This is a selection of some of the more interesting tweets in reaction to the controversial RadioLive interview of a ‘Roast Busters’ victim by John Tamihere and Willie Jackson. As usual, it’s in reverse chronically order – the most recent tweets are first. [Read more below]
Radio Live announces replacements will be members of the roast busters. "We surveyed and they're very topical right now."
@MatthewHootonNZ a position has become vacant in smashing the patriarchy?
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Congrats @gtiso. Achieved objective in less than a week! Want a job?
Sue Bradford & Rodney Hide #RadioLiveReplacements
Paul Henry and Sheila Dikshit #radiolivereplacements
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery4m
You all laugh now. But wait until they replace Willie and JT with Whaleoil... Stranger things have happened #RadioLiveReplacements
Ben Uffindell @BenUffindell2m
Me please #RadioLiveReplacements This is how this works, right?
David Bain & David Tamihere #RadioLiveReplacements
What we need is someone who used to play rugby and someone who used to be in Parliament & was a bit shit. #RadioLiveReplacements
Anna Guy and Lisa Lewis #radiolivereplacements
Mathew Grocott @mathewgrocott
Bomber and Mathew Hooton obv. #RadioLiveReplacements
Matt Fairhurst @Mattt_Fairhurst
Dame Anne Salmond and Tapu Misa #RadioLiveReplacements
John Key interviews John Key. #RadioLiveReplacements
Kim Dot Com and John Banks. #RadioLiveReplacements
Stephen Franks. #RadioLiveReplacements
Keith Ng and an Excel spreadsheet. #RadioLiveReplacements
Kim Baker Wilson @kimbakerwilson
3News says the station stood the pair down. MediaWorks PR says this is not accurate. #lefthand #lefthand
John Key and Kim Dotcom #RadioLiveReplacements
Sports Freak @Sportsfreakconz
Bob Jones & Karl de Fresne #RadioLiveReplacements
Marama Davidson & Cactus Kate #RadioLiveReplacements
Linda Clark and Deborah Hill Cone #RadioLiveReplacements
Telecom, Vodafone, Countdown, Briscoes, Mad Butcher, AA Insurance, Yellow, ANZ, Freeview Take a bow. #roastbusters #willie&JT
Sets a dangerous precedent doesn't it? th corporate sponsors dictating th removal of tlkhosts? i'm sure thy'l get th ones thy want eventualy
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Hey @LIVENewsDesk - show you're really apologetic re Willie & JT and replace them for the rest of the year with Sue Bradford & Annette Sykes
No change in the 'tone' of Jackson and Tamihere's former show. Jeremy Parkinson is Michael Laws former producer - shares similar views.
The reality is that Jackson & Tamihere can't face the prospect five ad-free days of calls from religious dingbats like they had on Friday.
Megan Campbell @MeganCampbellNZ
Looking forward to women on the Willie & JT slot -or are we gonna extend that crap about women too polite for politics to talkback too?
@CitizenBomber @LIVENewsDesk @bryce_edwards Radio Live pulling Andrew Fagan? Or just the cheeky darkies.
Rev. Chris Huriwai @RevChrisHuriwai
What Willie & JT did was extremely wrong, but I can't help but think if they were Paul Henry or Michael Laws, they'd still have a job.
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
I will be replacing Willie and JT on Radio Live. Twitter may choose the co host.
GCSB Intercepts @GCSBIntercepts
If there's any move of to replace Willie and JT at RadioLive with Michael Laws we will intercept the comms to prevent that from happening.
In a on-air gaff, the hasty replacement for Jackson and Tamihere - Jeremy Parkinson - comments we 'might' see them back next year.
Jess Etheridge @JessEtheridge
How about some women to take the spot, RadioLive? #WillieJTReplacements
Anyone know what Willie Jackson and John Tamihere were wearing when they got fired? It’s possible that was the reason they got fired?
