Be careful what you say...it's here to stay.

My mother told me, ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all.’ Now I’m pretty sure Alan Jones’ mother forgot to tell him this little bit of information and as a result he’s in a bit of strife.

 

I’m sure we’ve all heard the story by now that he said Julia Gillard’s father died from shame because of her lies on LIVE radio.

What was he thinking?

These comments went viral in minutes which resulted in a huge negative public reaction.

Now the radio host has lost sponsors and the radio channel is losing money due to the comments made. This story has been all over the TV, Internet, radio and now Facebook pages are popping up dedicated to the hate they have for Alan Jones.

These couple of words have literally changed Alan’s life.

He has said sorry but maybe sorry just isn’t enough anymore.

We try to teach kids that bullying is not okay, but how are they meant to learn if the grownups are doing it?

This brings me to another story.

A twitter member tweeted horrible things about Robbie Farrah’s mother. The kind of things you should never hear anyone say. Robbie fought back and pledged to the Prime Minister that she should combat against cyber bullying and introduce new laws.

Maybe Robbie should have dug a little into his tweeting history before making this pledge.

Robbie himself is an offender of bullying by tweeting that the Prime Minister should buy a noose for her birthday.

It’s always a different story when the shoe is on the other foot.

With technology evolving every day, it’s so important that we understand that anything we say or put on the Internet will be there forever.

This goes for radio and television as well, as whatever you say or do on the broadcasting shows will end up on the Internet and be there forever.

This is just the power of online journalism. We need to learn how to work with it, not against it!