[IRCA] KTRS-550 host fired for using racial epithet

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Radio host fired for using racial epithet

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis radio station quickly fired a talk show host 
for uttering a racial epithet as he talked about Secretary of State 
Condoleezza Rice on his morning show Wednesday.

Dave Lenihan apologized on the air immediately after making what he said was 
a slip of the tongue. KTRS president and general manager Tim Dorsey agreed 
the remark was accidental but said it was nonetheless "unacceptable, 
reprehensible and unforgivable."

Lenihan had been heaping praise on Rice, who has frequently said she aspires 
to run the NFL one day but has more recently ruled out seeking to replace 
retiring Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

"She's been chancellor of Stanford," Lenihan said on the air. "She's got the 
patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She's 
African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon.
Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that."

He said he had meant to say "coup" instead of the racial slur.

full article:
 http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-03-22-radio-host-fired_x.htm?csp=27Just an unfortunate slip of the tongue got him canned.  Can you say "thoughtpolice"  Can you say "wrongful dismissal lawsuit"?  I knew you could.73Mike BrookerToronto, ON
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