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Isabella Corbett

Kyle Sandilands Will Complete Sensitivity Training After Making Vile Comments About Paralympians

Boiled leg of mutton Kyle Sandilands is being forced to complete sensitivity training after he referred to the Tokyo Paralympics as the “special Olympics” and said the games were “horrific”. The Australian Communications and Media Authority found two episodes of The Kyle and Jackie O Show 
Jackie ‘O’ Hendersonreport

In its ruling, the ACMA found Sandilands’ “comments were insensitive and hurtful toward the athletes, as well as being offensive to the average moderate person in the broader community, including the regular audience of the program, who would have been aware of the potential impact of these comments, not only on the Paralympians that were being described in this manner, but on the wider group of people in Australia with disabilities”.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show The Kyle and Jackie O Show

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