Who's the teacher here?

Conservative talk show host and frequent Rush Limbaugh fill-in Mark Belling was suspended recently after he used the ethnic slur "wetback" on his show. He said, "You watch the voter turnout on the near south side, heavily Hispanic, and compare it to the voter turnout in any other election, and you're going to see every wetback and every other non-citizen out there voting." He'll of course keep his job -- conservative talk show hosts have a history of using ethnic slurs, getting a slap on the hand, and then returning to work -- but a Clear Channel executive has said the company has a plan:

"Right now, both Mark and the station are focusing on how we can educate the public on ethnic diversity."

This is a typical response when something like this happens. But, the public? The public was the one that expressed enough outrage to get the guy suspended. I think Clear Channel needs to focus on how it can educate its radio host on ethnic diversity.

Posted by Jason Feifer at November 9, 2004 08:30 AM