This morning, long before CL staffers exited their cryogenic chambers, 790 The Zone's Mayhem in the AM aired a skit that apparently mocked former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason. I say "apparently" because, well, I'm not just an a.m. (or AM) sports radio fellow and have yet to find an online version of the segment.

The former NFL player is living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. The terminal illness, which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is baffling and debilitating. They poked fun at a Sports Illustrated column by Gleason that was published this morning - and, it should be noted, that was reportedly written using his eyes.

Sports fans weren't entertained. Neither was Rick Mack, senior vice president and general manager of 790 The Zone. He said in a statement that the staffers involved have been "suspended indefinitely":

"We deeply regret the comments made by Mayhem In The AM this morning on 790 The Zone regarding former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason. 790 The Zone, Lincoln Financial Media, our sponsors and partners in no way endorse or support the unfortunate and offensive commentary concerning Mr. Gleason this morning. The members of the show involved with this incident have been suspended indefinitely pending further management review of their actions."

The station also apologized on the air. Nick Cellini, one of the show's hosts, has apologized:

My apologies to everyone. It was a stupid attempt at humor that backfired. Emphasis on stupid.
- Nick Cellini (@NickCellini) June 17, 2013

UPDATE, 11:16 p.m. A Cellini spokeswoman passes along an extended apology:

"I deeply regret the ill attempt at humor from this morning's show. I have personally apologized to Steve Gleason and his wife. The comments were insensitive and offensive and do not represent my personal views regarding the severity of the disease. I also apologize to the fans of the New Orleans Saints, the NFL organization and the families who have struggled with ALS and am profoundly sorry for the hurt I have caused; that was not the intent. I vow to work with Team Gleason in the fight against ALS and support the cause in any way I can."

Regardless, the Internet is not happy. And it doesn't look like the collective piling on by the angry fans is going to stop any time soon. We'll see how it ends.

The AJC's Rodney Ho reports Cellini and co-hosts Steve "Steak" Shapiro and Chris Dimino have been sacked.

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• Could all of this be in your future?

Atlanta's NBC affiliate station posted the opening earlier today on its website. Current "Commuter Dude" John Gerard plans to move into another position in the marketing department. The station needs someone new to cover one of Atlanta's most coveted beats.

They write about the position:

Commuter Dude is a super hero for Atlanta Commuters. He's fixed roads, traffic signals, parking meters and even helped change laws!

Now we're searching for the next Commuter Dude or Dudette!

(Resident Dude John Gerard is staying on with 11Alive, but moving into a different role in our marketing department).

11Alive's commitment to solving traffic issues is now stronger than ever! And because of Commuter Dude's popularity, we want to let you decide who will be next to wear the neon safety vest!

The first step is a search for candidates. If you're interested in becoming Atlanta's Traffic Super Hero, tell us why YOU are the right person in a 30 second video.

Be creative and have fun! But please don't do anything foolish. Remember, safety is always Commuter Dude's top priority.

Sounds like fun, right? Here's the official job description from Gannett, 11 Alive's parent company. You'll need video skills, creativity, and a sense of humor (don't be boring). Oh, and five years of prior hard-hitting journalism experience. No one said this would be a walk in the park.

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• "The Haves and the Have Nots" go below the (Bible) belt on OWN

The Southern drama is set in Savannah and the partriarch of the well-to-do family is portrayed by Georgia native John Schneider. If you're old enough, you might remember the "Smallville" actor in his seminal role as Bo from "The Dukes of Hazzard." 'Cept he's taken his hazardous lifestyle to antebellum lows this go-round. In Tyler Perry's scripted world, Bo Duke is having a pay-to-play affair with his black maid's estranged daughter, played by the sensuous Tika Sumpter.

Peep the trailer, and Tyler in a tux, below:

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• 11Alive's Elle Duncan was arrested for DUI last weekend.

