A Cincinnati radio station that caught heat Friday for airing a mock “public service announcement” warning that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in town has pulled the offending promotion from its airwaves.
Outrage spread quickly over the Internet, with outlets as varied as the Huffington Post and a Cincinnati-area prosecutor expressing disapproval of the mock spot that news and talk radio station 700 WLW-AM broadcast in anticipation of tonight’s wild card playoff game between the Steelers and Bengals in Cincinnati.