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Kyle and Jackie O: Tears and cheers as controversial long-running Australian breakfast radio show implodes
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
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Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr733nyjv9go
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Ilovethebomb sh.itjust.works Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-08
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No great loss.

With these "shock jock" types, it's only a matter of time before they say or do something that goes too far, and everything falls apart.
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PoastRotato lemmy.world PoastRotato@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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Over the years, the show has attracted much controversy. In 2009, the show was investigated after a 14-year-old girl was asked about her sexual history while strapped to a lie detector, forcing her to admit she had been raped when she was 12.

Another time the pair told a Cambodian-Australian woman they would bring her niece to Australia but send the niece back if she did not correctly choose the door she was standing behind. The woman chose the wrong door, broke down in tears and begged for her niece to be allowed to stay, which the show agreed to.

Jesus fucking christ
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sin_free_for_00_days sopuli.xyz sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-07-28
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Ilovethebomb wrote:
No great loss. With these "shock jock" types, it's only a matter of time before they say or do something that goes too far, and everything falls apart.

Humans are just the worst. People actually found this acceptable entertainment:

Over the years, the show has attracted much controversy. In 2009, the show was investigated after a 14-year-old girl was asked about her sexual history while strapped to a lie detector, forcing her to admit she had been raped when she was 12.

Another time the pair told a Cambodian-Australian woman they would bring her niece to Australia but send the niece back if she did not correctly choose the door she was standing behind. The woman chose the wrong door, broke down in tears and begged for her niece to be allowed to stay, which the show agreed to.

No great loss indeed.
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YaksPT sh.itjust.works YaksDC@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-02-18
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I have always hated this type of "entertainment" but what does it say about us as a society that they are so prevalent?
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
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PoastRotato wrote:
Over the years, the show has attracted much controversy. In 2009, the show was investigated after a 14-year-old girl was asked about her sexual history while strapped to a lie detector, forcing her to admit she had been raped when she was 12. Another time the pair told a Cambodian-Australian woman they would bring her niece to Australia but send the niece back if she did not correctly choose th...

Anything for entertainment and money. Anything.
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