> Thomas Beagle @thomasbeagle
@nzkoz @nzben Also worth asking how much Willie Jackson/John Tamihere had been drinking, and whether they had a history of alcohol abuse.
Keen to know if @RadioLIVENZ has asked Tamihere about his personal connections to the #RapeGang. And is he on today?
John Tamihere to read from 'The Women's Room' by Marilyn French - all this week on his commercial free Radio Live show.
Hey RadioLive, don't apologise "for any offence caused by", apologise for what your douche hosts actually said.
Media works would do better to make the ads Willie & JT free
Due to the schedule unexpectedly opening up, between 12 and 3 weekdays next week, RadioLive presents Willie and JT reading "the Luminaries"
Awesome. Kuia calls up and asks JT&W "Are you gonna ask that 87 year-old woman who was attacked what she was wearing?" JT hangs up on her.
Thanks @gtiso for teaching us all how good natured corporations are. That's what you wanted me to learn, right?
@BenUffindell totally. Down with anti-capitalism!
So if you've got a spare few minutes before 3pm, why not give JT and Willie a call and make them hang up on you?
JT now dumping anyone to starts to talk about the roastbusters case or anything related to it, saying "we're not allowed to talk about that"
After last two surveys and ANZ ad suspension new MediaWorks owners must be looking closely at oversight of RadioLive
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
With JT playing the "middle class values" card against Hooton yesterday, it's only a matter of time before he pulls the Maori bashing card
If Paul Henry had 2B "resigned" by TVNZ after his Dikshit/GovGen comments (such an over-reaction), R Willie/JT's gaffes any less deserving?
Most of these advertisers withdrawing from RadioLive almost seem to be doing it for free publicity.
Radiolive probably should have filled their show up with advertising to apologise to the advertisers and stop Willie and JT
So how much have Willie Jackson and John Tamihere cost their employer? Is it sackable?
I've finally made that Google Doc with the list of Willie & JT advertisers I contacted. Still only 4 replies. Share. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnzyomTWMcs_dGsxWW1lU3p3QVhOSUxwRi11NlNXNVE&usp=sharing …
Earlier tweets:
Audio of Matthew Hooton’s RadioLive stoush and walkout – 2m28s - http://bit.ly/1cFlGdW
Giovanni Tiso reports Freeview pulling ads from willie & JT show - Freeview includes MediaWorks among its constituent members
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Thank you journos. I won't be returning your calls. Have done facebook post though: https://www.facebook.com/matthew.hooton.77/posts/546985932045025 …
FREEVIEW update: they're asking to have their ads pulled from the show. @RadioLIVENZ
@gtiso forget Hooton and Bomber. Your actions here make u the star of the day.
I think we can all say that today we are all @MatthewHootonNZ #Spartacus
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
Found myself cheering on Matthew Hooton's radio defamation explosion. What have I become?
Hashtags I thought were impossible #solidaritywithBomberrandHooton
Nice one Roastbusters; you've made Bomber a martyr and Hooton the champion of morality. I hope you're proud
Andrew Miller @AndrewMiller05
@Zagzigger Which is an issue for @RadioLIVENZ as to whether they're comfortable providing a soapbox & then shutting down any challenge to it
I am having inappropriately positive feelings for Matthew Hooton.
@CampbellLiveNZ Tonight's prog? Get Willie & JT in and ask them all the same questions only this time it was both their daughters involved.
As tabloid talk station RadioLive doesn't have to steer clear of controversy - wd never win this - but it cd have avoided hate
Rachel Glucina @RachelGlucinaNZ
RadioLive's advertisers are sure to be on alert. Let's hope the station and parent company MediaWorks, both run by women, take heed.
New MediaWorks owners must be looking askance at RadioLive rape controversy as it starts new era tomorrow
imo Willie & JT have right to argue over dress etc - but neither is nimble or accomplished enough to handle valid pushback
Some RadioLive staff called for meeting today over concern over MW handling Willie & JT Roastbusters - some v unhappy
Earlier tweets:
@gtiso @RadioLIVENZ Hooton gets praise from left. Gio makes friends with business. What a strange day this has been.
