Dr. Laura accidentally used the “N” word. … 11 times.

Oops.

Sarah Palin defended her. … There’s the next moron celebrity I’d like sent to the camp for reprogramming.

Dr. Laura fired herself …

After the N-word broadcast aired, Schlessinger apologized for using the racial epithet. “I articulated the N-word all the way out — more than one time,” she said. “And that was wrong. I’ll say it again — that was wrong.” She said she “realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset, I could not finish the show.”

Washington Post

Or did she?

… Kevin Nealon on Twitter late on Wednesday: “Just think of all the millions and millions of people Dr Laura will help by being off the air.”

The most venomous commentary came from Stern, who also faces the prospect of wrapping his radio career at year’s end.

Stern seized on Schlessinger’s assertion during her King interview that she was quitting radio to regain her free speech rights, which he called “the most self-serving statement I ever heard.”

“I want to be free, Larry, to use the N-word,” he said mockingly.

“Just because you have First Amendment rights doesn’t mean all your speech is appropriate,” said Stern, no doubt speaking from experience. (Stern’s show has used the word in humorous contexts over the years, but he was mortified when staffer Artie Lange once pronounced guest Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last name with the N-word as a suffix.)

But Stern seems to think Schlessinger’s whole announcement was a publicity stunt.

“She won’t leave,” he said. “You’ll see. It’s all bulls–t.”

Toronto Sun