So, maybe journalism school isn't necessary for some types of reporting, but we are going to suggest that those of you who want to go into radio start investing in an education. So as to avoid the huge, major, totally bogus, "I don't know how this happened" fuck-up committed by Dave Lenihan on St. Louis radio station KTRS.
For some outrageous "Corretta Scott King is a communist" reason, Lenihan had this to say about Condoleezza Rice yesterday morning.
"She's been chancellor of Stanford," Lenihan said on the air. "She's got the patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She's African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon. Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that."
He said he had meant to say "coup" instead of the racial slur.
Media people just say the darndest things sometimes. As you can imagine, Lenihan was pretty much fired immediately. However, Ben Domenedouche is, uh, totally still on staff over at the Washington Post.
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