There is no justification whatever in describing Teirnan's racist garbage as 'satire' - his apologists have almost totally based their support on humour being above politics and therefore not answerable to good taste or decency.
Two American Jews who complained about his act were told to fuck off, and referred to as "Christ Murderers" - no ambiguity there. The only mystery in all this is why Teirnen wasn't banged up for publicly inciting race hatred.
It always seems to me that racists come in two main varieties - the Teirnen/Connick lot who abuse their place in the public eye by spouting their filth, and the spineless ones who (armed with phrases like "whingeing liberal), crawl out of the closet momentarily to encourage what they haven't the bottle to support openly themselves - plenty of examples of the latter here.
Jim Carroll