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Example: [Collected via e-mail, December 2014] This week (Monday Dec 15th) Sirius XM aired a segment on ways to fight loneliness and in that segment Dr. Laura Schlessinger stated, ON AIR, that she thinks all Pit Bulls are a waste of space and should be killed among other slanderous ignorant comments. Origins: On 15 December 2014, SiriusXM radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger visited an animal shelter as part of a larger segment about ways to combat loneliness in a healthy fashion. (The talk-show advice maven moved to the subscription-only radio network in 2010, after an unrelated controversy during which she used a racial epithet while taking a call from a listener.) During the segment, Dr. Laura expressed surprise at the number of pit bulls living in the animal shelter she visited. (She maintained that about 95% of the dogs there were pit bulls or pit bull mixes.) After observing the pit bull situation, Schlessinger remarked that I think they should all be put down because they were taking up space, and nobody was going to adopt them. That's why they were all there — people were getting rid of them: On 19 December 2014, Schlessinger broke from her standard Facebook style of commentary to post an apology to those who were offended by the comments and stated: After reading the emails from pit bull lovers, I realize that my comments were hurtful. I apologize for causing any pit bull owner/fancier any distress.
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