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[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-bottom: none; border-radius: 0.3846em 0.3846em 0em 0em; box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px #bfbfbf;"]Assange's mother subjected to Nazi taunts[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-top: none; border-radius: 0em 0em 0.3846em 0.3846em; background-color: #f4f4f4; box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px #bfbfbf;"]Julian Assange's mother has hung up the phone on a Melbourne radio host after he taunted her with a Nazi slogan when she backed out of an interview. Christine Assange was due to speak to 3AW's Sunday morning show about her son, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, and his successful appeal for asylum in Ecuador.
But she changed her mind after hearing how co-host John-Michael Howson had treated a previous guest.
"I won't be doing an interview with you because you're acting like a pig,'' Ms Assange said.
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Howson responded by screaming on air: "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!''
Ms Assange then hung up the phone.
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"Howson is an occasional panellist for radio station 3AW. During his appearances on 3AW, Howson has adopted vehemently anti-Muslim views, indicating that he would prefer not to talk to Muslims and referring to Muslims as "skilled propagandists".[6] The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Media Watch program did a segment outlining Howson's behaviour and views in May 2010." -Wikipedia