<p>More to what story? Imus made a lot of enemies and offended a lot of people over the years. They used this event to get rid of him. WFAN radio is in the middle of a charity telethon that Imus has participated in for 18 years. They maybe could have waited 2 days to fire him. Since he is out, he will not host the telethon tomorrow. His wife will - she has been heavily involved in these good works over the years.</p>
<p>Where are the side kicks going to be? Bernard McGuirk is the one I am curious about.</p>
<p>No its official, the thought police have ruined everything, and you can’t even insinuate a remark ABOUT a remark without being called a racist. We need to remove the word the racist or strip it of its meaning so if a white person gets called a racist, it means nothing. I personally don’t care at all.</p>
<p>I’ve listened to Imus for years. He can at times be amusing, entertaining, offensive, wrong-headed, frustrating, cranky, disagreeable, hilarious, edgy, juvenile, idiotic, brilliant. … Even though he’s made me spitting mad from time to time, he’s also one of the best interviewers who ever lived. I was stunned and saddened last week when he spewed that garbage about the Rutgers team. I was not so stunned, but equally saddened, to see the good reverends Sharpton and Jackson make political hay out of it. So much for Christ’s teaching of forgiveness. My family’s Jewish, and I can’t say we’ve completely forgotten Jackson’s long-ago reference to New York as “hymietown.” But we didn’t demand he be defrocked, derobed, disgraced, excommunicated, beaten to a figurative pulp, then drawn and quartered, with his head stuck on a pole over the George Washington Bridge.
I feel badly for the Rutgers girls. They deserve a profound, sincere apology from Imus. I also feel badly that we seem to be a nation of increasingly politically correct cowards, with no ability or inclination to forgive.</p>
<p>I don’t see that forgiveness has anything to do with it. I can forgive Don Imus, and think he shouldn’t be on the public airwaves, much as I can forgive Jesse Jackson, and not invite to address the synagogue.</p>
<p>Actually, I think forgiveness has everything to do with it, Mini. As for your analogy … if you don’t like a particular program or talkshow host, turn it/him/her off. That’s what the radio controls are for. I personally choose not to listen to the spew put out by Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly, people who, in my book, are infinitely more toxic than Imus ever dreamed of being. But that’s just my humble opinion.</p>
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<p>There you differ with the Rev. Sharpton, who made it clear in his many statements today that he sees a connection between gangsta rap and the mainstreaming of words like ho, b***<strong><em>, n</em></strong>**, etc, etc. Apparently he feels this development is as harmful to members of the black community as Imus’ remarks were hurtful to the Rutgers team.</p>
<p>He is making a connection between the two. I have heard Rev. Jackson do the same.</p>
<p>Well, then I differ from him. Fine. I still don’t see the defense of gangsta rap here–I think all this women-hating stuff is equally reprensible.</p>
<p>Nice editing, Joe–luckily, you don’t have a transcript to be preserved, like Imus does.</p>
<p>“He is making a connection between the two. I have heard Rev. Jackson do the same.”</p>
<p>Yup. Both Sharpton and Jackson have been publicly decrying the misogyny of rap lyrics for years. </p>
<p>“As for your analogy … if you don’t like a particular program or talkshow host, turn it/him/her off.”</p>
<p>That’s what CBS did - they decided that there were enough people that didn’t want to hear him any more, and enough advertisers who were going to turn off the spigot. So they turned him off.</p>
<p>I have listened to Limbaugh and O’Reilly. I have also listened to Imus. I have NEVER heard either of these two say anything even close to the stuff that has come out of Imus’ mouth. That is why I find it so ironic that the likes of Kerry, Carville, Begala, Kearns Goodwin, Rich, Lieberman, Fineman, Evan Thomas, Alterman, Gregory, Barnacle, etc. etc. had no problem with going on his show, while persisting in the myth that Limbaugh and O’Reilly’s words or “humor” have been more egregious than Imus’. Limbaugh and O’Reilly are not shock jocks. Imus earned that name for a reason.</p>
<p>It is not cowardice to be offended that the Rutgers WOMEN (not GIRLS) were referred to in such a disgusting manner. I’m just sorry they even met with him. I think that was beneath their dignity.</p>
<p>Lou Dobbs now claims his 19 year old daughter loves rap. Next he gets into the discussion about white suburban kids are the cash feeding the rap moguls. I guess it isn’t so far a connection as some on CC have claimed. Don Imus is the goat of the moment. When are they going to get to who watches network news? Gotta love Lou and some of the others. Where is this all going?</p>
<p>Anyone care to wager how soon some other radio broadcaster takes on Imus?</p>
<p>The decision whether to fire Imus was never a free speech question. It was always a business decision. Within certain regulatory bounds a dj has a right to say whatever he/she wants and the employer has a right to retain or fire.</p>
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<p>What changes do you forsee? Now that the firing is done what will they replace the product with? ** What sells these days?**</p>
<p>“Since he is out, he will not host the telethon tomorrow. His wife will - she has been heavily involved in these good works over the years.”</p>
<p>Prediction: She will be filing for divorce by year end.</p>
<p>Why would she[Deirdre] file for divorce from a guy who has ONE boot in the grave…??? I don’t see it.</p>
<p>You may have a point, but how much longer can she stay with the shriveled prune if he’s not on the radio to promote her books?</p>
<p>He’s Fired You Guys!!! I My View He Deserved It.</p>
<p>Interesting that the ACLU isn’t running in to help Imus out. I guess free speech depends on what’s being said?</p>
<p>Oh, dear…I just heard on the news (MSNBC) that Imus had arrived at the governor’s mansion in Princeton and the RU women had arrived there, too, apparently the site of the meeting, but the governor was just in a car wreck and broke his leg, so if he planned to be there, he will not make it! What a twisted plot and how unfortunate!</p>