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  • St. Louis NAACP Stands By Fired Talk Show Host

    03/30/2006 9:54:25 AM PST · by raccoonradio · 5 replies · 336+ views
    Radio And Records ^ | Al Peterson
    Leaders of the local chapter of the NAACP say they believe management at KTRS/St. Louis overreacted when they fired talk host David Lenihan over a remark he made about U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "This is an event that the press has blown out of proportion," NAACP chapter President Harold Crumpton told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as he sat alongside Lenihan and his wife during a news conference held in St. Louis yesterday. Lenihan was fired from KTRS last week after making what he says was a "slip of the tongue" during a discussion of Rice's potential to succeed...