Why does this feel like such a slanted piece? This sure looks like one of those frivolous lawsuits that was cheaper to pay off than to fight. If there is a bad guy here, it seems to be Jay who took advantage of the system to make a few bucks.

It's hard to have a fair and balanced report when the other side doesn't comment. As a guest on J.J.'s show, I remember this all going down. Even if Jefferson Jay was gay, it seems that blogging about it is not professional in any way.

I said "author included."

So what you're saying is that Skot Norton is the only person on the other side of this? There was no one else who could give the other side to any of this story? I find that hard to believe. The reporter didn't mention anyone else refusing to discuss the case. Meanwhile, I don't see how any of this is worth $3000. And speaking of which, don't these cases normally have non-disclosure clauses? How did Ken find out about the settlement?

I completely agree, joshdamigo, but that's not what happened; it's what was reported to have happened. I defy anyone (author included) to show me a blog on which this took place.

August 2006 Blurt on the same topic: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/20...

OK, two weeks later and still no responses from the author and his "insider." You're not saying there were no examples, are you, Ken? You didn't just make that up, did you?

Five weeks later and still no answer. So you just make up facts and hope nobody notices? Seems to work.

This is completely bogus. I have been an avid listener of the station for many years and here is the real story of what went down.

Guy shows up in a dress, does his best to insult everyone around him to gain publicity and try to make them uncomfortable cause he (as he openly admits) enjoys pissing people off and enjoys trying to hurt people’s feelings. Constantly mean spirited and bizarre to most of the people around him, getting attention like any mean spirited child would. Finally does enough to get himself fired (notice he doesn’t actually deny that he was drinking on the air). It came down to one thing: he was simply too bizarre and unpleasant to be around, for most of the staff (who complained about him) and the listeners (who complained about his show). Shows up after having been fired and been told not to return and talks his way to being a guest on the air (acting like he is just another student), then throws a tantrum on the air, freaking out female DJ who suddenly found herself alone with a crazy person. Then he was banned from the radio station, not from the school itself. Nobody claimed he was kicked out of school, despite his claims to the contrary. There was no “blog” there was a private discussion board for just the DJs that Gottlieb was on and where he ranted and raved about his being fired. Nothing actually his responsibility but a “conspiracy to keep the station mediocre.” Away from the “greatness” he brought. After being kicked off that some people briefly commented on his bizarre antics and how uncomfortable they were around him. The gay thing is a red herring, nobody in shock jock radio wouldn’t hire you cause you were gay, and nobody at the station cared about his sexuality. He wasn’t gay; he just wore a dress to freak people out.

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After leaving the message “thanks for the free publicity” he got an article in The Reader about the “conspiracy” of his firing, then used the “damaging” publicity he had created to get a show at a real station. No damage from his BS here. Then that show failed (is there another bizarre tale there, I don’t know). Then he, after having publicly insulted everyone during his time at our station (in person, on his show, and in the press) cries like a baby and sues cause he’s been “defamed.” Apparently gets stupid nuisance settlement. Then gets another article in The Reader, slanted because nobody wants to respond to it out of fear of having a stupid lawsuit filed against them as well, or the personal harassment this person is well known for (his own Myspace page brags about how people “fear” him). The only good part of the story, for those who believe in “what goes around comes around”, is that this sad little person’s act of vengeance has just publicly branded himself as a “nuisance lawsuit filer”. If he knew anything about the real world he would understand that filing the lawsuit and spreading publicity about his nuisance “win”, he has accomplished what private messages on a discussion board never would have: he has destroyed his own future chances in radio. Nobody will hire someone who will sue them if fired – any employer reading this article will recognize a crazed problem employee on sight. People commented that he was a lawsuit waiting to happen, but we thought an employee or someone would sue the station for his harassment of them, not him sue the station. Whoever “fired” him from his non-paying “job” did the right thing even with the settlement: KCR got off cheap with the settlement, he could have caused much more damage. Good luck to all past, present, and future employers. He will have his “revenge”.

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Fortunately he’ll never have his dream of a forum to publicly insult everyone around him to feed his tiny ego (and then throw tantrums and threaten to sue anyone who defends themselves by commenting on his childish behavior). Thanks to The Reader and the author of this article: you’ve given him the rope to hang himself. When he realizes what he has done watch out: who will he insult then sue next?

Also who is looking into whether or not a non disclosure agreement was broken about the details, etc concerning this case?