Imus Apologizes for On-Air Racial Slurs

[Rhino]

Talk-Radio Host Don Imus Apologizes for On-Air Racial Slurs Against Rutgers Women's Basketball Team

Friday, April 06, 2007

NEW YORK — Syndicated talk-radio personality Don Imus apologized Friday for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" during a segment yesterday in his "Imus in the Morning" show.

Imus and his producer and on-air sidekick, Bernard McGuirk, went on to further attack the black members of the team, calling them "jigaboos and wannabees."

In his apology, Imus called his comments "insensitive and ill-conceived."

"It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were offended," he told listeners at the opening of his broadcast Friday morning.

He further called the comments "thoughtless and stupid" and said, "We're sorry."

The apology came after Imus initially brushed aside criticism, telling The New York Times "not to worry about some idiot saying something meant to be amusing."

Rutgers officials issued this statement: "We agree with Mr. Imus that this was, in his own words, an 'idiot comment.' We are very proud of the success of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Coach Stringer and the Rutgers players are outstanding ambassadors for this great institution."....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264646,00.html

Insure brain is in gear before engaging mouth.

[Lubbock]

Well. Imus has already been to rehab, so he won't have to go again.

Unless there's a rehab for cocaine and one for idiot remarks.

[PrezLeefun]

Hey if that guy from Grey's Antomy can go to rehab and in "9 days love gays" Then this guy can go to rehab and learn how to speak about people... especially those trying to improve their lives by doing something proactive.

[BEST45CAL]

If he had called 'em 'lezbos' they would have fired him.:rolleyes:

[Oldeshooter]

I like Imus and although he can be rough around the edges he's OK. All he did was call some women nappy haired hos. That's what they are, why the big deal.

[PrezLeefun]

If he had called 'em 'lezbos' they would have fired him.:rolleyes:
He should be fired now.... but then again; free speech.

[Eagle1]

He should be fired now....

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

[PrezLeefun]

^^^^ I have headache so I am not 100%...what was so funny?:confused:

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

How come this isn't all over the news, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, etc.? Why aren't Sharpton, Jackson, and Farrakan raising cain about this? Where is the NAACP?

I don't think a single news media outlet missed reporting on Newt Gingrich's use of the word "ghetto" in an obscure manner, but I never even heard about this except here on FC!

[PrezLeefun]

It was all over the news here......

[DesertFox]

Imus was an idiot before he ever said this shit. I don't understand why he was even on the air to say such crap.

To be sure, he has the Constitutional right to say such crap, but Imus never has had any sense of the appropriate.

I'll say this, though: People like Imus are the ones who someday will finally beat political correctness into the ground.

[Patriot Heart]

He is one of the crankiest old characters I have ever seen. The best thing I can say for him is the rehab place he pushed for the returning Vets. He makes many vicious verbal attacks on the Commander in Chief on his TV show, which is unpatriotic in my view especially during wartime.

[DesertFox]

He's a complete jackass. A complete asshole. A complete idiot.

To paraphrase Larry Byrd: I don't like him too good.

[Trevelyan]

He makes many vicious verbal attacks on the Commander in Chief on his TV show

It is actually a radio show on WFAN which MSNBC broadcasts on television.

[Lubbock]

I haven't watched Imus in months. Used to be glued to the show every morning because he made me laugh --I could take his idiocy because it got everybody.

And he plays good music.

About a year ago he started on a rant about the President, and he's never let up. Just complete unfounded attacks. Vicious and hateful. Stuff that should have merited him a visit from the Secret Service.

I took it for a few weeks then turned him off. Never tuned back in.

I couldn't stand Fox & Friends because of ED Hill, but I held my nose and watched anyway. Now she's gone so F&F is easier to take.

I've tuned into Imus this morning just to see what the flap is all about, and aparently this is big.

My question is this --and I'm not defending Imus. He can defend himself but . . . why is okay for blacks to produce this godawful rap music that is far more derogatory of balck women than anything Imus could ever say?

Why is it okay for blacks to produce this so-called music and use the "N" word and worse, and never take a hit for it?

The double standard has never been more apparent than in this instance.

Of course, Imus is apologizing his ass off this morning, and saying his program is going to change.

