After reading a couple of articles from US media about a New York radio station (WQHT) being condemned for a show that made fun of the tsunami victims with lyrics like "You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches swim," I was thinking that was mean and poor taste but wasn't supposed to be such a big deal, was it?
Well, I've changed my mind completely after reading more from "alternative media" like Hong Kong newspaper. Here is the full text (mind you it's full of racial slur)
What puzzled me the most now is why the mainstream media didn't mention the rest of the lyric. That would fully justify the outrage against that show. The only reason I could think of is this is an act of mainstream media covering each other up. After all they are in the same business. Who cares about what Chinese wants to know in US?
(More ironically, "We're the World" is the song Hong Kong showbiz group chosen to cover as its theme song for the tsunami fund raising concert. I criticized them for not writing their own song way back. )
Update: here is a comment about mainstream media's initial refusal to even air the story at all.
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