AD BOYCOTT: @gtiso emailed @radiolive advertisers on the Willie and JT show. Yellow has pulled ads completely, one other is off the show.
YELLOW has responded. They are pulling their advertising from @RadioLIVENZ altogether. Well, this set the bar, doesn't it?
"We trust that this action conveys our disappointment at both the interview and subsequent apology." I'd say it does! @RadioLIVENZ
@AnaSamways Maybe I'm just bringing my middle-class values to it and getting on my moral high ground like my new best friend Hooton.
I declare 7 November henceforth to be Matthew Hooton Appreciation Day.
Now JT has accused @MatthewHootonNZ of being under influence when he came in.
@CactusKate2 @MatthewHootonNZ I think producers have dump buttons for moments like this.
@CactusKate2 @MatthewHootonNZ under the influence of righteous fury yes.
> Trevor Mallard @TrevorMallard
@CactusKate2 @MatthewHootonNZ whose influence ? A rational person ?
@MattNippert @MatthewHootonNZ Station owners have dump buttons as well. Should use them.
Mediaworks (TV3) should be congratulated for breaking the story. Mediaworks (RadioLive) should be strung up for protecting Willie and JT
I know more than a few people that would choke and die if they said this, but thank you @MatthewHootonNZ.
And of course when *Matthew Hooton* comes across as the guy with the integrity, you know in just how much trouble you are.
Lachlan Forsyth @LachlanForsyth
@publicaddress I'm embarrassed to be in the same stable.
Willie & JT now blaming suggestive nature of modern music for rape of young girls... Why you no learn!?
If only there were NZ TV show that could take apart the Jackson/Tamihere idiocy in the vein of Jon Stewart. Oh, wait: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11150236 …
"Matthew doesn't work with people at the coal face and gets on the moral high ground." -- Willie Jackson. Incredible, defensive performance.
JT: "Whether people like it or not, dressing [how girls dress] comes into it."
There is no excuse for sexual abuse I'm with you @MatthewHootonNZ
> Matt Nippert @MattNippert5m
@Garner_Live @MatthewHootonNZ That'll make for a spicy handover today, no?
Megan Campbell @MeganCampbellNZ
McCarten shouldn't be putting up with Willie & JT's defence of rape culture. Matt is better than that #ttrtpt
Megan Campbell @MeganCampbellNZ
I sure hope Matt McCarten,the ex Alliance,UNITE union & Mana party man is going to follow the lead of Neo-lib Nat party @MatthewHootonNZ
Who is Mathew Hooton?
Tobias Brockie @tobiasbrockie
bizarre, siding with hooton
High bar set by @MatthewHootonNZ and Matt McCarten. Who's up next with Willie & JT? Can they match or exceed that performance?
Never have I listened more intently to a RadioLive ad break. This is a long one. Is there a studio webcam? @MatthewHootonNZ
I don't have a particularly high opinion of Hooton, but that was brilliant.
So, #RadioLive is now #RadioRapeApology
Willie and JT have told Hooton to “shut your mouth” and get out of the studio. They really don’t like being challenged.
Hooton walks out. Legend.
Jackson/Tamihere vs Hooton: "get out, get out of our studi -" (cuts awkwardly to commercial)
Hooton is importing his "middle-class values", apparently. (Willie and JT).
Tamihere *still* talking disobedient 13 year-old girls being an “issue”.
Willie and JT heard a completely different interview to everyone else, it seems.
Matthew Hooton: "It was morally and journalistically cretinous of you."
In wholly unsurprising news, Jackson and Tamihere still in profound denial. Asshats.
Willie Jackson: "We denounced. All we have done is ask questions ... what are we doing with our girls?"
Matt McCarten: "You took it like many men do, that girls put in that position, it's their fault."
The political panel with Willie and JT on @RadioLIVENZ 2-3pm is @MatthewHootonNZ and Matt McCarten. Always good listening!
