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SiriusXM Fires Anthony Cumia for 'Hate-Filled' Twitter Rant

On Thursday evening SiriusXM fired the Anthony Cumia half of The Opie and Anthony Show after the shock jock posted on Twitter a series of angry messages about a woman who had allegedly punched him late Tuesday evening. In a long series of NSFW tweets, Cumia described how a black woman had allegedly taken to hitting him after he photographed her in Times Square. He claimed that she called him a white motherfucker before assaulting him, and, in turn, he suggested using all kinds of names along the way that there is a problem within black culture that automatically leads to violence. SiriusXM Senior Vice President of Communications Patrick Reilly announced the firing with the following statement: SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3 after careful consideration of his racially-charged and hate-filled remarks on social media. Those remarks and postings a...