He looks as if he's been clubbed like a baby seal.

This may be the downfall of Imus. Probably not. He'll more than likely survive this, but . . . frankly, if this is his demise, I will dance in the streets and hand out candy. The way Imus has clubbed the President is reason enough to see him hit the skids.

[Dowple]

The bigger questions are: why is Imus being called on the carpet by Sharpton, on whose show he is supposed to appear this afternoon, when Sharpton is responsible not only for the Brawley fraud but for inciting a mob to burn a business in which someone was killed. And, of course, Jackson has been caught skimming off the top, padding the account for his "hos", and in what another age would have been called blackmail (no pun intended) that resulted in his friends and family getting name brand franchises at a song. But Imus or any other White person trips up and the mau-mauing will SUCCESSFULLY get them fired no matter what, no matter how much they apologize. This issue is bigger than Imus himself.

[Lubbock]

The issue is most definately bigger than Imus.

And by the way, who coined the term "ho" anyway? What was the race of the person who was using that word the first time you heard it?

A white guy?

I think not.

Do you think there's a Chinaman's chance in hell that Imus will point out to Sharpton, his "sins" ala Brawley, et al?

I think not.

No. Imus will continue to grovel at the feet of Blacks.

Do you think it will ever cross Imus' mind that his attacks on the President went over the line?

I think not.

No. The President is a "white guy" so it's perfectly okay to attack him viciously, and with impunity.

By the way, on his best days Howard Fineman makes me want to puke. This morning he gave me dry heaves.

What an asshole.

Fineman and Imus.

[Dowple]

Of course Imus will grovel. Just like Trent Lott did after the very innocent remark at the Strom Thurmond birthday party. The end result of this for Imus, I believe, is that he will become even MORE radicalized in favor of the usual suspects. BTW, Tom Oliphant is on Imus right now, doing EXACTLY this and praising Imus. (Funny thing, Imus must have mentioned speaking to Harold Ford about 50 times this morning.)

[Pennville_Bill]

A man who has made his reputation by being a misanthropic shock jock said something - surprise, surprise - shocking; and because it denigrated both blacks and women, he's being roasted. Never mind the viscious vedrbal antics visited on white people by the likes of Sharpton, Jackson, Farrakhan or or the curmudgeonly bitchiness of Rosie O'Donut - they're not white men so they don't count and can venomously proselytize what they want with impunity.....

I'm not defending Imus save only to say that fair is fair and fairness sure is lacking w/ this issue. Seems to me a lot of the pots are calling the kettle black. Am I the only one who thinks there's a very rank smelling double standard apparent here?

[BEST45CAL]

He was funnier when he wasn't a vegan.

[PrezLeefun]

As a black person myself I have ALWAYS had a problem with the use of the N word in the black community. I have ALWAYS had a problem with a majority of the degrading lyrics used by music artists....REGARDLESS of their COLOR.

I will never fully understand that double standard.... then again those are not the only double standards or unfounded unrealistic unfair ideologies that exist.

This guy is clearly a jackass and frankly he is wearing people out... this was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

[Nutrider99]

The bigger question is, who called these nappy-headed ho's a basketball team?

[Lubbock]

On the Hume Report, I just heard what he said in whole.

I could never put it in context as to what caused him to make the remark.

Guess what. Imus was right. He was just simply calling it like he saw it. Once I got a gander at the Rutgers women's basketball team, I have to agree with Imus.

Maybe that's what has caused such a stir. Not what he said about who, but the fact that he spoke the truth.

[libertyman]

What's the big deal about this issue? I guess Jack$on & Shitton just have to find something to whine about, otherwise they would be reminded about their lack of credibility.

Has Jack$on apologized for his "Hymietown" remark yet? What about Tawana Brawley, Rev. Al?

I'm not a fan of Don Imus, but he shoulda told both of them to shove it up their.........

