SYDNEY broadcaster Alan Jones' comments before the 2005 Cronulla riots were likely to have encouraged brutality and vilified people of Lebanese and Middle Eastern background, Australia's broadcasting regulator says.
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He has issued a reply, in which he tries to suggest that he is the victimised party and that the ACMA is conspiring against him.
I also like this: "My listeners need to understand that no one listening to these broadcasts complained". I wonder what that says about your target audience? I wouldn't call up and complain, because I would probably get abused for not being a bigot.
ABC article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1894033.htm