CBS Radio fires Don Imus! Your thoughts on this?

Question

Don Imus is off the air for good. If he ever wanted to go back on the air, he'll have to wait a year or so untill things settle down. He'll probably be heading for satelite radio in the near future, maybe Sirius or XM.

Answer 1

Could it be that Imus knew exactly what he was doing. Is it possible he was locked into a long term contract with CBS and wanted to follow Howard Sterns path to satellite radio but couldn't quit.
You know Sirius and XM are wanting to merge. If this is done there will be a lot of money available.
Also Imus an Stern used to work together and kind of admire eachother.

Answer 2

Other than the fact that C BS wants to take a little heat off another scandal of their own..PLAGIARISM at CBS ..they are playing into the bias liberal agenda , feeding into white racism and promoting hatred ..and hypocrisy . CBS fired a producer for plagiarizing a Wall St. Journal article of Jeffrey Zaslow's .. but it helps to fire Imus too , because then maybe their record of making up the news again ( can you say 2004 Presidential Election ) can be covered up with the Imus story .

Answer 3

I read a commentary article in the Kansas City Star today regarding the Imus situation that I'd like to share. Here is just a brief excerpt:

"While we’re fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I’m sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent’s or Snoop Dogg’s or Young Jeezy’s latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.

I ain’t saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don’t have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas."

The author of this article is Jason Whitlock who is himself a black man. Mr. Whitlock makes many more sensible comments about the culture involved. I'll provide a link to the entire article. Check it out.

Answer 4

I get so sick of people saying rappers use those words all the time no there asses are not off the hook, consider this who are the ones that own the majority of the labels that these rappers are on. My point totally. If those who allow this filth to come out of their labels what does that tell you? It tells me they dont care about ne thing except the money. If Tim Hardaway got fired for saying he hates gay people then by all means Imus shouldve been fired as well for saying hoes, and jig a boos. White people have NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO idea what its like to be discriminated,profiled, or even treated unfair please dont come with that well I didnt get hired because of a black guy sh it either, I mean really discriminated against so until you have you really have no idea what its like. If you had someone constantly watching you from the time you walk in a store until the time you leave that store what would you call that? If you have the police following you for no reason, when they first saw you they were going in the opposite direction what would you call that? Until you have walked, or still walk in those shoes you have no idea. Its hard to get over something when its consistently happening to you, so for that idiot to make those comments he got what he deserved. America has been trying to act like racism doesnt exist while its so prevalent in our daily lives. The only ones who can relate to us is the Arabs since 911 they know what its like to be profiled for no reason. Imus got what he deserved.

Answer 5

I haven't watched CBS since they fired Dan Rather! I never thought I'd say this but for once I agree with that empty-headed wonder, Ann Coulter. Maybe Imus SHOULD have known better, but that is no excuse for completely destroying the man's career. If you don't like what's being said; TURN THE DAMN CHANNEL!!! Nowdays we have remote control. You don't even have to get up off your lazy derriere to do it! I am a lot younger than Imus and when I was growing up the culture was; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me." Of course, that was when we still had free speech in America. If I could ask the Reverend Al Sharpton one question it would be this: Do you consider yourself to be perfect? Because Jesus said: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." NOW; who is owed an apology?

Answer 6

I don't think that punishment was necessarily fair unless all people are treated that way. Al Sharpton has made some pretty racist statements against jewish people and they aren't stomping around. I don't like Imus but he apologized - he had a suspension - get over it. If he didn't learn his lesson and he does it again, then fire him. This stuff about always having to walk on eggshells around the blacks, african americans or whatever you want to call them is getting so old. In fact, I think its really starting to create more racial tension. Plus, I don't understand a black person say the N word but a "cracker" can't. That's so messed up. Get over your skin color, get an education, a job and contribute to society.

Answer 7

I just watched it. There were two teams, both predominantly black. He said he liked one and not the other.
The tattoo and ho and nappy was about the team he didn't like. He said something about the other team being pretty/cute.
Not racist, but old man fixation stuff. A pretty team? wtf?

Yeah, and it has affected my vote for a presidential candidate. I'm going to vote in the DEM primary, it's an open state. I'm not ready to have this circus every time some one disagrees.
This sharpton guy, ... should have a show on the comedy channel, or not as he's dull.

It upsets me more that young psyches are at risk, and rather than dropping it, they continue to maul those girls.

Answer 8

i think of Sharpton's remark following the assembly demonstrates the double widespread we see in right this moment's society. He reported "it is not approximately taking Imus down, it is approximately lifting decency up." How can he have the gall to assert that? Did he have the decency, as Imus did, to ask for forgiveness while he replaced into incorrect? for example, has he apologized to the Duke lacrosse gamers? Has he apologized to Pagones (from the Tawana Brawley case interior the late 80s)? Has Sharpton ever apologized for his remark approximately white cracker interlopers? No - he would not might desire to ask for forgiveness - because he isn't a whitey. it is okay for him to do something he needs because probable one in all his family contributors contributors from one hundred fifty years in the past replaced right into a slave. And the place is the decency in rap and hip hop? That style of music espouses plenty extra degrading language than Imus'. while will he condemn those songs and demand them to be taken off of the radio? No - because of the fact maximum are actually not sung by using whiteys. And it is okay because of the fact there is an threat that one hundred fifty years in the past one in all his family contributors contributors replaced right into a slave. and that i assume I should not be commenting because of the fact i'm a whitey . Which I only discovered i replaced into. observed it on a black weblog (betcha i might get in diverse hardship for commencing a whitey weblog).

Answer 9

CBS radio had no choice in the matter because their income depends on black sponsors as well as whites whom no doubt can agree he was just trying to be too hip in a hopped up nation. Not even sure he realized (Imus) what he was actually saying when he borrowed his terminology from rap crap and he may be able to sue CBS for establishing a "hostile workplace" where whites are not allowed to use the same terminology as Afro-Americans and their white sponsors, btw whom promoted this kind of language as being of commercial value.

Answer 10

Don Imus gets fired over his comments. We hear similar words being used by a lot of hip hop artists all the time. Do
people not find that offensive? If yes, then shouldn't all these hip hop artists be held accountable too? If no, then isn't that discrimination? I know what Snoop Dogg said....we are talking about da hos in da hood and not young college athletes. But what different does it make? We are all human beings....and all laws and/or rules should be the same for everyone regardless of race.....shouldn't there be civil rights for all races then? Better yet, get rid of civil rights and why don't we all live on this planet peacefully and in harmony as one race....THE HUMAN RACE.