[Eagle1]

the fact that this turned into something big is sad. but funny at the same time because this guy is an ass anyway. i have no problem with what he said, apparently everyone else who sees that team says or thinks the same thing

[lovemycountry]

I post on several different boards, mostly conservative...but even they didn't say that they 'agreed' with what he said about the basketball team. I'm kind of confused as to why 2posters here said he was speaking the truth without knowing the players personally.I don't think his comments were racist as much as they were distasteful. He was the one who went groveling to sharpton to be on his show. Sharpton is nothing but an opportunist. Ironically I doubt he knows that each time he butts his nose into things like this..he becomes the spotlight and ppl forget who the topic of debate is anyway.

[Lubbock]

I tell you why I said it: Have you gotten a look at that Rutgers ladies basketball team?

For better or worse, we are first judged on our LOOKS: how we dress and our grooming --or the lack thereof.

I'll tell you a story [those who have been here for a while will go pour themselves a cup of coffee and get confortable at this point].

When my son and grandboys came to live with me, my son was a mess. His hair was long, he had a scraggly beard, and he was dressed like a bum. He was an appaling mess, and frankly, I was embarassed to be seen in public with him.

Believe me, he wasn't raised to walk around looking like a homeless person, and he wsn't dressed like that because of his finances.

His dress and grooming didn't have anything to do with his character. He's a fine, upstanding young man, highly intelligent, and very hygenic, but he looked like it had been a long time since he'd stood under running water with a bar of soap in his hand.

The boys came here over the Thanksgiving holiday, and come Monday, it was time to get the them settled into school and daycare --the oldest one was in the second grade, and the youngest was three.

I told my son in no uncertain terms that he was going to clean himself up before it came time to face the school authorities and the daycare providers, because his children would be judged instantly on their daddy's appearance.

I ran him through Cost Cutters, then drug him home and sent him to his bathroom with a razor --I stood guard outside the door until he came out clean shaven, then we made a pass at Khol's for an upgrade in wardrobe.

I will always believe that my son's appearance has had everything to do with how his children have been received at school [the youngest one is in kindergarten now].

We are judged first on our physical appearance --like it or not, and I'm telling you that after I got a look at those "girls" from Rutgers, I understand why Imus spoke the first thing that popped into his head --nappy haired hos.

That's exactly what they look like.

If you walk around looking like a bum, that's exactly how your're going to be received. No one will bother to get past the exterior.

You may think that's a sad commentary, but it's the truth.

Tell me honestly that you don't "judge a book by it's cover." You do.

[DeclinetoState]

I'm not going to defend Imus, because I've never listened to him (except for maybe a few seconds when I was channel surfing and he was on one of the cable channels or something). The phrase that he used was quite tame compared to what you will hear any black singer say in almost any rap song.

[Eagle1]

I don't think his comments were racist as much as they were distasteful.

the only thing i read in the transcript that was racist was tossing around jigaboo

distasteful? there is certainly a lot of media around this for it to merely be a distasteful comment

[Timberwolf]

The bigger question is, who called these nappy-headed ho's a basketball team?
'Zackly what I wuz thinkin', bro'....:biggrin:

[Timberwolf]

Cruised the photo gallery of the Rutgers Univ Women's BB team...even the WHITE chicks ain't all that much to write home about. :grin:

[lovemycountry]

Uhh, yea...it's obvious we judge by appearance(SOME judge more than others) until we get to really KNOW the person. The girls were in basketball uniforms. Had they been prostitutes or wearing trampy clothing,hanging all over some guys.... the words that would have came to my mind would be...they have no respect for themselves..or they are acting like prosti's. However these girls playing bball in ATHLETIC attire in an ATHLETIC atmosphere.... the furthest thing from my mind would be nappy headed ho. OOOh look how that jigaboo is bouncing that ball..betcha she's easy.Very few ppl would up and say.. hey..I was thinking the very same thing LOL. Number one it's not in context...number two there's no sexual overtones in basketball at all. This is not cheerleading. Don't know about you or how you were raised, but there's just certain things you don't say to ppl. Of course there were the bullies at school who tried to look cool in front of their friends when they said stuff like that. Those girls did nothing to incite such harsh judgement. It's one thing to talk bad about someone's looks or even skin color behind closed doors...it's another to say it publicly. Just surprises me that out of all the blogs, news commentary, message boards,etc, that someone is actually applauding him, as if they know the girls personally and can't stand them.Do I think the media is overplaying this? You betcha, they're milking it for all it's worth. Do I think he should be fired? Believing in free speech and all...no! Do I think he's racists. No...not off one commentary...but I do know racists still exist and that will never change until God comes back for his Church.

