March 1, 2004

• Man, what little respect I may have had for Howard Stern is all gone now...

  
  

  http://www.nydailynews.com/02-27-2004/entertainment/ent_radio/story/168438p-147100c.html

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  NBC's Ti-Hua Chang gets on-air shock treatment

  Ti-Hua Chang WNBC-TV correspondent Ti-Hua Chang got stung by Howard Stern yesterday. Chang called Stern while the shock jock was on the air yesterday morning to talk about radio giant Clear Channel's decision to drop his show. But he became entangled in a bit with Stern - which prompted his bosses at WNBC to reassign the reporter. As Chang tried to conduct an interview, Stern baited him with stereotypical questions tied to his Asian heritage - such as whether he ever pulled a rickshaw or played Chinese checkers, or if sexual stereotypes about Asian men were true. Chang diplomatically deflected all of the jibes until Stern asked him if he liked Chinese food. Chang fired back: Do you like matzo ball soup? Chang was dumped off to one of Stern's on-air crew, Wendy the Retard, and gave up. WNBC decided not to air the exchange or Chang's coverage of the story. "Because during the course of [Chang's] attempt to get the interview he became part of the story, he did not cover the story for our newscast," a WNBC spokeswoman said. Chang declined comment. Stern gave a hard time to other TV reporters as well - he asked WCBS reporter Katie McGee to show up in a thong bikini - but didn't provide them with interviews either. Stephen Battaglio Originally published on February 27, 2004

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