The company that syndicates Rush Limbaugh entered a float into a Thanksgiving Day Parade in Raleigh, North Carolina featuring "Tyrone the Black Christmas Fairy" who was going to turn "crackers" into Beyonce. Nothing racist about that, right?
Radio Ink has the story. What may be the ultimate in cynical and unconscionable racism (or alternatively, utter stupidity), Radio Ink reports that the stunt follows "a familiar pattern: the [Clear Channel radio station] hosts enrage some of the local citizenry, Showgram fans rally to their defense, the station gets free publicity and then apologizes."
More at TPM and Raleigh's Indy Week.
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