[BITList] Jones apologises for 'unlawful' Muslim comments - This man owns a large number of shares in the radio station

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Jones apologises for 'unlawful' Muslim comments
Updated 3 hours 11 minutes ago

 
PHOTO: Radio broadcaster Alan Jones made the offending comments in 2005. (Alan Porritt)
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MAP: Sydney 2000
Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones has made an on-air apology over comments he made seven years ago on his breakfast program about Lebanese Muslims.

After a lengthy legal battle, Mr Jones was last week ordered by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal to apologise for reading a letter on 2GB radio which referred to Lebanese males as "vermin" and suggesting they hate Australia.

The tribunal found the comments made in April 2005 incited serious contempt of Lebanese males.

Mr Jones was not presenting the breakfast program today, but a 38 second recording was aired.

In the statement, Mr Jones said, "I apologise for making those comments and I recognise they were unlawful, and I also apologise on behalf of radio 2GB."

As directed, by the tribunal the comments were aired just after 8:00am (AEDT).

Topics: radio-broadcasting, multiculturalism, islam, sydney-2000

First posted 3 hours 15 minutes ago


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