2014-07-04

Yesterday a series of media outlets attacked Anthony Cumia, co-host of the Opie and Anthony Show, for a series of statements he made on his twitter account. (Read more here)

Today via twitter Cumia announced that he’s been fired by SiriusXM via email, based on the statements he made on Twitter.

Sirius decided to cave and fire me. Welcome to bizarro world. Fired for shit that wasn't even on the air & wasn't illegal. So, who's next?

— Anthony Cumia (@AnthonyCumia) July 4, 2014

RT @TedChrist: @AnthonyCumia Not suspended? Fired, so fired?

-Fired, fired, so fired.

— Anthony Cumia (@AnthonyCumia) July 4, 2014

RT @justinisntfunny: @AnthonyCumia That's fucked. How many meetings did that take, you figure?

-One email!

— Anthony Cumia (@AnthonyCumia) July 4, 2014

According to USA Today, SiriusXM released 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 are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents.”

That’s all the information we have right now, more to follow.

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