[Dowple]

Imus is on MSNBC this morning. STILL apologizing and saying he deserves punishment. This is beginning to sound like one of those guilty confessions for Stalin's Show Trials. Why do these people being mau-maued ALWAYS get down and grovel like slaves? Here's a tip for you Don, no matter how much you grovel, it won't be enough. You're in the political crosshairs. Your demise means money and power for Sharpton, Jackson, and the mau-mauers. You are doomed. Might as well go down like a man, instead of a dog.

[Lubbock]

Nope.

Imus will not go down.

At most, this mini-shit storm will last until Friday. He'll be off the air for a couple of weeks, and by the time he's back, America will have moved on to the next mini-shit storm.

By the time Imus is back on the air, there isn't any telling what or who will have caused the next one, or how bad will will be.

America has a short attention span. You can't keep the vast majority of America focused on Muslim Terror for more than fifteen minutes.

I predict that this telethon for all of the worthy causes that Imus champions will generate huge donations. Not from the little guys out here in fly over country, but from the deep pockets that are Imus friends. They will see the need to make this telethon very successful.

I think I'll go back to watching him full time now.

By the way, he had the guts to point out Hymie Town and Twanna Brawley this morning. That's something that never gets talked about by anyone from the Criminal Liberal Left. Sharpton and Jack$son skate every time on their racist issues.

Imus brought it up.

I'm not even going to comment on this idee fixe that one poster seems to have about this flap. Apparently, he has his own issues to deal with.

[Dowple]

Hmmm. Don't know about that, Lubbock. I just heard Sharpton on MSNBC, being interviewed by NBC fellow traveller Matt Lauer. Sharpton INTENDS to bring Imus down. This is how this tub of goo makes his money, snares power, and, dare I say it, runs his "hos". Watch Sharpton condition his Dem primary support (or "approval") for presidential candidates on their willingness to line up against the corporate "racists" and Imus. Bye-bye Don.

[Eagle1]

Uhh, yea...it's obvious we judge by appearance(SOME judge more than others) until we get to really KNOW the person. The girls were in basketball uniforms. Had they been prostitutes or wearing trampy clothing,hanging all over some guys.... the words that would have came to my mind would be...they have no respect for themselves..or they are acting like prosti's. However these girls playing bball in ATHLETIC attire in an ATHLETIC atmosphere.... the furthest thing from my mind would be nappy headed ho.

has it really been 20 years since you have seen a basketball game?

[DeclinetoState]

Cruised the photo gallery of the Rutgers Univ Women's BB team...even the WHITE chicks ain't all that much to write home about. :grin:

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Whether they are "hos" or not is left up to the judgment of the viewer.

[Rhino]

Heather don't look so bad.

[Linda Walton]

I don't recall the pretty girls playing basketball all those years ago when I went to college. Doesn't look like much has changed.

[Nutrider99]

As a black person myself I have ALWAYS had a problem with the use of the N word in the black community. I have ALWAYS had a problem with a majority of the degrading lyrics used by music artists....REGARDLESS of their COLOR.
So long as blacks continue to call themselves nigga's and ho's and see nothing wrong with it, a large segment of society will as well. After all, black musicians have ALWAYS have a strong following among other races. Even in the deeply prejudiced south black singers and musicians were the rage. Blacks invented jazz, the blues, rythm and blues, the foundations of rock and roll, they dominated the Mo-Town sound, created hip-hop and rap music and for the most part have driven much of the American music experience. Elvis was credited with being able to sing "like a negro." The black musicians record it, the white teenagers play it.

So when such vulgar terms are incorporated into the everyday language, much of the blame comes from those who introduced those terms. My parents never called a black person a "nigga." Why is it that my 14 year old can't go a day without hearing the word?

