It's a shame that 1 bad morning could end Dan's career. He was probably exhausted and frustrated from ringing Dick Durbin's phone off the hook to no avail the night before. If only he would taken some advice and taken a deep breath, unclenched his jaw, gorged himself on ice cream and binged a comfort TV show he too could have persisted and ultimately avoided this unfortunate exchange.

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Well this might be 1 reason why Bernstein isn't "fired" yet

The people responsible for such decisions were fired so we'll have to probably wait a few days lol

https://barrettmedia.com/2025/03/17/aud ... ship-team/

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he didn't follow the first rule of Twitter, which is: never tweet

Doesn't Mitch Rosen make the decision? Corporate Audacy would make the decision of, like, 10% of staff being laid off. Not individual talent.

NO

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I will say this, the lack of any statements from Audacy staff defending Bernstein tell me his fate is not decided. If they were keeping him, we'd have some people defend him as some of the ex-employees have.

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Corporate makes all final decisions in today’s radio world.

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Especially when contracts are involved.

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Didn't the directive to fire Mac come from well above Mitch?

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I think Mac said as much when discussing it after the fact. He had nothing but good things to say about Mitch

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“Whatcha thinkin about?”

“Aww, nuffin, just killing some pregnant fish.”

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If he does get fired, I hope he puts out a tweet thanking his bosses for having the courage to do the right thing.

So Leila may go from leaving the mid-day show because of her TV work to then coming back to 2-3 days a week to then being fired by her TV job to now, potentially, hosting the mid-day show full time again?

In the last few months, Dan has gotten into public spats over a fish and someone calling him by his last name.

Donald Trump is at fault for this. MAGA has melted his brain.

Rofl!

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In the context of Mac's first firing where he got fired for all of the time he missed, I actually don't hate Bernstein for spiking the ball there because it sucks to be in a workplace where someone who is getting paid handsomely is just not pulling their weight and putting the burden on everyone else.

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Camp One Step should have had his back. Say what you will about Dan but it cannot be denied that he helped them raise thousands of dollars for the kids they serve. And sure he mentioned it a lot on the air but he generated donations to a very important cause. He was totally invested in it. And in return, they jettison him quickly for a mistake on X. I do not endorse what Dan did but he deserved better from a charity to which he gave so much effort and dedication.

WSCR without Dan Bernstein is basically a wasteland. Rahimi & Harris are both out-of-towners and the afternoon show is just pure, unadulterated cringe. I know Dan is a dweeb but man he is like the ONE person they have who really understands the mindset of the Chicago fan. He doesn’t starfuck athletes or coaches, and he knows exactly when to indulge delusion and bring out the torches & pitchforks.

I actually think the station might not last the year without him.

Southside Jim predicted his downfall in 2010

Did dey trow fish etcha

https://youtu.be/GeGzWsCgs0c

“Boobs”

“Count Fagula”

“Child rape”

“CTE”

“They ain’t coming for us son”

“Goff is gone”

“No more LoHo on the show”

“Leila smells like middle eastern spices”

“Wildebeests are horny”

“(((Mitch)))”

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Why? You have some more information on the family? The last update you had was a doozy.

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If he believes that much in the charity, he can still be a great influence on it.

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Amazing you only have 2700 posts, guess it just feels like 10,000.

The extremes in this thread are interesting - from the pitchfork-toting "finally!!" guys to the Dan-defenders. In my opinion Dan is a brash and condescending prick, always has been - his schtick worked, at times, as he was lucky to have an unlikely chemistry with Terry and support staff that used his quirks to make him more entertaining than he would be on his own (see also: Danny Parkins). I hated his gleeful mocking of Bob in Niles, and his "important" work during the Penn State fiasco really greased the skids for his incessant SJW era. Adam Carolla is another, much different type of, example of a guy who was entertaining despite his personal negatives....at some point the quick wit and charm stop being an overwhelming compensation for being a prick.

As a guy who has had no qualms ripping on/mocking people for things they've said/done, very rarely offering any grace or nuance to the person/people he was reacting to, I think it's a small group of people that will legitimately feel sorry for him (and/or feel that him being removed as a board member from a charity as "unjust". Not many people on the radio are as quick to label people based on soundbytes, so I'm not surprised by anyone seeing this as a just comeuppance for ole Danny Boy.

The charity that fired him over a tweet?

The charity has made their position clear. Is he just supposed to keep working for them?

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He saves his starfucking for the front office.

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I would suggest it was the sum total of a number of embarrassing things.

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I think deep down most of us feel the same way. Here is the problem- Dan treats lots of people like crap. He has only one way of thinking on an issue. He is extremely self righteous.

So our cheering his problems are just a jerk getting what he deserves for being a career asshole.

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I mean, yeah, why not?

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He can choose to if he likes, they also have the right to fire his ass. What a country!!!!

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Well said.

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