same guy that was giving me chit about picking on the jackass president :com: :com: :com:
Imus Screw Up??
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same guy that was giving me chit about picking on the jackass president :com: :com: :com:
If this is the best job Bush can do you should have no question as to why the Dems will win next time.
Back on topic, I think Imus is probably closer to getting fired than he should be now that major advertisers are pulling thier ads from his show.
i really don`t give a shit.........just wish he`d leave the f-ckin`garden implement slurs out of it....
nappy headed hoe.... spade.... "blue gummed" gardenweasel(they call my kids "ghetto hamsters")..........
this shit cuts to the bone...
nappy headed hoe.... spade.... "blue gummed" gardenweasel(they call my kids "ghetto hamsters")..........
this shit cuts to the bone...
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I'm in the minority here (what a shocker) but I've always liked Imus. I never figured him as a racist as he insults everyone. Politically, he attacked both democrats and republicans. He has always pushed the envelope.
These girls looked rough. Tatoos, piercings, etc. Imus' show is not news. Its a mix of comedy, interviews, news, etc. People watch him. He makes a lot of money for CBS and NBC. Thats why this suspension is just a tongue in cheek slap on the wrist.
Whoever said Sharpton and Jackson are the black equivalent of Robertson and Falwell I believe is right on point. Hell, I've been called an ambulance chaser by you people ever since I've come on this board and you don't see me crying.
However, if I ever find out your real names and addressess, I wouldn't sign for any certified mail letters if I were you.
Eddie
These girls looked rough. Tatoos, piercings, etc. Imus' show is not news. Its a mix of comedy, interviews, news, etc. People watch him. He makes a lot of money for CBS and NBC. Thats why this suspension is just a tongue in cheek slap on the wrist.
Whoever said Sharpton and Jackson are the black equivalent of Robertson and Falwell I believe is right on point. Hell, I've been called an ambulance chaser by you people ever since I've come on this board and you don't see me crying.
However, if I ever find out your real names and addressess, I wouldn't sign for any certified mail letters if I were you.
Eddie
this guy makes his money by talking and making a personal opinion on things and this was his personal opinion. His opinion is kinda retarted but wtf. :scared
This Imus thing is ridiculous. How many times can you apologize? He makes his living off of insulting people and these types of insults are nothing new coming from people like Bernard and Sid Rosenberg.
As for Al Sharpton, I say him on Harball being interviewed by David Gregory last night and Gregory brought up the Tawana Brawley thing. He flat out refused to ever apologize and said that he could not be compared to Imus.
As for Al Sharpton, I say him on Harball being interviewed by David Gregory last night and Gregory brought up the Tawana Brawley thing. He flat out refused to ever apologize and said that he could not be compared to Imus.
Great Article from Jason Whitlock on the Imus situation- check it out...
http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html
http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html
I hear what you're saying Moe. And I personally think the "sticks and stones" mentality that we were taught when we were younger is probably just as good if not better than blowing the whole thing out of proportion, but that doesn't seem to be our society's mindset anymore.
I guess for me, personally, I look at it the other way. I could care less what someone cares about my race because I have no control over that. If they want to make a dumb comment they're just ignorant and I won't waste my time on them. If they attack my character on the other hand, which I have complete control of, I'd be pretty pissed.
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MSNBC drops Imus simulcast By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
NEW YORK - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
"This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees," NBC news said in a statement.
Talk-show host Don Imus triggered the uproar on his April 4 show, when he referred to the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." His comments have been widely denounced by civil rights and women's groups.
The decision does not affect Imus' nationally syndicated radio show, and the ultimate decision on the fate of that program will rest with executives at CBS Corp. In a statement, CBS reiterated that Imus will be suspended without pay for two weeks beginning on Monday, and that CBS Radio "will continue to speak with all concerned parties and monitor the situation closely."
MSNBC's action came after a growing list of sponsors ? including American Express Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and General Motors Corp. ? said they were pulling ads from Imus' show for the indefinite future.
NBC News President Steve Capus said he made the decision after reading thousands of e-mails and having countless discussions with NBC workers and the public, but he denied the potential loss of advertising dollars had anything to do with it.
"I take no joy in this. It's not a particularly happy moment, but it needed to happen," he said. "I can't ignore the fact that there is a very long list of inappropriate comments, of inappropriate banter, and it has to stop."
NBC's decision came at a time when Imus' program on MSNBC was doing better competitively than it ever has been. For the first three months of the year, its audience was nearly identical to CNN's, leading CNN to replace its morning news team last week.
Calls for Imus' firing from the radio portion of the program have intensified during the past week, and remained strong even after MSNBC's announcment. The show originates from WFAN-AM in New York City and is syndicated nationally by Westwood One, both of which are managed by CBS Corp. MSNBC, which had been simulcasting the show, is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal.
Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said before MSNBC's decision Wednesday he hoped the broadcasting company would "make the smart decision" by firing Imus.
"He's crossed the line, he's violated our community," Gordon said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He needs to face the consequence of that violation."
