Should CBS and MSNBC have fired Don Imus?

Answer 1

Hell no! I can't say enough how unfair that was. I want to be the one to say this. The media is the one to blame for this. Think about it. I am black and I've seen Don Imus on t.v. maybe once or twice, but really, how many black folks actually watched him or even knew who Don Imus was before this? The Jacksons and Sharptons probably only heard of this story on the news. I am a black woman and Im sorry sisters and brothers but I can't get so upset at this.The only thing that bothers me is the fact that he was talking about college students. I listen to music that degrades women every day. Why won't the Jacksons and Sharptons get on their soapbox and preach extra hard about that. And one more question. For the record, where did Don Imus get that term from? I'll tell you. He got it from us when we refer to each other in that manner.

Answer 2

This is my answer to a similar question in the Current Events Category.

Imus offended me years ago and I quit listening to him 'way back when. He's a shock jock and offending people is what they do. With that being said, I've formed my own opinion based on what I've seen and read.

Imus is just like any other of these old geezers with a sweet, young trophy wife (i.e. Donald Trump, Hugh Hefner, etc.). He's getting older and is trying to keep up with the younger crowd. The comment he made was from some rap or hip-hop or some other kind of "music". (I did a search for "lyrics" using those exact words and got dozens of responses.) The way that he used the phrase was offensive to too many people and it snowballed from there.

I don't think that he should have been fired for using the same words that others use to make a lot of money. He apologized to those women repeatedly, they met and talked things out, and the women accepted his apology. He was already suspended. He could have been fined and placed on probation, etc., but get fired?

I know, they say it was because the sponsors were pulling out. That would have been a good time for new sponsors to jump in. After all, speaking from a strictly business point of view, the advertising rates would have been lower because no one wanted to be associated with him. But on the other hand, more people may have tuned in just to see how deep he could bury himself.

But to answer your question, no, Imus does not speak for me. And neither do a couple of radical "reverends" with less than holy backgrounds.

Answer 3

Firing Imus became into thoroughly justified. His comments on my own weren't sufficient to warrant his dismissal, however the subsequent events that accompanied have been. the reality is that Imus' scores have been already putting via a thread, and his comments with regards to the Rutgers women human beings's basketball group scared maximum of his few final sponsors to tug out. hence, Imus became into basically no longer in a position to generate money for CBS or MSNBC. If Imus made those comments yet became into nevertheless in a position to offer revenues for the networks, I assure he might have stored his job. even though, from a strictly business enterprise perspective, the firing of Imus became into thoroughly justified.

Answer 4

No. He apologized for his offensive words, and should have been given a second chance. So now the line in the sand has been drawn. Everyone who ever utters even the slightest offensive words needs to be fired. That includes the ugly words hip hop jerks are saying about women and killing cops. No more women being called bitches on TV. If any one's words offend one other person, then watch out. Freedom of Speech is forever replaced by political correctness. Pity...

Answer 5

I was okay with the suspension, but people need to learn that "free speech" is not "speech without consequences". If Imus' employers and sponsors felt that he wasn't representing them properly, then they had every right to dismiss him.
And what's with all the free speech arguments? Imus isn't going to jail over this. He made a stupid comment on his show, and he was punished for it. Don't you have to watch what you say at your job? I do.

Answer 6

No, freedom of speech, hello? Everybody has the freedom of speech AND the freedom of turning off the radio. The freedom to not get offended isn't in the constitution.

Answer 7

they HAD to. What he said was SO egregious and over the top that if they HADN'T, they would have NEVER heard the end of it.

I mean, come on. In this supposedly "enlightened" day and age? "Nappy Headed Hos"??? PLEASE.

Idiot. He deserved it.

Answer 8

NO. So what if he called them "nappy headed ho's". When he was insulting other people no one complained. But god help us if a minority is insulted and al sharpton gets involved.

And what happened to freedom of speech?

Answer 9

Yes. But then again, I hate all those shock jocks. They are always insulting and putting down someone. I don't know why anyone likes that stuff.

Answer 10

How about the O RELIGHLY SHOW on fox,not sure how to spell it.But man that guy really rude.