Radio industry veteran Dr. Laura Schlessinger should have known that peppering a black caller with 11 instances of the “N-word” would make no profound point about language. Dr. Laura gets to be a part of history now. Apparently it is too much considering all the “Dr. Laura quits” headlines around. Article resource – Dr. Laura quits her radio show over N-word outrage by Personal Money Store.
Dr. Laura quits radio show
Dr. Laura will quit the radio show following the contract expires, says PopEater. She is quitting because she “wants to regain her First Amendment rights,” she told “Larry King Live” for CNN. Once upon a time, Howard Stern needed those rights taken away if you asked Schlessinger.
But Dr. Laura doesn’t call it quitting; she claims the move is empowering.
“I want to be able to say what’s on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry – some special interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates and sponsors,” she told King.
Schlessinger apologized to employers
While the good doctor apologized for using the N-word, she maintains that she “wasn’t dissing anybody.”. The production company for Dr. Laura has claimed they’re just letter her “pursue opportunities” rather than work with them. General Motors and Motel 6, two national sponsors who have pulled the plug on Schlessinger aren’t dissing her, either.
Dr. Laura’s next part
Dr. Laura has quit before, says TMZ. Back in 1999, she was on the verge of a CBS TV talk show. However, Dr. Laura added the condition that she would only work for CBS if it would “muzzle” Howard Stern and not allow him to speak ill of her on his own show. CBS balked at her condition, understandably. That led Dr. Laura to Paramount, where she briefly did a TV show. One episode featured a conversation on homosexuals and just how she didn’t like them, which made gay rights groups really angry. 170 advertisers wouldn’t advertise the show anymore with the StopDrLaura.com campaign. Dr. Laura even lost Dodge.
Additional reading
PopEater
popeater.com/2010/08/18/dr-laura-schlessinger-leaving-radio/
TMZ
tmz.com/2010/08/18/dr-laura-schlessinger-radio-tv-quit-larry-king-howard-stern/
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Schlessinger
Dr. Laura tells wives to ‘get under your men’
youtube.com/watch?v=_mvm7moVvSs
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