Gordon, a longtime telecommunications executive, stepped down in March after 19 months as head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the foremost U.S. civil rights organizations.
He said he had spoken with CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company, after reviewing the situation, would fire Imus rather than let him return to the air at the end of his suspension.
"We should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to what I see as irresponsible, racist behavior," Gordon said. "The Imus comments go beyond humor. Maybe he thought it was funny, but that's not what occurred."
A CBS spokesman, Dana McClintock, declined comment on the remarks by Gordon, who is one of at least two minorities on the 13-member board.
The 10 members of the Rutgers team spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about the on-air comments, made the day after the team lost the NCAA championship game to Tennessee. Some of them wiped away tears as their coach, C. Vivian Stringer, criticized Imus for "racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable, abominable and unconscionable."
The women, eight of whom are black, agreed to meet with Imus privately and hear his explanation. They held back from saying whether they'd accept Imus' apologies or passing judgment on whether a two-week suspension imposed by CBS Radio and MSNBC was sufficient.
Stringer said late Wednesday that she did not call for Imus' firing, but was pleased with the decision by NBC executives.
She said the meeting with Imus was never designed to call for his removal but to give the women on the team the opportunity to meet with him and for him to see the people he had so publicly hurt.
"The young ladies and I needed to put a face behind the remarks... He needs to know who these young ladies were that he hurt," Stringer said.
Imus has apologized repeatedly for his comments. He said Tuesday he hadn't been thinking when making a joke that went "way too far." He also said that those who called for his firing without knowing him, his philanthropic work or what his show was about would be making an "ill-informed" choice.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said in New York that he would put pressure on CBS but that the issue was larger than Imus.
"I think we also have to have now a broad discussion on how the music industry allows this to be used," Sharpton said. "I don't think that we should stop at NBC, and I don't think we should stop at Imus."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he planned to meet with CBS and NBC executives on Thursday with a delegation of other civil rights activists and lawmakers to discuss the Imus situation and diversity in broadcasting.
"Imus is on 1,040 hours a week and yet they have virtually no black show hosts. That is true for other networks as well," Jackson said. "We must raise the ethical standard for all of them."
At the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., about 300 students and faculty rallied earlier in the day to cheer for their team, which lost in the national championship game, and add their voices to the crescendo of calls for Imus' ouster. One of the speakers was Chidimma Acholonu, president of the campus chapter of the NAACP.
"This is not a battle against one man. This is a battle against a way of thought," she said. "Don Imus does not understand the power of his words, so it is our responsibility to remind him."
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Associated Press writers David Bauder, Samantha Gross and Seth Sutel in New York and Rebecca Santana in New Brunswick, N.J., contributed to this report.
(A previous version of this story had the word 'are' in a quote from Rutgers' basketball coach. It should have been 'were.')
NEW YORK - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
"This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees," NBC news said in a statement.
Talk-show host Don Imus triggered the uproar on his April 4 show, when he referred to the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." His comments have been widely denounced by civil rights and women's groups.
The decision does not affect Imus' nationally syndicated radio show, and the ultimate decision on the fate of that program will rest with executives at CBS Corp. In a statement, CBS reiterated that Imus will be suspended without pay for two weeks beginning on Monday, and that CBS Radio "will continue to speak with all concerned parties and monitor the situation closely."
MSNBC's action came after a growing list of sponsors ? including American Express Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and General Motors Corp. ? said they were pulling ads from Imus' show for the indefinite future.
NBC News President Steve Capus said he made the decision after reading thousands of e-mails and having countless discussions with NBC workers and the public, but he denied the potential loss of advertising dollars had anything to do with it.
"I take no joy in this. It's not a particularly happy moment, but it needed to happen," he said. "I can't ignore the fact that there is a very long list of inappropriate comments, of inappropriate banter, and it has to stop."
NBC's decision came at a time when Imus' program on MSNBC was doing better competitively than it ever has been. For the first three months of the year, its audience was nearly identical to CNN's, leading CNN to replace its morning news team last week.
Calls for Imus' firing from the radio portion of the program have intensified during the past week, and remained strong even after MSNBC's announcment. The show originates from WFAN-AM in New York City and is syndicated nationally by Westwood One, both of which are managed by CBS Corp. MSNBC, which had been simulcasting the show, is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal.
Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said before MSNBC's decision Wednesday he hoped the broadcasting company would "make the smart decision" by firing Imus.
"He's crossed the line, he's violated our community," Gordon said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He needs to face the consequence of that violation."
Gordon, a longtime telecommunications executive, stepped down in March after 19 months as head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the foremost U.S. civil rights organizations.
He said he had spoken with CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company, after reviewing the situation, would fire Imus rather than let him return to the air at the end of his suspension.
"We should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to what I see as irresponsible, racist behavior," Gordon said. "The Imus comments go beyond humor. Maybe he thought it was funny, but that's not what occurred."
A CBS spokesman, Dana McClintock, declined comment on the remarks by Gordon, who is one of at least two minorities on the 13-member board.
