Radio host fired after taunt at Assange mom

SYDNEY — An Australian radio host was Monday taken off air after taunting the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a Nazi slogan, screaming at her “Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!”. John-Michael Howson, co-host of 3AW’s Sunday morning program, was suspended for four weeks after the incident in which he was unhappy after Christine Assange canceled a pre-planned phone interview with him. “I won’t be doing an interview with you because you’re acting like a pig,” said Christine Assange, whose Australian son Julian is at the center of a diplomatic storm between Britain and Ecuador. Howson responded by screaming on air: “Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!” as Assange hung up the phone. — AFP