Earlier tweets:
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Had a chat with Matt McCarten. We've decided to go on the Willie@JT show on @RadioLIVENZ at 2pm as usual today. They will wish we hadn't.
> Ben Uffindell @BenUffindell
@MatthewHootonNZ Not talking to people purely because they offend us is an ignorant thing to do. Do give them hell though, please.
@MatthewHootonNZ @RadioLIVENZ predictable wrong call made by mates in PR group grope. Both u and MM better than that.
> David Fisher @DFisherJourno
@MatthewHootonNZ #Whatevs - I'm not listening to those guys. They should get off the radio and get on with their day jobs. @RadioLIVENZ
Etiquette lesson 3 WILLIE&JT: apologise properly with true grace, stop tangiweto and send that poor woman flowers
Etiquette lesson 1 Willie&JT : Real men help drunk women they don't rape them
Would Willie & JT or anyone else tolerate teen boys getting drunk then gang raped? Doubt it. Remember broomhndle case anyone?
Can't wait to hear how those throwbacks Jackson and Tamihere fit latest developments into their own Neanderthal world view.
Steve Braunias @SteveBraunias
"Radio Live, where we're not afraid to ask the hard questions of rape victims!" Fuck off http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11152672 …
Marama Davidson @MaramaDavidson
Sounds like if Willie and JT were moved on from their radio jobs they could become advisors for police sexual complaint investigations?
Open letter to John Tamihere and Willie Jackson. Dear JT and Willie, You guys are pricks. Sincerely, T Waititi
Think of the courage that it took this girl to come forward, or "Amy" to speak to Willie and JT. Then think of how they were treated.
Sports Freak @Sportsfreakconz
Those bagging Mediawirks for Willie & JT should remember who broke this story, and continues to dig
Just a little note about John Tamihere’s moralising about girls drinking: He’s been convicted for drink-driving three times.
Most brutal assessment of Jackson & Tamihere to date. RT @SteveBraunias: It's making Michael Laws seem like Chris Laidlaw
Earlier tweets:
Willie & JT’s nastiness was worse than all the mouth-farts they cite because it was relentless, extended and directed at a teenage girl.
To be clear, a schoolgirl called Willie & JT to talk about a gang of predatory rapists. And they asked her when she lost her virginity.
OMFG, Willie Jackson & John Tamihere must have run out of gutters, sewers and septic tanks to face-plant into by now. Please. @RadioLIVENZ
John Tamihere to seek advice from his mate Clint Rickards.
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Should I continue to go on their programme each Thursday? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9368187/Radio-hosts-apologise-over-interview …
Emma Espiner @emmawehipeihana
Fuck off with your 'apologise for any offence caused'. What a weak response. Jackson, Tamihere apologise http://nzh.tw/11152447 @nzherald
@Zagzigger @emmawehipeihana After hearing callers, Jackson at least seemed to take criticisms on board. Tamihere all counterpunch.
Tamihere: The real lynch mob is “the thought police”. Moron.
No, @RadioLIVENZ. Willie & JT's mealy mouth #nonapology for their disgusting on-air victim-blaming is #NOTACCEPTED by this rape survivor.
Right. Now my only interest is who Willie and JT's advertisers are. Will post the complete list after the show's over.
Great to read lots of Maori women out there on Twitter climbing into Willie and JT. Silent too long.
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
I get the sinking feeling Willie and JT said those horrible things to get a ratings boost.
Want to tell Willie and JT what you think of them? Handily, then run a talkback show. You can. 0800 RADIOLIVE
Willie Jackson comes through with a great example of completely missing the point.
Willie Jackson apologises, incl on behalf of Radio Live, for "any offence caused to Amy", but says he's no idea how ppl could be upset.
John Tamihere sees no problem with asking a girl if/when she lost her virginity as a check of her good character when discussing rape.
