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Article: News director resigns after remarks.
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- August 31, 1998
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A St. Louis newsman has lost his job over racially offensive remarks he made during a newsroom meeting.
KDNL-TV news director David Cohen resigned last Monday while he was on suspension pending an investigation into the remarks. According to reports, during a discussion that followed reporter Leo Stallworth's suggestion of a story about African Americans and heart disease, Cohen commented that such health problems might be due to a diet of fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
Stallworth, who is African American, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he indicated to Cohen that he was bothered by the remark, but Cohen ...