Latino Rights Groups Want KFI’s John and Ken Fired
KFI’s John Kobylt and Kenneth Chiampou, better known as John and Ken, are a conservative lightning rod of controversy to say the very least.
But the radio shock jocks might have finally crossed the line after giving out the cellphone number on-air of Jorge-Mario Cabrera, an immigrant rights activist for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
The National Hispanic Media Coalition is teaming up with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and the National Immigration Law Center in an effort to get KFI to fire John and Ken or face a boycott of the station’s sponsors.
Cabrera received more than 400 phone calls from people opposing the California Dream Act, which would make state financial aid available to undocumented immigrants and out-of-state students attending state schools.
How vile were some of the phone calls? According to the Los Angeles Times:
“Hi, this message is for Mr. Cabrera,” one caller said in a voicemail transcribed by Cabrera. “Listen, you pile of garbage…You need to pack your [expletive] up and go back to wherever it is you came from. Nobody wants you here. You are invading the legal people that are in this country and ruining this country. I hope you choke in your own vomit.”
Real classy.
The National Hispanic Media Coalition is thought to have a hand in Lou Dobbs‘ departure from CNN in 2009. Let’s see how successful they are with two LA radio veterans that have a huge following.
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