August 30, 2010

Iowa Radio Host Rebuked for AIDS Comments

After WHO-AM host Jan Mickelson made contentious remarks about AIDS education and gay marriage during a broadcast from the Iowa State Fair, station owner Clear Channel Communications denounced the comments on-air, DesMoinesRegister.com reports. His comments “contained factual errors regarding HIV/AIDS, its spread and current effort to inform the public about the disease,” the station said. Mickelson had criticized efforts to destigmatize the “stupid behavior” of homosexuality.

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