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April 7, 2007
Networks Condemn Remarks by Imus

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MSNBC, which simulcasts Mr. Imus’s show on cable television, issued an apology, noting that the program is not a production of the network; NBC, its parent company, called the comments “deplorable.”

CBS Radio, which syndicates the radio show, was sorry as well: “We are disappointed by Imus’s actions earlier this week which we find completely inappropriate,” the company said in a statement. “We fully agree that a sincere apology was called for and will continue to monitor the program’s content going forward.”

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But even with Mr. Imus’s success, his comments gave NBC executives pause. “We take this matter very seriously,” said Allison Gollust, senior vice president for news communications at NBC. “We find the comments to be deplorable, and we are continuing to review the situation.”

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But for Bryan Monroe, the president of the National Association of Black Journalists and the editor of Ebony and Jet magazines, Mr. Imus’s apology was not enough and called on journalists to boycott the show. “It was stunning, insulting and unbelievable that he went there,” Mr. Monroe said. “But his apology was too little, too late. No matter how contrite, his words hurt so many so deeply that after 40 years in the radio business, it is time for him to go.”

For the time being, though, the apology seemed to be sufficient.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/arts/television/07imus.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1175950919-D8nePZyOiBKo894uhC03CQ

Sufficient to whom, I wonder?