BREAKING: Rob, Arnie, and Dawn In The Morning Show Change Of Heart - They Have Capitulated

[ccharles000]

From the front page of the Rob, Arnie, and Dawn In The Morning show:

TO OUR LOYAL ROB, ARNIE AND DAWN FOLLOWERS,
WE HAVE FAILED YOU. AS A SHOW, AS PEOPLE, AS BROADCASTERS, WE HAVE SIMPLY FAILED ON ALMOST EVERY LEVEL.

WE PRESENTED OUR OPINIONS ON A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT IN A HATEFUL, CHILDISH AND CRUDE FASHION; AND THEN, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETRACT THOSE REMARKS, WE DEFENDED THEM.

SINCE THEN, YOU, OUR LOYAL LISTENERS, HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT WE WENT TOO FAR. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. NONE OF YOU SAID THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE OPINIONS, YET SO MANY OF YOU SAID THAT THE WAY WE GAVE THEM CROSSED THE LINE. FURTHER, YOU SAID THAT OUR ATTEMPT TO MASK OUR COMMENTS AS "JOKES THAT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD BY OUR AUDIENCE," WAS UNACCEPTABLE. I WOULD SAY NOW THAT IT WAS WORSE THAN THAT, IT WAS COWARDLY. YOU HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR...

Read the rest of the statement at their website.

Folks, thank you. The advertiser blitz worked. The LGBT and progressive communities have controlled anti-gay and anti-transgender sentiment directed at our transgender youth. I believe it was you, the grass roots activists who took action by contacting the KRXQ advertisers, that made all the difference.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11348/breaking-rob-arnie-and-dawn-show-change-of-heart

[hedgehog]

1. Thanks for the excellent news!

[donco6]

2. Cool. Great info - made my day. n/t

[Downtown Hound]

3. Now they apologize-after their advertisers began to pull the plug

Better than nothing I guess, but hardly impressive.

[Toasterlad]

4. Always Cool to Watch Hateful Bigots Grovel. Thanks.

[Politicalboi]

5. They should still be pulled from the air

It's inexcusable.

[ccharles000]

6. I agree

[Garbo 2004]

7. Not change of heart, change in advertising dollars to the station. nt

[ccharles000]

8. kick

[RamboLiberal]

9. Advertisers who pulled the plug

As of this writing, at least ten national companies have withdrawn, cancelled, or decided not to renew their advertising contracts with KRXQ. They include Chipotle restaurants, the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, SONIC, Verizon, the Carl's Jr. restaurant chain, Wells Fargo, Nissan, AT&T, and McDonalds. Citing the depravity of the content, spokespeople for the various companies were united in their disgust with KRXQ and Rob, Arnie, & Dawn in the Morning.

A statement sent to GLAAD from the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group read, "We found the segment to be offensive, and as a result we are pulling our Snapple advertising from the station." The sentiment was echoed by SONIC, who asserted flatly that "SONIC in no way condones violence toward children and does not wish to be associated with media content that condones or promotes such activity in any way."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rowe/on-air-abuse-of-transgede_b_212121.html