Don Imus Gets Fired - TV and Radio!!! Options

[burd]

I never saw his TV show. I never listened to his radio show.
But he referred to players of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy headed hos".

Al Sharpton called for his termination from NBC & CBS broadcast companies. Advertisers pulled out ... and Imus is now unemployeed! I can't believe it.

I think the comment on the surface was rude, but I don't know if it was taken out of context or not. I've heard every fucking news commentator repeat those words, but I haven't heard one true soundbyte from Imus. Was he serious? Was he joking?

I think a guy old enough to roll over & die any minute should be allowed to keep his mildly rated talk show. I think if you don't want to hear it, you don't have to listen to it. I think there are much worse things being said in lyrics, shown in movies, written in books ... but they have to pick on the little old guy so the big corporate machines won't piss off more advertisers (and won't have to deal with the annoyance of defending themselves against Al Sharpton).

What do you think?

This post has been edited by burd: Apr 12 2007, 5:33 pm

[WaiterAtCliftons]

Just wait...this will really get the ball rolling. There will be no more fun on the radio anymore. So called "Shock Jocks" will be a thing of the past. Because really that's what Imus was. Just because he was on MSNBC didn't make him a political talk show host. His show has always been about comedy, and humor. He was joking in this case and everyone has been taking it out of context. Nothing he said is punishable by FCC standards. He is completely free to say what he did. It wasn't the smartest thing the guy did, but by no means should the guy be FUCKING fired for it. This country is laugable anymore with our freedoms. We don't have many left. This is not a racist issue its a fucking freedom of speech issue, and anyone making it out to be anymore is an idiot. I guarentee you most black people don't even really care about Imus or what he said. But some will try to use this as power against someone who is basically an old white guy. There really is a complete double standard in today's society. You can't say "we can say those words, but you can't", thats not the country I wanna be part of. It's bull shit. Look up the things that Sharpton has said in the past. Look up Tawana Brawley on google, and tell me this guy isn't just a race baitor. Look up how Rev. Jesse Jackson called NYC Hymietown, this guys are no better. They really need to shut the fuck up! The only ones that really should be offended and they have every right to be are the girls on the Rutgers basketball team and their families.

Thank god for Satellite Radio. But I'm sure we will have people going after the shock jocks there too, before too long.