# Anthony Cumia of "Opie and Anthony" fired for "racist tweets"

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**Created:** [July 5, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-cumia-of-opie-and-anthony-fired-for-racist-tweets/692381 "2014-07-05T00:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-cumia-of-opie-and-anthony-fired-for-racist-tweets/692381/90 "2014-07-06T05:18:09Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> **Rucksinator** , I sure hope you’re only arguing this because you’re a fan of that radio show and you’d like to make an excuse to keep them on the air. Because those tweets were extremely offensive, and very racist. It’s not even a debate.

That is part if it. I really feel bad for Opie and Jim Norton, especially Jimmy. The last time they got fired O&A got paid to do nothing for 2 years while Jimmy was left out in the cold.  
There was one time recently where they talked about how Jimmy reigned one or both of them in, basically saying “WTF are you doing? I don’t want to lose this gig again.”  
I’ll put further speculation in the other thread. I only said this to address **Ravenman’s** comment.

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