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Two billboards touting Howard Stern’s switch from terrestrial to satellite radio have come down in the Chicago area, after a Catholic priest complained that the ads were insensitive to African Americans, according to The Chicago Defender. The ads featured a stylized, cartoonish fist raised in the air along with the caption, “Let freedom ring. And let it be rung by a stripper.” The fist is in black on a white background.
One of the billboards in question is owned by Clear Channel Outdoor, the other by Viacom Outdoor. The priest, Michael Pfleger, claims that Howard Stern has nothing to do with Dr. Martin Luther King or the civil rights movement, which the billboard and its “Let freedom ring” caption refers to.
He is quoted by NBC News as saying, “As we prepare to celebrate Dr. King’s birthday, we will not tolerate this kind of disrespect… we should not have to tolerate it in our communities.”
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