Why was Imus fired? What the hell? Where's Sharpton's apology to the Duke players? Where's the freakin outcry?

Question

I dont understand this. It transcends political lines. I am a democrat, and I dont understand how this could be working, or how the american people are able to stomach it. if sharpton and Jackson can still defend what who has amounted to be an unscrupulous, unethical, untrustworthy, liar-how does that help america, or race relations? This is so lame. And backward. Imus should not have been fired for his words. They were insensitive, and rude, but he says that crap every day! And he's basically a liberal! So you have liberals eating their own now. I also heard that the entire Rutgers basketball team is scheduled to be on Oprah. When will she schedule 3 little white boys who were defamed, arrested, had to post 400000 bonds, and who were falsly accused on her show?

Oh my GOD. PLEASSSSSSEEE dont even try to make the argument that the duke players were still at fault. That is so lame. These guys were falsely accused of a crime that could have landed them 25 years in prison. This is a serious offense. She should be jailed for making that accusation. Its our responsibility to out these frauds, and force them into gulag. I understand that the reason why imus was fired was because the sponsors pulled their support. What I meant by it is Why the american people could be like lemmings, and freak out over his words. The argument in one of the answers below, was that what imus said was offensive to an entire race, and the duke players were only three dudes. Joke. Pull your head out of your dookie hole and get with the program. People call me cracker all the time. i let it roll. We are so friggin uptight!

Answer 1

There won't be any apology. Sharpton feels he is "justified" in anything he says. Same with Jackson. Rutger is getting their moment of fame, everyone will forget about the Duke players.

Answer 2

The decision to fire him was financial. Advertisers were pulling its sponsorship so the network decided it would be a smarter financial decision to lose Imus rather then lose their whole purpose for existing, which is making money.

The outcrying of disgust with this guy by the black leadership was fake. They were doing it to get on tv and to get even more support from people that like to blame everyone else for their problems but themselves.

But that doesnt change the fact that overexaggerated or not, the outcry was there and the network had to deal with it. There is nothing wrong with what the networks did. A person doesn't have a right to be on a radio show or a tv show and if a network feels the person is a liability they should be firing them.

What the outrage should be at is not the network but the phony Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton that are racist opportunists that don't give a darn about the plight of the common black american.


I wonder if some black host came on and called the BYU swim team a bunch of bleach blonded bimbos if anyone out there would say so much as a peep against that statement. Probably not.

Answer 3

Sharpton is a scumbag. Let's get that out of the way. However, Imus being fired was a corporate decision. Sponsors started pulling out and THAT is the only reason why he was fired. Imus is also a scumbag. I have heard him in the past and he is a racist d i c k h e a d. The only thing redeemable about him is that he does charities for children with cancer. That said, Imus should have been fired a long time ago. This time, he just got called out on it. Unfortunately, Sharpton was the one to expose him not another more respected leader.

Answer 4

I live in the New York Metro area and have heard Don Imus on the air for many, many years. I am not a big fan of his. However, I disagree with his firing.

I think he handled it surprisingly poorly. He acted like a rookie. Here is how I see it. He made a somewhat racial remark based on what he saw (that the Rutgers girls looked more like ruffians than the other team). The choice of words was intended to be humorous.

When called on it by irate black leaders, he said it was untrue and stupid and he was sorry he said it. That was a fatal mistake. What he was referring to was true (about the Rutgers girls looking like ruffians). He was not saying what they are he was saying what they looked like.

What he should have said was that his observation is true, his choice of words was from street language and made to be humorous not to offend anyone. He should have then apologized if anyone was offended because he meant no offense.

He tried to disown his own remark. That could only be interpreted one way. He knew what he was saying was offensive and wrong and decided to say it anyway. That, in my opinion gave his accusers enough ammo to sink him.

Then he went on Sharpton's show and then met with the Rutgers team all of which kept the story on the front burner and gave his accusers a huge platform to bash the heck out of him frightening his sponsors. The less said after the fact the better.

Water under the bridge now.


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Answer 5

You are correct - trash talking radio personalities spew out generic trash every day - but in Imus's case, he made it personal.
Consider if your daughter were on that team - it's not a generic racial remark when one specifically targets the recipients.
In Sharpton's example, he did what he always does - he looked for a cause to demonstrate his self- perceived higher than Thou indignant outrage and superior morality and he rode it for all it was worth - too bad the case was bogus. Perhaps next time he won't be so quick to judgment. But, more importantly, perhaps he has finally shown his listeners just how big a jackass he really is.

Answer 6

I knew the libs would turn on their own at some point. Where like they whine is his freedom of speech? I agree what he said was bad as is all the stuff he says about Bush but why isn't Sharpton and Jackson outraged by the black rappers? They essensially are the ones who insisted he be fired and wouldn't let it go.

Answer 7

There is REVERSE DISCRIMINATON going on and instead of Sharpton and Jackson worrying about how to solve the 70% fatherless black children born last year, they prefer to have one old senile white shock jock get crucified for his insults.

Oprah needs to stick her 2 cents in because it's the new millenium lynch mob reverse rule. Paybacks are a ... and the white people need to get used to it.

The only censorship that will go on is whatever censorship Al and Jessie determine.

Answer 8

Those three little white boys DID indeed bring a stripper into their housing, which is against school/team policy. And I'm sure they did something inappropriate with her (whether that is rape or not).

And we're not even entirely sure why the alleged victim dropped the case. Maybe she could not afford the lawyer's bills and the pressure. Maybe the lawywer couldn't come up with enough evidence. We may never know.

What Imus said was offensive to an entire race and gender of people. What Sharpton said was specific only to the Duke lacross players. There is a difference.

Answer 9

Oprah would have those white boys tried again. Sharpton and Jackson want them serving 10 years for being white.
When will the left figure out people like Sharpton hate them even if they kiss their @ss.

Answer 10

Oh you know Al Sharpton plays that "oh Im so damn offended why dont you give me my way" bullshit so well. Hell is gonna freeze solid before those guys at Duke get an apology. Partly because they actually want to move past this and secondly because neither Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have the scruples or personal fortitude to speak up for themselves.

Answer 11

It's more racist than political. Granted, Imus should have known better. He got fired from his TV gig only because MSNBC caved under the intense pressure from greasy-headed "Reverend" Al and his pals. It would have been better if the network fired him based on their OWN decision, not from greasy head and Jesse can't-talk-without-clenching-his-teeth Jackson.

You know what? I demand an apology from ALL hip hop artists for irresponsible lyrics and I want them fired.

That would be fair.