Major advertisers for the controversial morning radio exhibit John & Ken are leaving in droves thanks to a boycott organized by the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) and immigrants rights activists in Southern California.The radio exhibit became the target of an advertising boycott on October 6 after the exhibit’s hosts John Kybolt and Ken Chiampou gave outside the personal cellphone number of DREAM act advocate Jorge-Mario Cabrera in September. The hosts encouraged their listeners to call him and voice their opposition to the bill, which would give public and private aid to undocumented college students (the bill has since passed). Cabrera, who finished up receiving hundreds of hateful calls, described his ordeal to the Los Angeles Times: “It’s never been as cutting, as humiliating as these calls were… These calls were intent to diminish me as a person.”Glance at More…
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