An Immigrant Segment by Radio’s ‘Jersey Guys’ Draws Fire

AN IMMIGRANT SEGMENT BY RADIO'S 'JERSEY GUYS' DRAWS FIRE
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Andrew Jacobs]
Craig Carton and Ray Rossi think mental illness is hilarious and Asian-Americans are best mocked with sing-song Chinese accents. The men, hosts of an afternoon radio show called “The Jersey Guys” that is heard in the Garden State on WKXW (101.5 FM), favor adjectives for politicians that have to be bleeped out. Two weeks ago, Mr. Carton and Mr. Rossi started “Operation Rat a Rat/La Cucha Gotcha,” a listener-participation game that encourages people to turn in friends, neighbors and “anyone suspicious” to immigration authorities. They introduced the segment with mariachi music and set the campaign to end on May 5 (Cinco de Mayo), a well-known Mexican holiday. At the risk of stating the obvious, the phrase “La Cucha Gotcha” is meant to evoke the Spanish word for cockroach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23jersey.html
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