The Media Drop

After what appears to be a huge amount of public response to the Hot 97 morning radio show’s “skit” [discussed here] mocking the deaths of people in southern Asia and India in December, it appears that the station has gone forward and suspended the show’s cast members, hiphopmusic.com’s Jay Smooth reports this morning. Jay has a copy of the “statement” made around 6 a.m. about the suspensions, but no details are out yet as to how long it will last, whether it is paid/unpaid, et al.

News media across the country have picked up on this story in the last few days, and there has been a response from some of the show’s sponsors, including Jackson Hewitt, who withdrew their ads from the station.