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Can we talk about Imus like adults?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by gingerbread, Apr 11, 2007.

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  1. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    Stringer on her third talk show in 30 minutes......this is making me sick.

    NBC will lose more advertisers/money by dumping Imus than they would have by keeping him on.

    What the hell are they going to put on in the morning? The best of.........
     
  2. boots

    boots New Member

    This just in.
    NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the “Imus in the Morning” radio program, responding to growing outrage over 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.
    The decision also was announced on air.
    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 network’s decision came after a growing list of sponsors — including American Express Co., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and General Motors Corp. — said they were pulling ads from Imus’ show for the indefinite future.
    But it did not end calls for Imus to be fired from the radio portion of his program. 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.
    Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said 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.”
     
  3. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    We stopped being a libertarian nation somewhere between the end of the civil War and the beginning of the Spanish American War.
     
  4. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    "He's violated our community"

    What in the hell?

    How many boosters of Rutgers are on staff at NAACP and CBS?
     
  5. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    And said by a man who's organization owns BET and MTV.
     
  6. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    Now wait a minute.......MTV and BET never put anything on that talks about "hos" and stuff, do they?

    madness......madness I tell you.
     
  7. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Hose?
    Hoze?
    Hohs?
    Ho's?

    Still trying to figure out a better-spelled version that reads the way it sounds.
     
  8. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    I am waiting on ruling if a white person can even use the term.
     
  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Shit, there are white (insert correct version of the term here), just like there are male whore dogs.

    "Frank, you're a whore dog!"
     
  10. boots

    boots New Member

    The end is near for Don.
     
  11. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    If only the end were near, for Al.
     
  12. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    Roker, Sharpton, Davis, or all 3.
     
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