Freedom of Speech in the West

St. Louis. A St. Louis radio station quickly fired a talk show host, Dave Lenihan, who apologized on the air immediately, for uttering a racial epithet as he talked about Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on his morning show. He had said, “She loves football. She is African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon.”

Chicago Tribune

Section 1, p. 4

Thursday, March 23, 2006.