The bottom line is that if a culture doesn't repect itself, neither will anyone else respect it. So long as racial slurs remain and acceptable part of the lexicon of the black culture, they will continue to be picked up by other races as well. If you call all your women ho's, so will others. Better to eliminate such negative racials slurs from EVERYONE'S vocabulary. NOBODY deserves to be called a nappy-headed ho in the 21st century.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Imus is on MSNBC this morning. STILL apologizing and saying he deserves punishment. This is beginning to sound like one of those guilty confessions for Stalin's Show Trials. Why do these people being mau-maued ALWAYS get down and grovel like slaves? Here's a tip for you Don, no matter how much you grovel, it won't be enough. You're in the political crosshairs. Your demise means money and power for Sharpton, Jackson, and the mau-mauers. You are doomed. Might as well go down like a man, instead of a dog.

While this isn't a FOS issue, its a business one, Imus still should have had the common sense NOT to apologize from the beginning. The black sharks look at apologies as weakness. It empowers them. Everything Sharpton does is about outing whiteys as racists while only he defines it. Its his twisted calling. Fuk him and fuk his dog-n-pony show.

What Imus should have done? Got on air with Sharpton in a ruse. Pretending that he was 'going' to apologize. Then, when he meets with him face to face, Imus calls him a nigger, then popped open a 40 of King Kobra and doused him with it. Then, pull out a basketball and ask him if he wants to go one on one and bounce it off his head. Either Sharpton is gonna go gangsta rap on cowboy or his lips gonna quiver. Don't know which way he gonna go yet. So, at this point, Imus needs to ask him straight up, 'What, you scairt niga? Don't think you can post up a white boy in the paint?'

[MrSanity]

Imus is an ass.

[CountryGent]

The bottom line is that if a culture doesn't repect itself, neither will anyone else respect it. So long as racial slurs remain and acceptable part of the lexicon of the black culture, they will continue to be picked up by other races as well. If you call all your women ho's, so will others. Better to eliminate such negative racials slurs from EVERYONE'S vocabulary. NOBODY deserves to be called a nappy-headed ho in the 21st century.Right on the money with that statement. Fact of the matter is most blacks don't respect THEMSELVES much less anyone else. They prove that every day by their own words and deeds......and of course it is still popular to play the racist card and blame Whitey......asshats.

[Naturalized-Texan]

Imus is a perfect example of liberal racism. After all, liberalism is the home of racism in America.

[noncom]

All he did was call some women nappy haired hos. That's what they are, why the big deal.
Did the basketball players ever say which of the two allegations they were denying?

Seriously though, if saying this is such an incredibly, terribly, horrendously awful and destructive thing to do, then why don't the liberals go ahead and propose a statute prohibiting it?

Otherwise, they're just being hypocrites, aren't they?

NOBODY deserves to be called a nappy-headed ho in the 21st century. Well, nobody except nappy-headed ho's. I'm pretty sure they deserve to be called that.

[Kathy30]

This firing people over what they say is very bothersome. Imus shouldn't be fired. I've never heard his show, it's not the kind of entertainment that appeals to me. But this firing people who disagree or even are disagreeable, that's totally wrong. If enough people disliked what Imus said and stopped listening, his ratings would go down and he'd be fired for cause. What the activists are afraid of is he'd GET listeners, his ratings would go up and he'd be stronger than ever. That's what they're afraid of. That's the power of speech, that's what they're afraid of, and that's why they want him fired.

[Kathy30]

Double post

[noncom]

This firing people over what they say is very bothersome. Imus shouldn't be fired. I've never heard his show, it's not the kind of entertainment that appeals to me. But this firing people who disagree or even are disagreeable, that's totally wrong. If enough people disliked what Imus said and stopped listening, his ratings would go down and he'd be fired for cause. What the activists are afraid of is he'd GET listeners, his ratings would go up and he'd be stronger than ever. That's what they're afraid of. That's the power of speech, that's what they're afraid of, and that's why they want him fired.
I've only heard Imus speak for a few seconds at a time, but it doesn't take that long to get the gist: his public persona is based entirely on being flippant and irritating. That's exactly what he gets paid for; his employers would only be contractually justified in firing him if he DIDN'T say things like this.

Like I keep saying, if liberals think speaking in public is so incredibly evil, then quit being such hypocrites, put your Congressmen where your mouth is, and try to draft the laws to ban it.

