http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201255.html"Talk Show Host Graham Fired By WMAL Over Islam Remarks
By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 23, 2005; Page C01
Washington radio station WMAL-AM fired talk show host Michael Graham yesterday after he refused to soften his description of Islam as "a terrorist organization" on the air last month.
Graham had been suspended without pay from his daily three-hour show since making his comments July 25. The station had conditioned his return to the midmorning shift on reading a station-approved statement in which Graham would have said that his anti-Muslim statements were "too broad" and that he sometimes uses "hyperbole" in the course of his program. WMAL also asked Graham to speak to the station's advertisers and its employees about the controversy."
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