2750...Dr. Laura Checks Out

Feautured in many markets in Canada and in most markets in the US of A, Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced on CNN's Larry King Live that she is checking out of terrestial radio after a 4 decade or so run.

As one of the most popular talk show hosts in radio history, Dr. Laura Schlessinger offers no-nonsense advice infused with a strong sense of ethics but she did drop the ball bigtime earlier this month when she used the word we aren't supposed to use, starts with N, to make a point.

The Los Angeles Times puts it this way:

Schlessinger drew fire last week when she got into a discussion with a woman who called in to get advice on what to do about racial comments made by relatives. Schlessinger suggested the caller was "hypersensitive" to racism and observed that many African Americans use the very racial epithet that they hate hearing non-African American use. Schlessinger used the N-word repeatedly in making her case.

Schlessinger apologized the next day, saying her behavior had been wrong. But she said on her program Monday that "as the media have rebroadcast my error again and again and again and again, compounding the damage which I shouldn't have done — and never intended to do in the first place — the effect has been that my words have offended many, many, many, many more people and there are many who are saying they will not accept my apology."

She says she is not retiring and in this world of the 'net and podcasts and so on there is no need for her to do so.

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