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Wed May-28-08 05:50 PM Original message |
| Radio Host Fired For Kennedy Murder Quip |
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Source: CBS News/AP
Pittsburgh-area sports radio host Mark Madden has been permanently taken off the air by ESPN. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has quoted Madden as saying he had hoped Sen. Edward Kennedy "would live long enough to be assassinated." The Massachusetts Democrat has a brain tumor. Madden made the remark during his show Wednesday. The show has aired weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. on 1250 ESPN. Madden was last heard on the air Thursday, the day before his comments appeared in the Post-Gazette. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says the network removed Madden from the air "pursuant to our contractual rights." He says the comment was inappropriate and that ESPN and Madden had apologized to listeners. Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/28/national/main4131673.shtml  Pic of the slob. |
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