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Howard Shocks Canada Again
The morning deejay, who threatened to set diplomatic relations with Canada back years by calling Canadians "scumbags" when his syndicated radio show debuted there in 1997, has again ticked off our neighbors to the north.
Canada's Broadcast Standards Council ruled Thursday that Stern twice trampled the national regulations on human rights by deriding the mentally impaired.
According to the council, it was perfectly fine (and, to them, probably correct) when Stern called himself and his listeners "retards" on a show broadcast on Toronto's Q107-FM. After all, the council reckoned, the host and a majority of his fans are not, technically at least, mentally challenged.
However, the censoring body ruled Stern was out of line when he said during another show that a "retarded home" would diminish surrounding property values and that retarded people do cruel things to animals.
In both cases, the council said Stern and his radio team had "made fun of the protected group," breaching human rights provisions of a voluntary Canadian industry code of ethics. For breaching the codes, the radio station will be (don't hold your breath) asked to air notice of the CBSC ruling within 30 days during peak listening periods.
"It is apparently the view of Stern and his sycophants that this is nothing short of hilarious, a perspective not shared by decent-minded individuals," the council said in its ruling. "It is a cruel use of the position he occupies at the public microphone."
Back in November 1997, the CBSC found Stern to have used abusive, sexist and racist comments and ordered Q107 to use a tape delay to remove offensive remarks before they hit the fragile Canadian ears.
Toronto is the only Canadian city where Stern's show airs--a Montreal station dropped the jock shortly after his Great White North debut when listeners complained he was too (gasp!) offensive.
Stern's camp had no comment as everyone was on vacation, but a representative from Q107 issued the following statement:
"Unfortunately, I believe that their comments [Stern and his crew] are, in fact, correct that property values are unfairly impacted in certain circumstances." The station renewed Stern's show for three years in June.
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