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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/brands-have-become-our-new-moral-arbiters/ It’s not often you hear an apology from a big corporation that sounds like it really means it, but Jenny Craig’s statement last night that it “badly misjudged public perception of Kyle Sandilands” sounds genuine enough - perhaps because it’s so bloody obvious. Hmmm, brand heavily skewed towards women with body issues, linked to the “fat slag” king, what could possibly go wrong? The language marketing departments use when one of the stars they throw millions of dollars at to flog their products step out of line, is often at best hilarious, at worst mealy-mouthed. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/brands-have-become-our-new-moral-arbiters/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/brands-have-become-our-new-moral-arbiters/#item7542 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/biggest-moments-of-2011-21-sandilands-scrapes-the-barrel/ What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/biggest-moments-of-2011-21-sandilands-scrapes-the-barrel/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/biggest-moments-of-2011-21-sandilands-scrapes-the-barrel/#item7294 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/kyle-sandilands1/ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/kyle-sandilands1/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/kyle-sandilands1/#item7270 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-public-took-charge-of-a-deserved-flogging/ Kyle Sandilands is such an inconsequential waste of space that I would normally be reluctant to expend a single millilitre of ink or pixel of web space on his unfortunate existence. This week I made an exception, in the first instance because of the remarkably vile nature of his attack on one of our young female staff, a sexually threatening rant where he called her “a fat slag”, talked about her breasts and her hair, and issued the creepy pledge: “Watch your mouth girl, or I will hunt you down”. All this because she wrote a completely unremarkable news piece about the unpopularity of his new TV show. I’ve decided to saddle up again today because there is an interesting broader lesson from the Sandilands episode. Not to put too fine a point on it, the long-overdue commercial destruction of Kyle Sandilands shows that it is no longer OK to be an abusive, hate-filled arsehole without facing serious consequences. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-public-took-charge-of-a-deserved-flogging/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-public-took-charge-of-a-deserved-flogging/#item7246 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-letter-to-the-schoolyard-bully-who-never-grew-up/ Dear Kyle, I just want to let you know that I feel sorry for you, mate. I really do. I think people are too rough on you. Lots of people say that you have no talent, but I think you do. I’ve never listened to your show (except for those times that you’ve been played back on Media Watch), but I know that hosting a radio show does take skill, and you have certainly done that for quite some time. For that reason alone I hope that everyone goes a bit easier on you in the future. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-letter-to-the-schoolyard-bully-who-never-grew-up/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-letter-to-the-schoolyard-bully-who-never-grew-up/#item7228 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lance-the-boil-sack-bloody-kyle-sandilands/ Why is Kyle Sandilands’s toxic sludge allowed to leak out of radio speakers at breakfast? He’s a cretin, a hate-filled belligerent whose talent is in inverse proportion to his offensiveness. As Penbo pointed out yesterday, he’s a dead-set, rolled-gold, card-carrying dickhead. Dickheads are a dime a dozen. Why is this one given a voice? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lance-the-boil-sack-bloody-kyle-sandilands/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lance-the-boil-sack-bloody-kyle-sandilands/#item7222 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-hole-in-his-head-where-his-brain-should-be/ It isn’t really a bombshell observation, but Kyle Sandilands is a dead-set, rolled-gold, card-carrying dickhead. It is with some reluctance that I burst into print about this dopey little grub. His entire marketing strategy – to presuppose a level of intellect which renders him capable of crafting a strategy for anything – is to create outrage and feed off it. Oh, that Kyle, he’s done it again. The rejoinder to the subsequent furore from Kyle and his fans – just out of interest, what in God’s name is wrong with you people – is to deride the critics as politically correct wowsers who don’t understand his brand of humour. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-hole-in-his-head-where-his-brain-should-be/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-hole-in-his-head-where-his-brain-should-be/#item7213 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-22-11-2011/ Regulars, I apologise for interrupting your regularly scheduled, generally pleasant Open Thread experience with a small rant about Kyle Sandilands. But I just had to vent. You can’t get away from the guy and his incessant complaining. On top of his somehow-blockbuster radio show, in recent times, the man’s acquired a TV show (just the one special, we can hope) and a column in Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph (just for the next few weeks, we hope). He’s groping this, whining about that, all in the public eye. Could he give it a break? Maybe he’d have a little less to whine about if he didn’t bitch about his extremely first world problems to every microphone, camera and notepad in a metre radius.  Ah, to be a media whore. It’s Tuesday Punchers. I’m sure there’s a lot of other things on your mind. Share them with us! feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-22-11-2011/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-22-11-2011/#item7200 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-kyle-sandilands-australias-smartest-man/ Kyle Sandilands is a genius. An absolute, out and out Einstein. The 40 year old broadcaster has no talent, no decorum, no personality, no looks, no style, no charm and no knowledge of anything outside the vast universe that is his ego. Yet the guy is hugely successful. I have rarely listened to Kyle Sandilands on the radio, nor indeed watched the talent shows on which he is a judge. That’s not snobbery. It’s just how it is. But just as you didn’t need to read Eat Pray Love to know it was bag of fertiliser-grade horse manure, you don’t need to listen to Kyle to know his shows are rubbish. And that, right there, is the proof that he’s so damn clever. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-kyle-sandilands-australias-smartest-man/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-kyle-sandilands-australias-smartest-man/#item6429 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/new-years-resolutions-wed-all-like-to-see/ What’s your New Year’s Resolution? Do you even subscribe to that sort of thing? Mine was to stop drinking so much but I broke that within 24 hours. Must be some kind of record. So, in honour of all those ruined resolutions, here are some suggestions for 2011. 1. NSW Premier Kristina Keneally: Stop lying, or your nose will grow long like Pinocchio’s. If you can’t stop lying, at least attend some of the ethics classes you’re bringing into NSW classrooms. You could learn a thing or two. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/new-years-resolutions-wed-all-like-to-see/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/new-years-resolutions-wed-all-like-to-see/#item4810 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 What happened This all started when a bearded, talentless big mouth couldn’t handle a spot of criticism. So instead of flinging a few well-aimed barbs at his critics, he decided to shoot the messenger. What a tough guy. Let the record show that Kyle deserved the derision. His show contained, among other mind-numbing stupidity, a segment where he felt a guest’s boobs. The ratings didn’t lie. They rarely do. An initial audience of 1.3 million shrunk to a paltry 200,000 within minutes. Afterwards Twitter went into meltdown canning the show. Enter numerous entertainment reporters and bloggers who duly recorded the Twitter mood. One of them was news.com.au’s Alison Stephenson. Ali is capable of excellent colour writing on her day, but on this occasion, she wrote a completely straight, unremarkable account of the Twitter reaction.