I'll make a prediction that Imus will not be back

[madokie]

I don't watch him myself cause he just pisses me off everytime I try so good by donnie boy

[bigdarryl]

1. You might be right

[madokie]

2. actually thats what my wife had just said to me and I agreed with her

[Jim Warren]

3. Probably got enough dough salted away

from skim on the kid thing ranch fundraising thing.

You know that shit with his brother is a scam.

[MADem]

4. I will take the opposing view. His suspension does not start until the 16th.

He's got a whole week to do damage control.

[madokie]

6. the question then is is he up to it, I don't think he is

but thats just me a person who doesn't watch his show

[MADem]

17. Well, they just announced that MSNBC is dumping the guy.

CBS is sticking with the suspension. So far, anyway.

[americanstranger]

9. I predict that McGuirk is out of there.

Gotta throw somebody under the bus. Having said that, it will be the easiest way for Imus to change the tone of the show (if he's serious about that).

McGuirk's a hater. I'll bet they give him lovely parting gifts (a 'package' in radio parlance) and send him on his way.

- as

[MADem]

10. All they have to do with McGurk is take him off the air, not fire him

Just pull the camera out of WFAN, and do all the filming at MSNBC. He actually does producing work--that crap he does with Mayor Nagin and the Catholic Fedex Bishop is just a sideline. A rather vicious sideline, but a sideline nonetheless. It's not his main gig.

[Big Pappa]

Wow 10 Imus threads at once

n/t

[Big Pappa]

5. Wow 10 Imus threads at once

n/t

[catmandu57]

7. I think he'll take the suspension

and keep a cork on his mouth for a while, then he'll say something as equally stupid. The fool can't keep from it, this is about the fourth time he's done something like this. I'd like to see him gone, I think they'll find someone just as odius to keep them in the race to the bottom, if they do cut him loose.

[madokie]

8. I guess two weeks will let the stinch clear somewhat

but he's getting old and not much fight left for this or it seems to me anyway

[MADem]

11. Whaddaya wanna bet he gets a ratings bump when he comes back?

The guy is no stranger to controversy.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. One effective punishment for donnie boy would be to make

him watch his show several times a day so that he could see how flawed it is, both in intelligence matters and emotional maturity.

[Rex]

13. Same here, heard him a few times. I think he is history.

Not that it will keep him away from the media, maybe less like Novak. A bane to be around.

[peacetalksforall]

14. His contract is probably so complex that they couldn't fire him

today.

We haven't heard a thing about the FCC part in this.

I notice that NMC DOES NOT play the part about them calling the KY (white) girls cute and the reference to jigaboos and wannabees.

I'm OK in talking about this because it's politics. GE Microsoft WH politics.

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. I think you're right. He's 66 and why the hell does he need a job anyway?

He's made his fortune. He'll walk away, sooner than later.

[peacetalksforall]

16. Take a look at this article from seven years ago - same subject

" ,,,people of color, gay men and lesbians ..."

"Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry?

3/1/00

If you're concerned about bigotry on the syndicated radio show Imus in the Morning, you should just "get over it."

That's what the show's star, Don Imus, told journalist Jeff Greenfield on CNN's Larry King Live last week (2/24/00). Greenfield was questioning Imus about recent columns in two prominent newspapers that documented a pattern of slurs by Imus and his on-air sidekicks against people of color, gay men and lesbians (Boston Globe, 2/23/00; Newsday, 2/22/00--see below).

Imus himself has referred to one African-American journalist as "a cleaning lady," another as a "quota hire," and tennis player Amelie Mauresmo as "a big old lesbo." Imus taunted another reporter as a "beanie-wearing little Jewboy," called a disabled colleague "the cripple," and has said that he picked one of his producers to do "nigger jokes" (60 Minutes, 7/19/98).

National politicians and beltway journalists have brought the Imus in the Morning show to nationwide prominence--the show is now carried by cable network MSNBC--by making Imus a regular stop on their media rounds."
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From Fainess and Accuracy in Reporting

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1751