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*Campaign Alert* Hold NJ 101.5 FM radio accountable for racist propaganda
targeting Asian Pacific Americans

May 1, 2005

Dear Members and Supporters,

On April 25, 2005, radio hosts Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of NJ 101.5 FM stated
that Asian Pacific Americans are "Damn Orientals and Indians," spoke in "ching
chong ching chong" mock Asian gibberish, and made other defamatory statements
towards the Asian Pacific American community and New Jersey mayoral candidate
Jun Choi. Please join our campaign to hold NJ 101.5 FM radio and its parent
company Millennium Radio Group fully accountable for their on-air racist
propaganda and for their past history of bigotry and hate speech in which they
stated that people with mental illness "they must be crazy in the first place,"
and that they would burn down the homes of recovery patients, preferable with
them in it, and shoot recovering patients in the head.

To listen to the audio, read more about this incident, and use our easy online
campaign form that will send a form letter or your own comments to NJ 101.5 FM
and Millennium Radio Group, go to http://www.asianmediawatch.net/jerseyguys/

We also invite you to join Asian Media Watch and the Coalition Against Hate
Media. You may join us an active volunteer or simply sign up to support us in
spirit. Visit
http://www.stophatemedia.org/lists/?p=preferences to register. By registering,
you may choose to receive special up-to-the-minute campaign information and have
the opportunity to meet dedicated and passionate advocates.

Asian Media Watch is proud to be a member and supporter of the Coalition Against
Hate Media (CAHM) formed in directed response to the Hot 97 "Tsunami Song." As
a result of our efforts, and the efforts of many other elected officials,
community leaders, and activists, we have achieved results in the Emmis
Communications/Hot 97 incident:
- Termination of producer Rick Del Gado and host Todd Lynn
- Donation of $1 million to tsunami relief
- Suspensions of employees
- Public statements of apology
- Lost advertisers and revenue
However, these important accomplishments are not enough. CAHM is working
towards long-term solutions that include education; positive changes in business
practices; additional terminations and more to ensure that media companies are
held fully accountable for producing hate-based programming

We hope you will join us in our latest campaign to hold media companies such as
Hot 97 and NJ 101.5 fully accountable for promoting bigotry and hatred.

Sincerely,


Asian Media Watch SM
A CAHM Member Organization
Web: www.asianmediawatch.net
E-mail: alerts@...


ABOUT
Asian Media Watch is an independent non-profit grassroots organization dedicated
to promoting a diverse, fair, and balanced portrayal of Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans in the media and entertainment industry.

Asian Media Watch is a member of the Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM), a
diverse coalition of national, community-based, student, and grassroots
organizations whose mission is to promote equality and balanced representation.
CAHM denounces messages of hate that discriminate against people based upon
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religious
background. We actively hold accountable media corporations that seek to benefit
from the promotion of discrimination, violence and hate.

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