It's not a question likely to get much local media play, especially in the wake of yet another Atlanta-based journalist being arrested for driving under the influence. But maybe it should.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, 11Alive traffic reporter and Atlanta Hawks sideline reporter Elle Duncan was arrested on Piedmont Road after a Georgia State Patrol officer witnessed her silver Mercedes "weaving in and out of traffic in a reckless manner."

According to Rodney Ho of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Duncan worked an Atlanta Hawks' playoff game earlier that Saturday night and partied at the Buckhead Bottle & Bistro. She blew a .099, according to the police report, which was above the legal limit of 0.08. She's since issued a public statement claiming "full responsibility" for her actions. Meanwhile, her mugshot makes its way around the blogs.

Of course, this comes in the wake of longtime news anchor Amanda Davis' retirement announcement last week on Fox 5. After 26 years, it was her first - and last - appearance on the network since her DUI arrest last fall following a wrong-way accident on Piedmont Ave. Her trial is pending. On the national level, broadcasting news legend Sam Donaldson faces a similar fate as his DUI trial is set to begin in June.

In 2009, Duncan, a former on-air personality at Atlanta radio station V103, filled the slot of that station's former midday host, Porsche Foxx, who'd waged her own public battle with alcohol and drug usage dating back to a 2004 DUI arrest and subsequent termination. She was terminated from V103 for the second time in 2008 for unspecified reasons.

It's been a few weeks since we checked in on Rare, Cox Media Group's "anti-propaganda" website that will cater to conservatives (and which will have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the lib'rul AJC, no way, no how).

Since we first reported the website's name, Cox, the parent company of the AJC, WSB-TV, and other media outlets throughout the country, has filled the top two editorial slots at Rare. Brett Decker, formerly of the Washington Times and Wall Street Journal, will edit and lead the site from Washington, D.C. (The press release announcing his job included nods of approval from mustachioed angryman John Bolton and - no shit - Ted Nugent.) Tabitha Hale, a commentator the press release trumpets as one of Business Insider's "50 hottest people in online politics," will serve as managing editor.

The site's rollout will take place on April 15, of course. In the release, Decker said Rare will be a "refreshing, positive alternative taking on subjects others avoid like the plague." Judging from the video teaser released on April Fools Day, which we've embedded above, expect fascinating takes on those issues from Herman Cain, Erick Erickson, and Neal Boortz's puckish little brother "Neil." And, we're sure, other voices eager to show America that "red is the new center," indeed.

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• SMUG MUG: Jake Tapper is "the face of the new CNN."

While Zucker heralded Tapper's debut as "a really important day in the history of the bureau and the start of something very exciting and very fresh," most of the media hubbub since then has revolved around the anchors and analysts who are on the outs at CNN - specifically, the black ones - Soledad O'Brien and Roland Martin.

Indeed, it's been another interesting week or two in race and media - from the racially homogeneous game of musical chairs playing out at CNN and MSNBC to the polarized response to Robert Huber's Philadelphia magazine cover story, "Being White in Philly."

In case you haven't read it, Huber's piece is essentially a privileged white guy's earnest but failed attempt at bridging the racial gap in a city equally divided by segregation and gentrification. Instead of interviewing people across racial lines, he sticks to his own kind by talking to white "urban pioneers" and longtime white residents about the blacks. Huber's piece has kicked off a conversation, all right. The city's black mayor, Michael Nutter, who called the article "a pathetic, uninformed essay" in a four-page letter, has asked the Philadelphia Human Rights Commission to rebuke the writer and the magazine in addition to investigating some of the "sensitive racial issues" explored in the piece.

The latest fallout, which includes a call to boycott the mag's advertisers, occurred at a Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists meeting that Huber and Philadelphia editor Tom McGrath attended this week. At it, members of the PABJ questioned the magazine's total lack of racial diversity among its editorial staff - some of whom have criticized the story as racist, faulty journalism. The internal torment doesn't stop there; a writer at the weekly and all-white Philadelphia City Paper even wondered, "Why Is The Journalism Industry So White?"