Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio, Skidmore College

FLAG-FLAP FALLOUT

Highlighted By Rush, Incident Causes School Resignation







Once again, the power of talk radio is revealed:

Skidmore administrator resigns after talk radio flap


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - An administrator at an upstate college has resigned after her complaints about a patriotic display at a Florida tourist attraction hit the talk radio airwaves.

Hilal Isler, who's a Turkish-American Muslim, says the series of events that led to her resignation began when she and her husband visited SeaWorld in Orlando earlier this month.

Isler says the driver of a tourist attraction bus made insulting comments about Muslims, then ridiculed the couple when they complained.

Isler sent an e-mail detailing the encounter to the Orlando Sentinel, which published a story on the incident on March 16th. The newspaper article contained quotes from Isler complaining about a patriotic display staged during their visit to SeaWorld.

The story caught the attention of syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh. Since then, officials at Skidmore say Isler has received upsetting e-mails and other messages from around the country.

She resigned last week after just three months in her position as director of Skidmore's student diversity programs.

The bus driver has since been fired.

As indicated by Limbaugh on Thursday's program, the "patriotic display" involved American flags!

Does she blame Rush for her circumstances? Our guess: you bet.


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