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Radio company fires president who used racial slur

iHeart Media says it has fired the president of its Atlanta station group after a video showed the executive using a racial slur.

Donald Trump appears at an event in 2011. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr Creative Commons)

Atlanta station cuts ties with political analyst over Trump remark

A television station in Georgia has fired a long-time political commentator for some colorful comments he made about former U.S. President Donald Trump during a recent news broadcast.

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