The 10 members of the Rutgers team spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about the on-air comments, made the day after the team lost the NCAA championship game to Tennessee. Some of them wiped away tears as their coach, C. Vivian Stringer, criticized Imus for "racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable, abominable and unconscionable."
The women, eight of whom are black, agreed to meet with Imus privately and hear his explanation. They held back from saying whether they'd accept Imus' apologies or passing judgment on whether a two-week suspension imposed by CBS Radio and MSNBC was sufficient.
Stringer said late Wednesday that she did not call for Imus' firing, but was pleased with the decision by NBC executives.
She said the meeting with Imus was never designed to call for his removal but to give the women on the team the opportunity to meet with him and for him to see the people he had so publicly hurt.
"The young ladies and I needed to put a face behind the remarks... He needs to know who these young ladies were that he hurt," Stringer said.
Imus has apologized repeatedly for his comments. He said Tuesday he hadn't been thinking when making a joke that went "way too far." He also said that those who called for his firing without knowing him, his philanthropic work or what his show was about would be making an "ill-informed" choice.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said in New York that he would put pressure on CBS but that the issue was larger than Imus.
"I think we also have to have now a broad discussion on how the music industry allows this to be used," Sharpton said. "I don't think that we should stop at NBC, and I don't think we should stop at Imus."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he planned to meet with CBS and NBC executives on Thursday with a delegation of other civil rights activists and lawmakers to discuss the Imus situation and diversity in broadcasting.
"Imus is on 1,040 hours a week and yet they have virtually no black show hosts. That is true for other networks as well," Jackson said. "We must raise the ethical standard for all of them."
At the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., about 300 students and faculty rallied earlier in the day to cheer for their team, which lost in the national championship game, and add their voices to the crescendo of calls for Imus' ouster. One of the speakers was Chidimma Acholonu, president of the campus chapter of the NAACP.
"This is not a battle against one man. This is a battle against a way of thought," she said. "Don Imus does not understand the power of his words, so it is our responsibility to remind him."
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Associated Press writers David Bauder, Samantha Gross and Seth Sutel in New York and Rebecca Santana in New Brunswick, N.J., contributed to this report.
(A previous version of this story had the word 'are' in a quote from Rutgers' basketball coach. It should have been 'were.')
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On ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning show, guest Stuart Scott discussed the Don Imus controversy. Hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic asked Scott whether it's fair for Imus to be in so much trouble for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" when rap lyrics frequently use such language.
Scott's response was bizarre, to say the least. He said rappers who use those words "mean it in an affectionate way."
Huh? It's affectionate to call a woman a ho? According to his Wikipedia entry, Scott has a wife and two daughters. I'd love to know what context there is in which Scott would consider it "affectionate" to hear a man call his wife and daughters hos.
To their credit, Greenberg and Golic both indicated that they didn't buy Scott's rationalization. It's always wrong for a man to call a woman a ho, and for Scott to suggest otherwise is insulting.
Are you kidding me..... Holy Crap!
http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/12/stuart-scott-says-calling-a-woman-a-ho-is-affectionate
Scott's response was bizarre, to say the least. He said rappers who use those words "mean it in an affectionate way."
Huh? It's affectionate to call a woman a ho? According to his Wikipedia entry, Scott has a wife and two daughters. I'd love to know what context there is in which Scott would consider it "affectionate" to hear a man call his wife and daughters hos.
To their credit, Greenberg and Golic both indicated that they didn't buy Scott's rationalization. It's always wrong for a man to call a woman a ho, and for Scott to suggest otherwise is insulting.
Are you kidding me..... Holy Crap!
http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/12/stuart-scott-says-calling-a-woman-a-ho-is-affectionate
our school systems are failing and 18 yearolds are dying in iraq.
and jackson & sharpton have nothing better to do than run their mouths about imus.
good god...
and jackson & sharpton have nothing better to do than run their mouths about imus.
good god...
Well, I think Jackson, Sharpton and many others have been pretty outspoken about the 18 year olds dying in Iraq. There are a handful of people preventing the majority from "doing something" about that. But this isn't about that, nor is it about schools. It's an isolated incident that deserves its own focus. And, I don't support Jackson or Sharpton, and what they stand for - they are opportunists, nothing more, nothing less. They are jokes to many of the people they claim to represent.
These issues just spill into other issues, and I'd say the focus on negative rap lyrics and things of that nature coming from this could turn out to be a positive thing. But they still aren't the main issue here. The issue is what one/two men said on a public radio/tv broadcast, and what their bosses choose to do about it.
These issues just spill into other issues, and I'd say the focus on negative rap lyrics and things of that nature coming from this could turn out to be a positive thing. But they still aren't the main issue here. The issue is what one/two men said on a public radio/tv broadcast, and what their bosses choose to do about it.
No, it is about selective outrage. Their bosses didn't do anything until they lost sponsors. The sponsors, if they are so offended by such talk should pull all ads from stations playing rap.
