iHeartMedia-Atlanta president 'no longer with the company' after video shows him use racial slurs | CNN

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An iHeartMedia radio executive is out of a job after a video surfaced of him repeatedly using racial slurs while leaving a local charity golf tournament

iHeartMedia-Atlanta’s president Drew Lauter is “no longer with the company,” Meg Stevens, a senior vice president of programming at the company, told CNN in an email. CNN obtained the videos from attorney Jason Castle, who represents a Black iHeart executive who was riding in the car and recorded the videos. They were taken in August 2021 while the group was leaving a local charity golf tournament, he says.

Castle said iHeart officials was made aware of the situation last year when it happened and took no apparent action against Lauter until after the recordings were released. In her statement to CNN, Stevens said, “We were not aware of the video until recently, a year after it had been recorded. … while we do not comment on personnel matters, allegations of this nature go against both our company values and our policies and we take them very seriously.

 

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Please don't take him back

IAmSophiaNelson Where is the surprise in that? Its a right wing company. Clear Channel is the owner.

Don't all golfers talk like that?

Am so so speechless 😶😶😶

Let's guess he also proclaims to be a Christian?

Why you silent on the Waukesha? Anti-white racism doesn’t fit your narrative, does it?

cnn ABC NYTIMES WASHINGTONPOST MSNBC CBSNEWS FOXNEWS cnbc Reuters CNBC BBCNews BBCWorld Unbelievable! And the Radio networks that back Alex Jones who supported him in broadcasting, screwing his lies and disinformation should been considered a part of his lawsuit.

A+culture lol

What was said Cracker? Oh wait... that's allowed

WHAM1180 seems about right

President Biden and NATO should absolutely declare World War 3 and airstrike Russia now before Russia uses nuclear bombs fast. It is because we have made too many concessions to communist countries. This is the greatest opportunity of the century for the communist powerhouse Russ

But did he slur or use the words appropriately?

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