Feminist slams "Jones's 'pathological pursuit' of Gillard"
Dr Meredith Burgmann, organiser of the 'Ernie Awards', which present mock prizes for sexist comments by public figures, has slammed comments made by Alan Jones about Julia Gillard's father at a Young Liberals dinner.
Bergmann and the Australian Labor Party, Enemies of the People
This Dickless Arse Clown Bergmann's greatest claim to fame is that she invited and sanctioned the Communist North Vietnamese Army to march through Macquarie Street on the opening of her Socialist Labor Party's NSW Parliament .
Bring on the Treason Trials, I would love to see her arms bound together at the elbows behind her back, blind folded head forcibly bowed and kneeling on broken glass on the steps of the Sydney Opera House as a Vietnam Veteran passes sentence upon her ,her Labor Party their co conspirators and North Vietnamese Communist Party financiers the ACTU and their legion of Media Sycophants and apologists.
Alan Jones claims PM Gillard's father died of shame.....I disagree
Alan Jones apologises as sponsors pull ads
JONATHAN MARSHALL and PETER BODKIN
The Daily Telegraph
October 01, 2012 12:00AM
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
'Private' dinner was open to anyone
THIS was a room chockers with young opinionated sparks, many of whom one day aspire to help lead this nation.
An apology tempered by anger
WHEN I repeated a comment I had heard only hours before at a birthday party for one of my godsons, as I said yesterday, I was wrong.
JJ Metro West managing director John Megalli said the airconditioning company was considering its options for advertising with 2GB and it would boycott Alan Jones' program altogether.
"We disagree 100 per cent with what Alan Jones said and we have already contacted the station with our concerns about the comments," he said.
"We are not boycotting 2GB, but we will definitely be pulling out our advertising with Alan Jones." Lexus of Parramatta said it had pulled its sponsorship with 2GB two weeks ago following Mr Jones' comments about women "destroying the joint".
Jones held a 45-minute press conference yesterday morning at 2GB where he said he regretted making the comments about Ms Gillard.
"The comments were, in the light of everything, unacceptable," Jones said. "They merit an apology by me.
"There are days when you just have to concede, man up and say you got it wrong. And on this instance these are remarks which I shouldn't have made.
"I was taught as a young kid by my father if you're going to eat crow, you should eat it while it's hot. In this instance, these are remarks which I shouldn't have repeated.
"To repeat them was wrong, to even offer any impression that I might seek to diminish the grief a daughter would feel for her father, independently of who that daughter might be, is unacceptable."
Jones added he would contact Ms Gillard directly to apologise but the Prime Minister said she was not interested in talking to the broadcaster.
Ms Gillard's office made no comment yesterday other than to say: "The Prime Minister does not intend to talk to Mr Jones about his comments."
Liberal leader Tony Abbott said: "Alan's remarks regarding the PM were completely out of line".
Alan Jones apologises as sponsors pull ads
JONATHAN MARSHALL and PETER BODKIN
The Daily Telegraph
October 01, 2012 12:00AM
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
'Private' dinner was open to anyone
THIS was a room chockers with young opinionated sparks, many of whom one day aspire to help lead this nation.
An apology tempered by anger
WHEN I repeated a comment I had heard only hours before at a birthday party for one of my godsons, as I said yesterday, I was wrong.
JJ Metro West managing director John Megalli said the airconditioning company was considering its options for advertising with 2GB and it would boycott Alan Jones' program altogether.
"We disagree 100 per cent with what Alan Jones said and we have already contacted the station with our concerns about the comments," he said.
"We are not boycotting 2GB, but we will definitely be pulling out our advertising with Alan Jones." Lexus of Parramatta said it had pulled its sponsorship with 2GB two weeks ago following Mr Jones' comments about women "destroying the joint".
Jones held a 45-minute press conference yesterday morning at 2GB where he said he regretted making the comments about Ms Gillard.
"The comments were, in the light of everything, unacceptable," Jones said. "They merit an apology by me.
"There are days when you just have to concede, man up and say you got it wrong. And on this instance these are remarks which I shouldn't have made.
"I was taught as a young kid by my father if you're going to eat crow, you should eat it while it's hot. In this instance, these are remarks which I shouldn't have repeated.
"To repeat them was wrong, to even offer any impression that I might seek to diminish the grief a daughter would feel for her father, independently of who that daughter might be, is unacceptable."
Jones added he would contact Ms Gillard directly to apologise but the Prime Minister said she was not interested in talking to the broadcaster.
Ms Gillard's office made no comment yesterday other than to say: "The Prime Minister does not intend to talk to Mr Jones about his comments."
Liberal leader Tony Abbott said: "Alan's remarks regarding the PM were completely out of line".
