Sunday, September 30, 2012 9:29:31 PM
Alan Jones apologises for comments about Julia Gillard's father as sponsors pull ads
Jonathan Marshall and Peter Bodkin
The Daily Telegraph
October 01, 2012 10:37AM
[ Embedded video ]
SPONSORS of the Sydney radio station part-owned by Alan Jones have been inundated with thousands
of complaints about the talkback king's comments on the death of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's father.
As politicians of all persuasions condemned the 2GB star yesterday, its backers were swamped with messages of hate towards Jones. One sponsor received 2000 emails demanding they cancel their advertising contract.
The emails were triggered after The Sunday Telegraph revealed Jones told Young Liberals at a dinner that Ms Gillard's 83-year-old father, John, had died of shame. Last night more than 8000 Australians had signed an online petition calling for advertisers and sponsors to terminate their arrangements with the 2GB morning show. The radio station removed the list of sponsors from its website, in a belated bid to protect it from the fallout. Some of the vitriol was nasty, with some even tweeting they hoped Jones would "get his cancer back".
One key 2GB sponsor, Freedom Furniture, has already confirmed via Twitter that it's withdrawing its advertising from the program.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/alan-jones-apologises-as-sponsors-pull-ads/story-e6frfmq9-1226484904553#ixzz280So1VKB
Love it!
Jonathan Marshall and Peter Bodkin
The Daily Telegraph
October 01, 2012 10:37AM
[ Embedded video ]
SPONSORS of the Sydney radio station part-owned by Alan Jones have been inundated with thousands
of complaints about the talkback king's comments on the death of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's father.
As politicians of all persuasions condemned the 2GB star yesterday, its backers were swamped with messages of hate towards Jones. One sponsor received 2000 emails demanding they cancel their advertising contract.
The emails were triggered after The Sunday Telegraph revealed Jones told Young Liberals at a dinner that Ms Gillard's 83-year-old father, John, had died of shame. Last night more than 8000 Australians had signed an online petition calling for advertisers and sponsors to terminate their arrangements with the 2GB morning show. The radio station removed the list of sponsors from its website, in a belated bid to protect it from the fallout. Some of the vitriol was nasty, with some even tweeting they hoped Jones would "get his cancer back".
One key 2GB sponsor, Freedom Furniture, has already confirmed via Twitter that it's withdrawing its advertising from the program.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/alan-jones-apologises-as-sponsors-pull-ads/story-e6frfmq9-1226484904553#ixzz280So1VKB
Love it!
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
Join the InvestorsHub Community
Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