[Dowple]

MSNBC just announced they were cancelling the simulcast of Imus' show. Toldyaso. He'll get the axe on radio next. Sharpton and friends can now crow. Victory for them. Black radicals will soon have the right to fire every White man who fails to grovel insufficiently. Better not say anything against ML King or you will be next.

[Naturalized-Texan]

MSNBC just announced they were cancelling the simulcast of Imus' show. Toldyaso. He'll get the axe on radio next. Sharpton and friends can now crow. Victory for them. Black radicals will soon have the right to fire every White man who fails to grovel insufficiently. Better not say anything against ML King or you will be next.
But Imus is a fellow liberal. I'm surprised that Sharpton and friends aren't giving him a pass since they are also racists.

[Rhino]

MSNBC just announced they were cancelling the simulcast of Imus' show.MSNBC? Wow. That'll mess up the schedules of ten, maybe even twelve people.

[Dowple]

MSNBC? Wow. That'll mess up the schedules of ten, maybe even twelve people.

You know, I hardly ever watched, unless I knew someone in particular I wanted to hear from was on Imus/MSNBC. But apparently that show was about the only thing that people DID watch on MSNBC. Imus brought in about $10 million net. The rest of those programs are net losers. How much does sanctimonious Keith Olberman lose? Or Chris Matthews? From a money making standpoint, they ought to pull the plug on the entire network. BTW, instead of Imus, how are you going to like a new show, Breakfeast with Al and Jessie? Or Live, from the Dentist, with Cornel West?

[Rhino]

Doesn't matter to me. I never watched Imus.

[Dowple]

But Imus is a fellow liberal. I'm surprised that Sharpton and friends aren't giving him a pass since they are also racists.

This afternoon, thirty minutes after meeting with Sharpton, CBS president Les Moonves announced he was firing Imus. It's complete now. Imus could have tried to apologize by committing hari-kari and it wouldn't have been enough.

[TSawyer2112]

Per Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/). No actual story yet: <tt>SHARPTON VOWS MORE: 'It is our feeling that this is only the beginning. We must have a broad discussion on what is permitted and not permitted in terms of the airwaves'...</tt> Look for the Stalinists to go after all of Conservative radio once again (just like Waco) despite the fact that Imus isn't a conservative.

[Maggie_T]

Absolutely, Sawyer. This is such a big liberal farce. I don't care how bad Imus was (and he was bad). This is a slippery slope. Who's going to be fired next by self-righteous liberals? Rush? Sean? Mike Gallagher?

Because it ain't going to be Orca O'Donnell, I'll tell you that right now. :flame:

[DesertFox]

People need to quit apologizing for pc shit. It's one thing to apologize when you really did do something wrong, but this was idiotic. As I understand it, Imus was copying rap style and using lyrics from a rap song sung by a black guy. Presuming that's the case, he didn't call anybody a nappy headed ho and he ought never have apologized.

All that said, I must confess that it couldn't have happened to a more worthy jackass. I have never liked Imus because he's just a crude asshole. I dislike him SO much that it pissed me off during Clinton's run when he and Hillary sat thru an Imus-emceed affair in which Imus pissed ME off.

He's rich. He ain't hurt.

[TSawyer2112]

...Who's going to be fired next by self-righteous liberals? Rush? Sean? Mike Gallagher? Because it ain't going to be Orca O'Donnell, I'll tell you that right now. :flame:Of course not. She can slam Christians all day and nary a sideways glance swings her way from the so-called "Reverends" or the MSM. If the Reverends were really honest and were something other than the cowards they truly are, they would go after the islamofacists and the gang-banging hip-hop crowd; the ones who really denegrate women regardless of color. There must not be enough money in it.

Sometimes this kind of garbage is overwhelming. There just aren't enough hours in the day to address all the excrement that gets shoveled to the masses who then gleefully lap it up.

[noncom]

Absolutely, Sawyer. This is such a big liberal farce. I don't care how bad Imus was (and he was bad). This is a slippery slope. Who's going to be fired next by self-righteous liberals? Rush? Sean? Mike Gallagher?

