‘It’s misogynistic, it’s racist, it’s sexist’: Watchdog blasted for inaction over Kyle and Jackie O show
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed the communications watchdog for failing to investigate the “divisive and violent language about women and sex” on the Kyle and Jackie O show.
During a senate hearing on Tuesday, Hanson-Young asked the Australian Communications and Media Authority how the program’s content is able to be broadcast between 6am and 10am without an investigation.
Referring to a number of quotes from the show gathered since September, which she distributed on paper to members of parliament, Hanson-Young noted the show dealt in “jokes about people being gay, jokes about one of the producer’s Asian housemate, jokes about dating men who are not quote ‘white’, jokes about the sexual and racial profiles of other journalists from other stations, divisive and violent language about women and sex, vulgar detail about sex acts, comments on air that refer to fellow hosts as being ‘annoying bitch’ and ‘ho’, jokes about overweight women and mental health, and of course, the final point there about a competition where they got female staff to record themselves urinating, and then the boys had to figure out whose bits were contributing to that urine”.
as long as it makes money it wont stop
Jacki O and Kyle are just plain weird. Do they realise that in their time slot they are influencing kids with their Trumpian values? And is ACMA, by its acquiesce just approving of those values?
It’s like the irritating TV ads, put on mute or change the channel. Don’t listen to their station, turn the dial on the radio if you know what it offers.
It’s funny, because the Regulator will happily investigate telcos on the basis of a handful of complaints and fine them massive amounts – and yet, no matter what Kyle and Jackio O do. Nothing.
They played some of the comments on media watch “inappropriate” is an understatement.