Anthony Cumia Fired From Siriusxm

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SiriusXM Fires Anthony Cumia, Host Of 'Opie & Anthony,' Over Tweets : The Two-Way : NPR

Anthony Cumia, co-host of SiriusXM's Opie & Anthony, was fired by the satellite radio network for what the company called his "racially-charged and hate-filled remarks on social media."

Cumia tweeted Tuesday that he had been punched in the face by a woman in New York's Times Square when she was caught in the frame while he was taking a picture of the area. The tweets that followed were racially charged and contained several obscenities. [Gawker has collected them all, but we warn you they are graphic].

The tweets drew widespread criticism on social media. Cumia defended himself, saying that while his tweets were profanity-laced, they were not racist.

"Why should I afford my attacker any courtesy. Insane," he tweeted.

In its statement Friday, SiriusXM said Cumia was informed of the decision late Thursday.

"Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represent," the statement said.

Cumia appeared unperturbed. He tweeted: "Sirius decided to cave and fire me. Welcome to bizarre world. Fired for s - - - that wasn't even on the air & wasn't illegal."

Many of Cumia's fans appeared to support him, with several threatening to cancel their subscription to SiriusXM.

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Personally, this wouldn't have happened if Aintfunny wasn't just pointing and shooting randomly. People hate to be photographed and should have just waited for her to walk on by. Making these remarks about black women were stupid. WHITE WOMEN AND, WELL, JUST ABOUT ANYBODY CAN DO THE SAME CRAP THAT WOMAN DID. IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE, IT'S ABOUT ANGER ISSUES WHICH AFFECT PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND SEXES. DUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH!

As for O&A's future, let's see... They bombed on terrestrial radio (twice) and now SiriusXM. It's time for them to pack it up or learn how to enjoy ramen noodles while working in Glendive, MT.
 
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Dayum.

Not commenting on the rant, but how do you take a picture in Times Square without getting people in the shot?
 

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It's not BS. Sirius did a press release on their site. He's been fired.

I am canceling as soon as possible.
 

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The sad part is all the O&A fans saying Fuck Sirius and Fuck Howard. They call him Hoo hoo for some reason. Howard had nothing to do with it.

The guy brought up slavery in his tweets. WTF was he thinking? So glad I don't do twitter. I never understood why people that aren't famous do it. My wife's best friend does it. I asked why should anyone give a fuck if you stop off for a sandwich or or buy something. I just don't get it. Antony is famous so when he says shit it gets out quick.
 

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Anthony unloaded! Holy shit.

Some of what he said was 100% true even though no one wants to hear it.
 

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When they were simulcast on terrestrial radio during the 2008 presidential campaign, I found Anthony to be a stupid racist fucker. Good for him.
 
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hyson

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Is Anthony a racist or racialist?

I think there's a huge difference.
 

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I don't consider him a racist. Just like I don't consider the stupid things celebrities say as racist. They just need to do a better job at what they say ...
 
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I don't know of him enough to know he's a racist. I tried O&A and it wasn't for me. I don't understand why he had to bring up "The black community". Just because one African American hit him for some reason doesn't give him cause to talk about "The black community". Just like not everyone from the South is racist. Plus bringing up slavery??

He had the right to say what he did and Sirius had the right to fire him. I wonder if it would have been a white women would he have brought up "The white community"?
 
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In 2008, he constantly said that no one was rationally voting for Obama (ie they like his policies, he represents democrats well, etc). According to him, 100% of his support was blacks voting black, and white guilt. You don't say that over and over as a joke. He was serious, and he was pissed.
 

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In 2008, he constantly said that no one was rationally voting for Obama (ie they like his policies, he represents democrats well, etc). According to him, 100% of his support was blacks voting black, and white guilt. You don't say that over and over as a joke. He was serious, and he was pissed.
Obviously it wasn't 100%. But let's face it, MANY (and it's on record) blacks voted for Obama ONLY because he is black.
 

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Racialists are racists.

The fact that he focuses on this woman's race indicates he is a racist. His generalizations about her entire race are racist.
 

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Anthony was right. The PC bug has destroyed everything. You can't even point out that a criminal is black anymore. There is definitely a problem going on in the black community but that can't be addressed at all. Only other black people have the right to talk about these issues. Just like only black comedians can do race humor.

Hypocrisy and liberals are everywhere.
 
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My condolences to the original XM'ers, general Howard haters, and Virus fans. This is a painful day. I haven't searched for all that he said yet, but I imagine it was posted late at night after a couple brews and putting himself back together. She started the race thing by calling him a white mother. He screwed up by posting online. That could have made for a post 4th story on air on how racist and twitchy people can be in public. Instead, an hvac guy who wrote a funny song and did nearly 20 years of radio goes out a disgrace.
 
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