News Item: Boston station suspends Jay Severin for anti-Mexican commentsThe Globe:
Jay Severin, the fiery, right-wing radio talk show host on Boston’s WTKK-FM radio station, was suspended today after calling Mexican immigrants "criminaliens," “primitives,” “leeches,” and “women with mustaches and VD,” among other incendiary comments.This is not to excuse Severin, who's a pretty reprehensible character. But it's always weird, what gets people suspended in radio. Severin was on in Philly for awhile, and he said stuff like that every single day. I don't think I ever heard his show without hearing the word "crimaliens" at least a few times. His show was pretty much all bash-the-Mexicans, all the time, even before he was trying to blame them for starting swine flu.
This would be like Howard Stern being suspended for talking about lesbians.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 30, 2009 11:36 PM