Porn On The Radio - *UPDATE*

I heard from Scot Turner the Program Manager at 91.5 The Beat;

Hi, Jodi? I believe it is? This is Scot Turner - Program Director for 91.5 The Beat. I have been in Toronto since yesterday and only heard of this issue late this morning when it was brought to my attention. I can assure you that I am now looking into the issues you speak of in your blog and will address and comment on them when I have had the time to properly assess all points and views of these matters. Thank you. Scot Turner If you wish you can contact me directly at Scot.turner@corusent.com

I have to say I am so impressed with Scots willingness to address this situation in the public eye of my blog. I look forward to having the matter addressed. Thank you to Elle Dee for bringing my post to his attention.

Mistakes happen, its how you deal with them that matters. I really hope that they re-think some of their advertising and are careful about what makes it on the air.

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Also, apparently my last post got a few people hot under the collar, though I received a lot of positive comments, I did get one rather grumpy message I'd like to respond to.

"you need to get a life. If you don't want your 3 yr old to listen then shut
off the radio and play with him instead. I enjoy listening to the beat on my
drive home every day."

- Barb (barbf1975@hotmail.com)

Well Barb, thanks for your email. Just a few things I wanted to address.

1. With sponsors and advertisers such as Offspring Baby and The Baby Depot, one would expect that they could allow their children to listen to the radio.

2. I have yet to master the art of playing with my DAUGHTER while driving the car. If you have any tips I would love to hear them.

3. The Beat plays locally in MANY restaurants, offices and retail stores. If I had been at work and my employer had heard that on the radio my job would be at risk, not to mention my customers.

4. I'm glad you enjoy listening to The Beat, I also enjoy listening to The Beat or I wouldn't have been listening when the offensive clip came on.

Thanks Again Barb, Have a great day!

To those who are now trolling my blog, please note, any comments left anonymously in a negative manner will probably be deleted. Not because your opinion doesn't matter, not even because you're being nasty, but because I don't believe in hiding inside the internet. If you want to be an ass, grow a pair and put your name on your words.

It Just Ain't Pretty

My twitter bio says "Fierce fighter" and I often get asked "What up with that yo?" (I may want to start teaching English but I digress). I usually just laugh and say "If you ever find out it will be too late.". Today was a possible example of my fierceness when my friends happen to be the subject.

Now I'm not getting into details, it's past, it's gone, it's water under the bridge but a good lesson in social media etiquette. A few people I am very close to were in a round about way accused of cheating in a contest. Now as high schoolish as this may sound, many of these friends have careers based strongly in or specifically surrounding their online presence. These are people with clients that need to find them trustworthy and ethical in all situations, INCLUDING an internet contest.

Lets just say I left none of my thoughts on the situation in my head.

Social media is an all encompassing playground with people from all points of life and what gets put on the internet can not be taken back and forgotten, the internet is forever. Now what you do to your own personal reputation is up to you. Hell I've been told on more then one occasion I may be too brash or forward or "not PR friendly" online. I choose to project myself on to the internet with no filters. Yes this does limit my opportunities every so often, but this is my choice.

Now if I was to project something on to another person in a negative light I had better be damn sure I know what I'm talking about and have good reason for doing so simply due to the fact that I am taking that persons reputation into my hands. That's the funny thing about the internet - you put two random words in a search engine and you never know what will show up. If I tweet about a company service failure that tweet can and will be found one day and will possibly impact the future use of that company.

It's cooties for grown ups. If Timmy tells the whole school yard Sally has cooties, Sally will inevitably hear about it the rest of the year. Thankfully kids have the summer to forget things and find someone new with cooties. Imagine if any time someone said "cooties" Timmy popped up out of nowhere to point fingers at Sally. THIS is what the internet is. A never ending pointing of fingers screaming "Sally has cooties!".

Next time you make an offhand, backhand, random comment about someone think about this...

Elephants and the internet - two things that never forget.