{"id":8636,"date":"2009-10-11T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T06:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=8636"},"modified":"2009-10-11T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T12:32:35","slug":"hey-hey-its-not-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=8636","title":{"rendered":"Hey Hey It’s Not Racism!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE men behind the masks at the centre of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday<\/em> race furore have hired a crisis public relations firm to manage the global fallout from the controversy.<\/p>\n

The six Sydney doctors, who painted their faces black and donned Afro wigs in the “Jackson Jive” skit have gone into hiding since the show was slammed as racist by guest judge Harry Connick Jr, who was openly offended by the antics watched by a TV audience of 2.3 million.<\/p>\n

Plastic surgeon Anand Kumaradeva, who painted his face white to play Michael Jackson, left the country with his family on Friday for a holiday, The Sunday Telegraph<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

The Sydney University graduate swiftly hired crisis PR manager Matthew Horan on a pro-bono basis to protect them from the global backlash, which included criticism from Michael Jackson’s family.<\/p>\n

Mr Horan, from the firm Cato Counsel, also represented embattled Pacific Brands when it decided to sack 1200 manufacturing workers, virtually ending local production.<\/p>\n