<p>Northstarmom-</p>
<p>I think the list you made: “virulent racism, antisemeticism, sexism and other isms that he has long displayed” are the very reasons he has a large audience. Terrible, but probably true.</p>
<p>I think he should be “asked” for a substantial donation to the RU fund under threat of a seven figure lawsuit. That’s an apology with meaning.</p>
<p>I think he should be “asked” for a substantial donation, AND there should be a dozen seven-figure lawsuits (and holding the stations co-responsible).</p>
<p>I Agree Mini</p>
<p>Imus is going to have a private meeting with the Rutgers womens basketball team and he will personally apologize. I am not an Imus fan, and he is a complete jerk on the air, but he has done a lot of good work and I suspect that privately he can be extremely charming, humble and contrite. I think they will accept his apology, and the last thing they should want is to create the appearance of being bought off, ie demanding and/or receiving a contribution made under duress. </p>
<p>There are many radio personalities that make lots of crude disgusting misogynistic and racist comments all the time. I don’t excuse these comments in any way but to me the worst thing about what Imus did was he attacked young women who are not public figures and did absolutely nothing to invite his comments.</p>
<p>“There are many radio personalities that make lots of crude disgusting misogynistic and racist comments all the time.”</p>
<p>I bet there are, and I wouldn’t mind seeing them all fired one at a time.</p>
<p>Wow…I notice some people are more hardcore about cgm’s d and her 50 cent bus pass incident than they are about Imus’ and his multiple incidences of racist diarrhea of the mouth.</p>
<p>I know, I know…one is legal and one is not…whatever.</p>
<p>Um, if you’re referring to me, ldmom, I’m not giving a pass to Imus (guess I stated that on the other thread). Btw, when I listened to the show Tim Russert was a very, very frequent guest. </p>
<p>Noticed that Imus was on the Today show twice in two days (NBC-owned). Coincidence?</p>
<p>I’m just wondering why these paragons of liberal ideals didn’t “condemn” Imus’ racism and sexism until now, despite his 30 year history of making outrageous remarks.</p>
<p>When it comes to the almighty dollar, there’s usually enough hypocrisy to spread around.</p>
<p>P.S. Believe you were a bit outnumbered on that bus thread, ldmom. :)</p>
<p>nope…not referring to any one person hereshoping…just a general thought trend.</p>
<p>Frankly, to be honest, I think that gangsta rap is much more harmful to the AA community than one <strong><em>h</em></strong>'s remarks on any given day. Again, the almighty dollar in action, I suppose.</p>
<p>Still, I think they should fire the guy, but he’s probably worth more to them now than he has been for quite sometime.</p>
<p>hh - yeah…the bus thread reminded me of the Alamo…lol! Appropriate, no?</p>
<p>Imus has been going over the line for years and NY audiences are familiar with him. He is often offensive; it is his stock in trade and he was like that long before the current generation of nasty talk radio and TV. This time he just happened to have crossed the line in relation to a group that it was especially impolitic to be so offensive about. It is not however anywhere near the first time he has said things that are grossly rude and insensitive. In my opinion his kind of crudeness is never appropriate no matter what the target group is–and he has been getting away with pretty ugly stuff for years in the guise of humor.</p>
<p>I think his “Cardinal” routines are more offensive. By the way I am not Catholic. I do not see how he can continue his show- he offends every group- he goes over the line in most of what he does.</p>
<p>I think the way to end the kind of shows that Imus and other similar broadcasters have is to go after their advertisers. </p>
<p>"NEW YORK (CNN) – Two advertisers have pulled their sponsorship of Don Imus’ radio show to protest his racially charged comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team.</p>
<p>The office-supply chain Staples and Bigelow Tea Company said Tuesday they were ending their relationship with Imus, who has been suspended for two weeks by MSNBC and CBS Radio.</p>
<p>“While Bigelow Tea has been an advertiser on the ‘Imus in the Morning show,’ the company does not condone or support in any way the unacceptable comments made by Imus with regard to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team,” Cindi Bigelow, the company’s co-president, said in a statement. “Bigelow Tea is a family company that prides itself on honoring and respecting all individuals.”</p>
<p>My understanding is that one or both of these sponsors’ commitments/contracts with the Imus show is about expire anyway.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter if the coach was the man who threw chairs, mother teresa or who ever. the point is what Imus said.
If we want a country where this isn’t tolerated, this is a good little place to start. Having media power and insulting young women who are not public figures is not ok.
In our NJ paper it mentioned he calls his wife a “green ho” (environmentalist). He is a fool of an old man thinking he’s cool to say this kind of stuff. He is basically an equal opportunity insulter of liberals and conservatives, using that I guess as an excuse for the actions over the years.
Maybe this will wake people up to the harm this talk can cause, and if my dreams came true - boycotting advertising on any shock-jock style show.</p>
<p>
Lake Washington, I missed that one! Who was the player? Is she currently on the team?</p>
<p>“We haven’t done anything to deserve this controversy,” said Essence Carson, the team’s captain and a music major at Rutgers. Mr. Imus, she said, has “stolen a moment of pure grace from us.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/04/2007041107n.htm[/url]”>http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/04/2007041107n.htm</a>. Password required.</p>
<p>“They are young ladies of class, of distinction,” Ms. Stringer said. “They are articulate, they are brilliant, they are gifted,” she said.</p>
<p>“Has society decayed to the point that we can forgive and forget because, you know what, it was just a slip of the tongue? [It was no slip of the tongue.–tsdad.]” Ms. Stringer asked. “Would you have wanted your daughter to have been called that?”</p>
<p>“I would like to speak with him personally,” said Kia Vaughn, a sophomore center from the Bronx, N.Y. “I’m not a ho, I’m a woman, and I’m someone’s child,” she said. “I achieve a lot. And unless they have given this name ‘ho’ a new definition, then that is not what I am.”</p>
<p>I don’t recall the name but perhaps a Google search as well as a search of the Star-Ledger’s archives will reveal it. I do remember that the young woman reportedly had a history of problem behavior at her prior college (she was a transfer student, as I recall). That’s why I was upset with Coach Stringer at the time; it appeared that the player’s predispostion towards bad behavior was evident. The player is not on today’s fine team of solid citizens.</p>
<p>From the CSTV (college sports) website, which cites the 2004 story from the Rutgers ‘Daily Targum’ student newspaper;</p>
<p>"When Rutgers women’s basketball player Shalicia Hurns received 3 years probation on October 30. as part of a plea bargain…it brought the end to one of the more unusual cases involving University student athletes and law.</p>
<p>…[Hurns] held then-girlfriend and former Rutgers soccer player Kelly Evans captive…tying her up, hitting her in the face, sticking a steak knife into her bed and writing on her body…Hurns eventually pled guilty to two charges - terrorist threats and criminal restraint."</p>
<p>…“the athletic department suspended Hurns, who was dismissed from two other universities prior to her arrival at Rutgers, for one year…”</p>
<p>cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/uwire/121304aag.html</p>