Dr. Laura quits her radio show over N-word outrage

Radio industry veteran Dr. Laura Schlessinger should have known that peppering a black caller with 11 instances of the “N-word” would make no profound point about language. On the contrary, Dr. Laura now bears the stench of history. ”Dr. Laura quits” headlines have made it everywhere because of this.

The radio show no longer has Dr. Laura to work with

PopEater reports the only thing keeping Dr. Laura here still is that her contract has yet to expire. The conservative radio relationship diva told CNN’s “Larry King Live” that she’s making the move because she “wants to regain her First Amendment rights.”. Once upon a time, Howard Stern needed those rights taken away if you asked Schlessinger.

But Dr. Laura doesn’t call it quitting; she claims the move is empowering.

“I want to be able to say what’s on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry – some special interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates and sponsors,” she told King.

Schlessinger apologized

While the good doctor apologized for using the N-word, she maintains that she “wasn’t dissing anybody.”. Dr. Laura’s production company says they are letting her “pursue opportunities” outside of their company. Also, General Motors and Motel 6 have pulled their sponsorship for Schlessinger.

Next on Dr. Laura as she quite

Dr. Laura has quit before, says TMZ. She almost had her own CBS TV talk show in 1999. She needed first for Howard stern to stop talking bad about her on his show with a “muzzle” of some sort. CBS balked at her condition, understandably. Dr. Laura did do a TV show for just a little when for Paramount after. One episode featured a conversation on homosexuals and how she didn’t like them, which made gay rights groups really angry. 170 advertisers wouldn’t advertise the show anymore with the StopDrLaura.com campaign. Dodge left eventually for Dr. Laura.

Martin Rogen