It is the format we require

I live in Australia and I heard all about it.

I see this as just another expected outcome of the phenomenon of shock jocks on the radio. This is a standard format now, and it is a formula that makes big money for the stations.

The format requires the announcer to make pig-ignorant comments that reinforce the prejudices of the poorly educated masses, who know no better. Radio has the potential for raising the awareness of listners towards a more civilised way of looking at the world, and also the potential to drag them down to the lowest common denominator being - the narrow minded bigot. Station managers choose option two because it pays better.

Sadly, this model is being copied in other countries and it is sad to see that even in Australia radio personalities, decent people who for many years have been informing audiences and raising their appreciation of diversity and culture, are now struggling to perform like Americon bigots because that is what management wants.

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