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Canadian DJ criticised for mocking Bieber fans
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 26 October 2010
A Canadian shock jock has been criticised by the country’s broadcasting regulator after he lashed out at fans of Justin Bieber.
CFNY-FM’s Dean Blundell started mocking the Biebster’s famously tetchy teen fans after they started bombarding the radio presenter with insults after he’d dissed their hero on Twitter. The radio presenter used the micro-blogging site to confirm he hated the Canadian teen star and his terrible music. He also reportedly insinuated that Bieber was most likely gay. Somewhat unwisely, given most of Bieber’s fans are kids, Blundell then started reading out some of their insults on air and throwing an insult or two of his own back.
He told one female teen Bieber fan to “save your energy for puberty or to fend off your dad tonight while you’re sleepin”, while he remarked that a twelve year old boy who digged the Biebster was almost certainly a “future chugger” (by which he seemingly meant “rent boy”, or at least a gay guy who enjoys giving oral sex, and certainly not someone who bugs you for cash on behalf of charitable organisations).
The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council unsurprisingly ruled that Blundell’s Bieber fan baiting was inappropriate, calling the comments “gratuitous and unnecessary” and a violation of the Equitable Portrayal Code. That said, the station’s penalty is to read out the Council’s ruling during peak-time twice, which seems rather cushy. Perhaps the CBSC find Bieber’s loony fans a bit tedious too.
