I saw that.



Not that I am a fan of Imus, but this seems like the knee-jerkiest reaction the CBS could have settled upon.



Oh well I am sure Imus will move to satellite radio and thumb his nose at Reverant Al.

Say 'bye-bye' to another freedom.

How is this any different than the Danish cartoon crap? How is this not the same sort of bullying thug tactics?





I could not agree more. I am unbelievably infuriated by this. Because it signifies, to me, something much greater than an old crank and one radio show.

"All animals are created equal - some more equal than others"



Animal Farm

If no one can see that CBS director and Former head of the NAACP isn't a Racist. American News Personell are seriousley Blind. Nappy headded Ho's are exactly what P. Diddy and J.A. Rule call em. when a white refers to a "Ho" and the media climbs on the Hang 'Em band wagon. CBS should be ashamed but when your the (C)olor (B)lack (S)tation it really doesn't surprise. I say Boycott CBS and advertiser...

The only difference between Imus' firing and the Danish cartoons is Al Sharpton hasn't declared a fatwah and degreed Don Imus must die.



But really it is the same sort of grievance mongering that ironically stifles the freedoms that liberals don't really love.

Aaah, for the good old days, when Howard Cosell could call a black wide receiver a "little monkey" on MNF and keep his job...



We need to take a page from Sharpton's playbook, and the next time Bill Maher or Keith Olberman smears anyone more conservative than, say, Che Guevara, they get blacklisted. Why does this kind of boycott politics only work for the left? The right needs to grow a pair.

Oh you guys... Just chill out. Wait until they scalp someone you care about. Nobody gives a shit about Imus, and Reverend Al knows that, which is exactly why he picked the fight. Engage him and you've taken the bait. If they ever did this to Cavuto, there would be hell to pay though.

Devil's Advocate - yes, there are similarities to the Danish cartoons, but unless Sharpton put out a death threat on Imus, there are important differences too. Like the absence of death threats. Imus said something and his employers choose not to patronize his services - isn't that the logical conclusion of the "change the radio channel?" Imus can still say anything he wants to in Times Square.

It doesn't matter who they did it to. It's setting a precedent.

And no, there wasn't some magical freedom to say racist things yesterday that vanished today. Hypocritical though it may be, those are the rules.

The threat might be different, but the tactic is the same.

So how would that be different than many lefties complaining that they are "being censored" because someone disagrees with them or because no one listened to Air America? Personally, I thought it was just fine to heap opprobrium on Charles Bouley for what he said.

When did I call for Bouley to lose his job? According to him, it's actually helped his career. Which is nauseating, but hey, that's San Francisco.

How about this: I mocked and criticized Bouley for what he said, and his various attempts to rationalize what he said. I didn't call for him to be muzzled.

Jim, I get that. Bad precedent. But pick your battles. This is the media eating its own. The only people who are gonna get batshit upset about this are people who take it upon themselves to do so, and Reverend Al counted on that to begin with. This is like the ACLU defending glory holes. Imus is but a pawn. Trade him for Rosey (who's completely freaked out over this) and be happy.

You didb't call for Bouley's job, but neither did many of the people criticizing Imus. And if this was 1932, it might have helped Imus's career. My point is that free speech is freedom from government restrictions, and a radio/tv job isn't a right.



That said, I do think they are chickenshit for firing him, but he is too for groveling.

I AM picking my battles.



And I agree that Imus's biggest mistake was grovelling in front of race-baiters like Sharpton.

After licking the boots and kissing the ass of Sharpton, Imus still got his nuts hammered by people who daily commit the same 'sins'. Hey Don, was it worth it? Didn't think so.

Look, if Jim Rome makes horse jokes about the WNBA, that is one thing. Those women are paid to play a sport that nobody wants to watch despite how often it's repeatedly shoved down our throats. Amateur female athletes are just off limits, unless their sporting a giant package and throwing a shot put.

What ought to be upsetting is the call for Imus's ass was among his buddies on MSNBC with a race baiter thrown in for color rather than from, for example Pat Summitt in an interview on ESPN. Even Keith Olberman, who ought to have the women's college sports angle in his fat head, couldn't express that the targets of this were 10 or so talented young women, not black people in general.

It doesn't matter who they did it to. It's setting a precedent.





I totally agree and that is why this infuriates me so much. I don't give a rat's ass about Imus, but I care very much about the precendence this sets and the danger I perceive it to be.

Gettign Imus fired emboldens bottom feeding grievance mongers like "Rev" Al Sharpton.



It may not be a fight any of us like. Defending a loser like Imus is distasteful, but not all fights are clean... though some are black and white...

Lori Z: Jimmy the Greek called and wondered what happened to his historical precedent. Imus is a bit of detritus that no one will remember in 6 months. The issue, of course, will go on.

the people to blame for this are the folks who have embraced rap culture and tolerated the bullshit that it promotes. if rich white suburban parents didn't let their kids buy this crap with their money, rap would be relegated to the scrap heap of pop culture.

when rap fans vomit forth the bromide that rap is a legit form of expression, think about the unfunny guy who lost his job over a bad joke that featured words injected into our vernacular via this "legit" form of expression. orwell must be laughing himself silly.

But, Mike, Jimmy the Greek was the only one at the time. Recently, it has been happening over and over, building up to and finally culminating in a career of 40 years being quashed by mob mentality. That scares me.

If Imus had pulled a Coulter and not apologized, he'd probably still be there, eg, Nixon vs Clinton. And yes, there is way too much pharisee-like condemnation going on, but frankly, shock jocks piss on third rails. Getting electrocuted is a job hazard. Furthermore, they couldn't exist in a consequence free environment, since no one would find any humorous release in what they say.

I just had a terrible thought: Santa Claus had better watch his ass. Ho ho ho.



Fact is, Sharpton et. al. don't flinch at fighting dirty, and they're not going to stop, so whining about their tactics is a waste of time. Turnabout is the only fair play. If that means demanding restrictions on the first amendment rights of racists like Kanye West or hate-mongers like Randi Rhodes, then so be it. ...

This really is apalling. I didn't care about Imus... he just isn't on my radar screen and he looks like a weird old coot anyway. But I don't like that this sort of thing is happening more and more now...

This is ridiculous...

I'm wondering if MSNBC considered the fact that Imus leaned a little more right than left, giving them a great opportunity to put someone much more astute, more caring and feeling towards oppressed minorities, (and lean way, way left in the process). Someone like Leo Terrell. Leo's a funny, funny man and certainly not a racist ... (yeah, right)

Wouldn't it be a hoot if Howard Stern hired Imus to do a show on satellite radio?

I think he'd be more likely to follow O&A, who've been campaigning for everybody to leave him alone since this broke.

It's all just another example of unflattering remarks made by a white person is obviously racist, but hate speech from a black or hispanic blowhard is just self expression. Seriously; it's not like Imus pulled a "Kramer" or anything. He merely made an unflattering remark. In fact, this whole media circus surrounding it reminds me of that 'Simpsons' episode where Homer gets accused of sexual harass...

...ment & the whole nation goes absolutely f**king hysterical about it.



I think that even if Imus was a loudmouth, CBS should not have fired him just to appease the black racists, and anyone who feels the same ought to boycott CBS, which apparantly stands for "Cowering to Black Special-interests".