I remembere how Republicans treated Paul Wellstone death.

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20. Same with Ron Brown

The late RW loon blowhard radio host (multiple NY area stations including WABC & WOR) was fired for his callus remarks when it was confirmed that Clinton's Commerce Secretary's plane had crashed -

Bob Grant Is Off Air Following Remarks On Brown's Death


By Lawrie Mifflin
April 18, 1996


Bob Grant, the radio talk show host who for more than 25 years has provoked outrage with his derogatory comments about black and Hispanic people, was abruptly taken off the air yesterday after facing criticism for a remark he made following the death of Ronald H. Brown, the Commerce Secretary.

Through his afternoon radio show on WABC-AM, which is broadcast throughout the New York region, Mr. Grant has become a flashpoint in the debate over whether talk radio has gone too far. He has referred to blacks as "savages," and has got prominent politicians into trouble for appearing on his program.

A two-sentence statement released late yesterday by Capital Cities/ABC Inc., said the relationship between the company and Mr. Grant "has been terminated by mutual agreement." But several industry officials said there was no doubt that Mr. Grant had been dismissed.

The last straw, they said, was a comment by Mr. Grant on his show on April 3 after initial news reports about the crash from Croatia said there might be one survivor. "My hunch is that he is the one survivor," Mr. Grant said, according to a transcript of his program provided by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a media watchdog organization based in Manhattan. "I just have that hunch. Maybe it's because, at heart, I'm a pessimist."

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