XM shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologize for crude sexual comments WASHINGTON — XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized today for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth. The remarks were made on their show Wednesday by a guest the duo call Homeless Charlie. As the name of each woman came up, the guest said he would like to have sex with her — using language not fit for print. Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" and what it would be like to hold her down and punch her in the face. Washington-based XM condemned the remarks. "We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie & Anthony Show,'" XM spokesman Nathaniel Brown told The Associated Press on Friday. He would not say whether XM planned to take disciplinary action. Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Anthony Cumia and Greg "Opie" Hughes, apologized to listeners on Friday's show. "We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused," they said. Because the show airs on satellite radio, there are no federal restrictions on its content. According to XM's Web site, the radio service has parental controls that allow users to block access to channels that frequently contain explicit language. Those channels are designated with an "XL" notation. The same radio duo was dumped by CBS Radio in August 2002 for running a contest in which they said two listeners had sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. They were hired by XM in 2004. The remarks could become an issue as XM seeks approval from the Federal Communications Commission to merge with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio, said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade magazine Inside Radio. "XM and Sirius don't want any regulation," he said in Friday's New York Daily News. "But it's come up in four congressional hearings — and at this point, the merger is such a close call, any issue could become important." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4795923.html --- I'm guessing they were discussing donkey punching Condi. My apologies if this is being discussed elsewhere, I just heard about it.
I see those comments as crude not racist. And I don't think Sharpton does crude. Plus the article doesn't make clear whether Opie and Anthony or Homeless Charlie made those comments.
IMO Sharpton is an opportunist and there is not enough blood in this story for him to bite. Instead of Condi, if it had been, say Sheila Jackson Lee (who he is more in line with), he would be on it like a fat kid on cake. He should call for O&A's firing but he won't....very selective.
I know; well-educated, eloquent, former University provost and corporate board member who has political views different than the majority of her race, what could be whiter than that?