Megan Campbell @MeganCampbellNZ
So Willie and JT apologise kind of.JT suggests tweeters/FBers are different to talk backers, that we missed that talkback is 'in the moment'
Kate Shuttleworth @K8Shuttleworth
@williejackson @john_tamihere your i/v with Amy was appalling, rape is very close to home for many NZ women and you basically legitimised it
Do Willie and JT have daughters? And what would they do to boys who bragged about them on Facebook?
Anyone got quick list of the advertisers on @RadioLIVENZ so I can let them know I'll be boycotting til Willie & JT are sacked & apologise?
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
As a mea culpa, JT and Willie should donate a day's wage to Wellington Rape Crisis whose funding is in crisis. RT if you agree @RadioLIVENZ
Wonder if any advertisers have pulled bookings from Tamihere/Jackson show on @RadioLIVENZ. Pretty toxic company to be in.
@gtiso @kiaora4that @RadioLIVENZ they've been doing casual sexism and homophobia for years
Willie and JT, Veitch the new Deaks ... Talk radio still a bastion of enlightenment I see.
Let us all henceforward refer to John Tamihere and Willie Jackson as the "Back Bums"
Broadcasting hall of fame. Willie and JT, Paul Henry, Tony Veitch.
Be interesting to see if unite union protest radio live today to hound willie & jt out of a job like they did for Paul Henry
Rachel Glucina @RachelGlucinaNZ
Tony Veitch abused his partner and Willie & JT's views on rape culture are abhorrent. Is NZ radio just a dumping ground for misogynist men?
The JT and Willie J interview is a clear dividing moment on the issue of understanding rape. They have to be taken off air #RadioVile
@publicaddress thanks. A great piece of live radio. Disturbing and compelling. Willie & John struggle to understand, but seem to at the end.
All the comments to the Jackson/Tamihere podcast were against the hosts, so the cowards at @RadioLIVENZ closed them. http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Friend-of-an-alleged-Roast-Busters-victim-calls-Willie--JT/tabid/506/articleID/38783/Default.aspx …
Difficult Lemon @Difficult_Lemon
The fact JT and Willie Jackson were both once MPs makes this so much worse. They had influence on these issues.
Herald story on the Tamihere and Jackson show, with really inadequate comment from Mediaworks: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11151911 …
37 comments on that Willie & JT interview before they shut it down. All 37 criticise the hosts' conduct, & the idiocy of their arguments.
Radio Live has now closed comments on the Tamihere and Jackson clip. Got a little awkward, obviously.
Would expect it from John Tamihere but I thought Willie Jackson was a bit more enlightened
John Tamihere rejoined @nzlabour in Dec 2012 @TheEgonomist they'll take anyone as a member except Chris Carter & he cd ask to rejoin #nzpol
Having been a target of sexism from some of NZ's male "broadcasters" myself, I'd say there is a problem...
Phoebe Fletcher @PhoebeFletcher
Fucking disgusted with Willie and JT from @RadioLIVENZ. Willie needs a head check.
Two words on why Labour needs quotas: John Tamihere.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
I don't criticise Willie Jackson because he's been generous and supportive to me over the past few years. Today has tested that.
"Why have none of the girls complained of rape?" Model answer: "Because bastards like JT & Willie respond like this" http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Friend-of-an-alleged-Roast-Busters-victim-calls-Willie--JT/tabid/506/articleID/38783/Default.aspx …
That radio live interview is jaw-dropping in Willie & @john_tamihere's line of questioning. I imagine there'll be some ass-covering going on
The 18yo woman in that RadioLive segment is very articulate and firm in the face of essentially being told she's a dumb bitch & full of shit
Honestly, that Willie & JT thing was the worst thing I have ever heard on the radio. Ever. Calling them fucking pigs would be too kind.
A masterclass in blaming the victims and not believing in rape (aka "mischief"), from Willie and JT. http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Friend-of-an-alleged-Roast-Busters-victim-calls-Willie--JT/tabid/506/articleID/38783/Default.aspx …
