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Don Imus shock dj benched by MSNBC
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Don Imus shock dj benched by MSNBC I have never listened to Don Imus and so his passing will not bother me. Some of his right wing and anti immigrant stuff is offensive, as is the racial and anti-semitic remarks. Still I support free speech for even nasty stuff. Where were all the anti-bigots when rappers were degrading black women? Is it ok for a Black man to call a decent young black woman a "ho"? Why? Advertisers and NBC are acting on their principles to reject Imus which is their right as well. In the US money talks. Interesting that the controversy is making the show more popular! Just like Kate Moss got more jobs after a short while! I predict CBS will keep a contrite and little quieter Imus because the show makes them so much money. NBC News Drops Imus Show Over Racial Remark By BILL CARTER and LOUISE STORY NBC News dropped Don Imus yesterday, canceling his talk show on its MSNBC cable news channel a week after he made a racially disparaging remark about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. The move came after several days of widening calls for Mr. Imus to lose his show both on MSNBC, which simulcasts the “Imus in the Morning” show, and CBS Radio, which originates the show. CBS Radio, which is the main employer of Mr. Imus, said in a statement last night that it would stick by the two-week suspension of the show that it and NBC News announced earlier; the suspension begins Monday. But CBS said it would, in the interim, “continue to speak with all concerned parties and monitor the situation closely.” The demands that Mr. Imus’s show be canceled have grown in intensity every day since last Wednesday when he made the comments, in which he labeled the women “nappy-headed hos.” Numerous advertisers said yesterday that they would refuse to sponsor the show in the future. Among the advertisers were General Motors, American Express, Sprint Nextel, GlaxoSmithKline, TD Ameritrade and Ditech.com. NBC said the cancellation was effective immediately. Mr. Imus was scheduled to be the host of a telethon today and tomorrow on radio station WFAN and simulcast on MSNBC to benefit three ’s charities. The network will instead program three hours of news coverage. Mr. Imus did not respond to telephone messages last night. But Bo Dietl, a security expert who is a frequent guest on Mr. Imus’s show, said last night that he had just talked by telephone with the host, and that his mood was “very down, very upset about what occurred with MSNBC.” “I said to him that they didn’t even give him time to talk to the victims,” Mr. Dietl said. “He agreed with me.” The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has been among the leaders of the movement to force Mr. Imus off the air, said in a telephone interview that “we have been halfway successful so far” and that he and others would continue to press CBS to join NBC in cutting ties to Mr. Imus. Mr. Sharpton said he was organizing a rally to take place today outside CBS’s corporate headquarters on West 52nd Street in Manhattan. “This has never been about Don Imus,” Mr. Sharpton said. “I have no idea whether he is a good man or not. This is about the use of public airwaves for bigoted, racist speech.” Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who is running for president, called on MSNBC and CBS Radio to disassociate themselves from Mr. Imus, and said that he would never go on the show again. He said he had appeared once, more than two years ago. “He didn’t just cross the line,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC News. “He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America.” In its statement, NBC News said the decision “comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension.” “It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees.” The statement went on: “What matters to us most is that the men and women of NBC Universal have confidence in the values we have set for this company. This is the only decision that makes that possible.” NBC also apologized again to the Rutgers team ... |
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Racism is racism regardless of the color of the offensive speaker. And the white Duke lacrosse players got lots of sympathy and the accuser was mentally ill. And her charges were not corroborated by DNA evidence or other witnesses. The problem is that many jocks do misbehave and inviting a stripper is probably a bad idea in the first place.
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CBS also pulled the plug. Seems that college sports is sacrosanct and Imus picked the wrong target! I do not mourn his passing except for a passing squirm about the First Amendment. He will probably get resurrected on Sirius or cable somewhere, in a few months.
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