dock. With his mates. Like Richo.
… and with that comment, we are all tarred with the same brush – pardon the pun.
“Macquarie Media declined to comment”
..They haven’t been paying attention to the whole crisis management thing have they?
Is there a list of 2GB advertisers available anywhere?
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Disgraceful. I can’t believe he hasn’t received greater backlash. You’re a racist and out of touch old man.
Get him off the airwaves – that’s an absolute disgrace.
I have no other words.
I hope they also ban the F-word which is also very offensive but appears to be accepted by Mumbrella including in the comments section.
All very hypocritical.
Except, y’know, one of those words is incredibly racist and the other isn’t.
David, you’ve got to be kidding. It’s not even comparable and I would think you would realise that.
Everyone needs to grow up here….are the PC running everything now?? Fuck me! – said that for @David 🙂
Just shows how low you and Western society has sunk, you even have trouble expressing yourself.
Are you honestly trying to compare one of the most racially charged insults on the planet with a word that most of us use on an hourly basis??!
Fuck Off!!!
You think it’s PC to choose not to use the N word?
Wow.
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Why isn’t this bigotted fool being fired? To call dangerous, racist language ‘a figure of speech’ underlines how ignorant and unaware of the damaging nature of the language he chooses to use.
The phrase fell out of use by the middle of last century.. says enough.
I’m sure there are people reading this who control advertising dollars for companies that advertise on 2GB. Now is your chance to do something worthwhile. Make a stand.
Pick up the phone and pull all your spend, not just from Jones’ show but from the entire network. Tell them why, and that it won’t be coming back until Jones is fired.
If anyone else, on any other media channel used that phrase, they would be gone. He has too much power in this country.
Jones is a complete grub. I just wish he and the likes of Ray Hadley, who are both paid advertising loud-speakers, would just move on, or at very least stay out of politics, or run for office.
In Alan Jones’s apology this morning on air, he did not say sorry nor did he make a commitment to not use the n-word on air again. The station’s sponsors must assess their association else they are complicit in their support for such repugnance. At what point will sponsors assess brand risk and reputation???
Mr Zuckerburg and Mr Google are reading these comments, stroking there cat with excitement thinking, “yes…listen to the PC brigade and pull all your AD dollars. All the more for us” QUE ‘evil laugh’. To be fair, I made a bee-lline for these comments on this story as I nothing makes me smile more than reading the PC brigades rightous thoughts. Brilliant keep it up guys. Love your work, till next time all.
Look if you’re ok with people using racist language, that’s fine. It says a lot about your character.
Alan’s admitted he was wrong, where does it end. Is there always a need to pick up the pitchforks and demand blood everytime someone in the public eye has a moment of poor judgement or makes a mistake.
Mr Thanks: please identify your business. I want to certain that I give you nil dollars. Fool.
It has nothing to do with PC. Nothing at all.
Read some history and it may help stop you being so wrong with your arguments.
The PC crowd here never disappoints. I love their outrage as they make all those ageist comments. What a bunch of hypocrites. The lot of you are no better than Alan Jones.
PC crowd or PC brigade?
Come on, at least be consistent with your cliched thinking.
Unacceptable and should be immediately fired. Any responsible media agency should be advising their clients to pull their dollars.
As for trolls on this thread comparing this awful word with ‘fuck’; (facepalm).
Oh please what a bunch of bed wetters. Climb back under your blankets , It is a figure of speech that has been around for generations .
Jones is a grub but so are all the pc people who get more offended at words than actions like violence and murder.
Sadly social media is dominated by weak people who get outraged because they have nothing better in life to worry about.
Bj is the T. rex of the on air announcers he is what he is the old fossil full of innuendo and double entendres said mrs Slocum