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Imus Fired By CBS

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Media
Posted on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:01:44 PM EST
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I am seeing this announced on TV. Reporting by AP. More in a moment.

AP:

CBS announced Thursday that it has fired Don Imus from his radio program, following a week of uproar over the radio host's racist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. "There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."

Quick thoughts. This was a business decision for CBS and NBC's prior move put CBS on the spot. Let's face it, while this last outrage from Imus was especially appalling, his track record was plenty for deciding to get rid of him.

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    Imus Fired By CBS | 26 comments (26 topical)

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    Imus (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by Dulcinea on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:46:29 PM EST
    Heavenly days!  I thought Imus would get off with a mere rap on his knuckles.  May he not have another opportunity to inflict verbal abuse on anyone.

    Imus (none / 0) (#1)
    by HeadScratcher on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:11:15 PM EST
    Let the re-education camps begin construction. I wonder if Haliburton will get the contract...

    You are so right (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Warren Terrer on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:25:29 PM EST
    Don Imus' bigotry was the finger in the dike of freedom. Let his death not be in vain.

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    "Warren Terrer" one of my fav user ids. (none / 0) (#4)
    by oculus on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:32:35 PM EST


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    Gee, maybe McCain can redeem Imus (none / 0) (#3)
    by MacLane on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:27:09 PM EST
    After all, McCain said he was a "believer in redemption" where Imus was concerned.

    After all, the ugly lessons of Katrina are ancient history, as Imus, McCain and so many Americans seem to believe.

    Don Imus firing (none / 0) (#5)
    by mul3144 on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:36:03 PM EST
    While the firing of Don Imus left these networks no choice since they need to be politicaly correct,I would like to see the leaders in the black comunity to ask for the firings of all black comedians and rap performers who are the parents of these very words that Imus uttered.I know as do every one that black people use the "'N "' word against each other all the time and black men call their women WHOES all the time.You can bet your bottom dollar that Richard Pryor and all the black comedians would be broke if they were held accountable for their language.

    Fire from what? (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:36:41 PM EST


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    As for Richard Pryor (5.00 / 2) (#7)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:37:43 PM EST
    Please, if you know nothing about the great comic genius that he was, about his trip to Africa, about his renunciation of the n word, then don;t talk about him.

    Bad comment.

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    RE:Richard Pryor (none / 0) (#22)
    by mul3144 on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:47:40 PM EST
    My point was!!People can find it completely palatable when black comedians and rap performers to youse demeaning words about their own race then why do they re-act so wehemently to a person who happens to be Anglo-Saxon??I think Don Imus was wrong but so are the stand up comics and rap artists.

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    You can not be seriious I hope (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:51:57 PM EST


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    As for Richard Pryor (none / 0) (#24)
    by mul3144 on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 06:03:16 PM EST
    There is no dispute about the comic genius that he was.Given the fact that he almost self-distructed himself on one occasion and that he was a heavy user of coccain and an abuser of his wife,I dont hold him in the top 10 of the most esteemed and respected.

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    Richard Pryor (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by Warren Terrer on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:02:50 PM EST
    is dead. But please, don't let that stop you from holding him accountable for the sufferings of Don Imus.

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    There are asthma meds ... (none / 0) (#10)
    by Sailor on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:47:52 PM EST
    ... that can help with all that mouthbreathing:
    I know as do every one that black people use the "'N "' word against each other all the time and black men call their women WHOES all the time
    And GED courses that can help with basic sentence construction.

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    One more thing, (none / 0) (#8)
    by HeadScratcher on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:43:22 PM EST
    Let the reaction to the action begin. It's not going to be pretty...

    And by the way...if you like this firing you must love how big stores refuse to sell "objectionable" movies and CD's.

    Well, maybe Steve Pagones will be the next person to be apologized to.

    Hah! (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:48:28 PM EST
    You are too funny.

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    OK (5.00 / 2) (#12)
    by Sailor on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:53:22 PM EST
    Let the white pointy head crowd react, it just helps to identify them when the ZOG goes to put 'em in gitmo.


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    What are you worried about? (none / 0) (#13)
    by Warren Terrer on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 04:58:31 PM EST
    You can download all the pr0n you want online.

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    Dodd talks about it (none / 0) (#15)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:03:38 PM EST
    and not well.

    I'm supporting him but he needs to own up.

    don't like (none / 0) (#16)
    by touchmonkey on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:05:14 PM EST
    moralizing by the right wing...seems just as sanctimonious from the left wing as well.

    Don't listen to it then (none / 0) (#19)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:16:00 PM EST
    Your beef is with CBS me thinks.

    Stop trying to censor people.

    Heh.

    I love the irony of comments like yours.

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    Al Sharpton (none / 0) (#17)
    by jarober on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:12:24 PM EST
    Now, if only someone on the left would call out Al Sharpton over the Tawana Brawley incident - something that was a complete fake, and for which he has never apologized.  I have no problem with Imus being gone, but it would be nice to see some other well known jerks taken down a few pegs as well

    You are right (5.00 / 3) (#18)
    by Warren Terrer on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:14:27 PM EST
    Al Sharpton should bare his share of the responsibility for Don Imus's short-comings.

    Bless you for having the courage to make this equivalency between two completely unrelated events.

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    CBS and NBC should fire Sharpton (5.00 / 2) (#20)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:17:12 PM EST
    after 15 years of uninterreupted racism and misogyny.

    They have to HIRE him first.

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    What is worse? (none / 0) (#21)
    by gollo on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:43:31 PM EST
    Employing someone who holds bigoted, and as some, or many would hold, hateful views, firing them for financial reasons, and then claiming it was for the very views you employed them for, or the views of the bigot?

    Money trumped intellectual honesty in this case, and in my opinion the bigot and his employers are both wrong, but at least the bigot was not afraid to be honest.

    Imus (none / 0) (#25)
    by wnewb on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 09:04:43 PM EST
    If CBS Pres/CEO Moonves was so appalled by Imus' comments, why did he wait so long to take action? He pretends to stand on a moral pedestal yet the truth is the decision to can Imus came only after heavy-hitter advertisers bailed on MSNBC yesterday.The firing of Imus was purely a financial matter for CBS.

    I've never listened to Imus, so personally I'm unconcerned about his dismissal. My real concern is the ability of corporate America (advertisers) to censor a radio personality so quickly and completely. Was the corporate reaction based on actual, overwhelming public feedback or was it a knee-jerk reaction based on fear?

    Corporate America took forever but acted quickly (none / 0) (#26)
    by MacLane on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 10:56:26 PM EST
    Give the CEO a chance to get back from the golf course and the other whiskey-soaked clubmen.

    Your post seems inconsistent: first you fault CBS for waiting so long to take action. Then you about face and express a real concern that corporate America could "censor a radio personality so quickly and completely."

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