Because it ain't going to be Orca O'Donnell, I'll tell you that right now.
We have to remember that this "slippery slope" works both ways. Neither CBS nor (MS)NBC can ever again hide behind the "free-speech" dodge for any ugly comment ever made by any of their employees.

This act of self-regulation effectively means that CBS and (MS)NBC now officially ENDORSE every hateful and racist word said by all of their liberal mouthpieces who don't get fired.

When it comes to the media wars, just like the liberals always keep their eyes on the big targets, so must we. MSNBC has fewer viewers than some Cable Access channels; CNN got in on the ground floor of cable news, but is now light years behind Fox, and losing more market share every week. The New York Times, for all it's influence in liberal circles, is down to around a half-million subscribers now - and all but a few thousand buy it for the crossword puzzle, or other reasons unrelated to its wildly stilted news coverage.

But there are still over 25 million people a day who watch ABC, NBC and CBS evening news. For over 50 years, a handful of execs at three companies controlled over 90% of America's broadcast news media. These viewers are very set in their ways: the median age of their viewers is now over 60 years; but they're going to vote until the day they die (and a lot of them will still be on the Democrat rolls for years after that!)

Sure we have truth on our side, but to many people all that matters is perceived consensus: whether they ARE wrong is irrelevant; all that matters is that they never FEEL wrong because they are constantly led to believe that "everyone" agrees with them. And spreading our criticisms around to an endless parade of mouthpieces makes the liberals' herd instinct stronger, not weaker.

Yes, we've made progress in the past years, but we're only chipping away at the iceberg. Criticisms of that mean old Keith Olberman and Rosie O'Donnel mean nothing. We need to ignore the hydra's head and strike at the heart of liberal media: ABC, NBC and CBS. The actuarial tables will do the work for us eventually, but everything we can do to highlight the propaganda coordination of the Big Three speeds up this process.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Nutrider99:
NOBODY deserves to be called a nappy-headed ho in the 21st century.

:unsmile: If Imus was really itching to use that phrase, he could have just waited 24 hours, then applied it to the Duke rape accuser, & nobody would have blamed him. Oh, & Mike Knifethong's one, too.

[noncom]

Of course not. She can slam Christians all day and nary a sideways glance swings her way from the so-called "Reverends" or the MSM. If the Reverends were really honest and were something other than the cowards they truly are, they would go after the islamofacists and the gang-banging hip-hop crowd; the ones who really denegrate women regardless of color. There must not be enough money in it.
When's the last time you saw either one of those nappy-haired pimps "preach" anything besides racism?

Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton have no more interest in preserving the sanctity of Christianity than Osama bin Ladin does. Why should they? That's not the religion that they practice.

[Lubbock]

Well. Imus is off the air.

For a little while, anyway. He'll come back somewhere. Sometime.

I truly thought he would survive the flap, but I was wrong. [I really need to get out of the predicting business.]

I haven't figured out just how I feel about all of this yet.

1) It's not like Imus hasn't been asking for this for a long time.

2) I really don't believe that Sharpton was responsible for the firing; I think the marketplace spoke --advertisers deserting like rats from a sinking ship.

3) Maybe this experience will be a lesson to Imus: words hurt. When he comes back, will he understand that things like, "The President is a war criminal" hurt. Not the President, but the country.

4) Imus put a lot of people out of work. I hope McCord, Bernie, et al, are as financially secure as Imus.

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Maybe this experience will be a lesson to Imus: words hurt. When he comes back, will he understand that things like, "The President is a war criminal" hurt. Not the President, but the country.
Yeah, I'm sure that's the lesson Imus learned from all this: that he'll be crucified by the liberal media for saying things like THAT!

[Wyatt_Junker]

I'm not sure why Imus turned into an instant powdered form of dry, flaky pussy.

Here's an album of his years ago.

http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/bang407.jpg

'Honkey' is the opposite side of the coin which means you can only degrade yourself, not others in wonderful PC-land. Sure, whatever...

As to Imus himself, he should have been fired years ago for being a bore. He's just not funny. And secondly(I know you don't need 'a face' for radio) but still he should have been axed for this fukin mug alone.

http://www.atcfkid.com/images/don_imus.jpg

And take off that lid, cowboy. You can't sell it.