Imus Is "Fired Altogether"

[Stephanie]

I just heard it tonight from a completly reliable source, someone who is personally involved in the discussions. I can't tell you who said it, but trust me on this one, it's over for Imus. Mark my words.

[KingFlorez]

1. Good

[madokie]

2. one down now many more need to follow

[City Lights]

6. Bingo!

:thumbsup:

[NormanYorkstein]

23. who next? I'm just getting started ...

.

[The Stranger]

55. Next should be that Arch Bigot Glen Beck.

[Harper_is_Bush]

3. So why not Rush or Bill for the hatred they've spewed? Seems like a double standard here....

..it's as if you have to be a declared spreader of intollerance and hatred in order to be accepted.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Bingo!

Imus wasn't my fave - but he wasn't anywhere in the same universe as OxyRush et al.

[peacetalksforall]

15. You can't sweep it all in a week. First one room, then the next.

[Cha]

24. Don't worry about it.. they're in

our cross-hairs..Jeeze.

[Harper_is_Bush]

81. In your opinion, was Imus a right-winger? nt

[WinkyDink]

59. One must start somewhere, no?

[Sequoia]

62. Let's all call them up and say..."Maybe you should be afraid that you'll be next."

That word, "afraid" will really get them bent out of shape.

[Canuckistanian]

As in canned from the radio show as well?

Gee, almost nobody gets canned from a radio show unless it's..... whatever the station manager feels at the moment.

[Stephanie]

14. "Fired altogether" is the direct quote.

So I took that as meaning the radio show too.

[Missy M]

22. It makes sense that CBS radio wouldn't want to keep him.....

I'm sure they would be losing their advertisers, at least I hope they would. One less destructive media personality spewing hate.

[MannyGoldstein]

Marvelous. Simply Fucking Marvelous.

Guy fucks up, apologizes profusely, helps kids with awful illnesses... and gets destroyed.

How totally awesome.

[Horse with no Name]

10. Sometimes saying I am sorry just isn't enough

This is one of those times.

[Stephanie]

13. It's not the first time he's made remarks like this.

This one's a long time coming.

[MannyGoldstein]

18. Probation Would Have Been Plenty

I suspect that he'd have been a forceful advocate for doing the right thing.

Look, unless it's a snowjob, the guy uses a lot of his income to help seriously-ill children to a wonderful experience. Anyone who does that has a warm heart within - unlike, say, OxyRush. Where there is a heart, there can be redemption - and it would be better for all.

[Cha]

30. Keith Olbermann who knows

him well, evidently, says "it's been a disaster waiting to happen and it's happened".

Giving to charity does not give anyone, even imus, the license to spew hateful racial and sexist slurs over our airwaves.

This is a victory for the anti-hatemongers and a heads up for coulter, limpbaughs, ad nauseum.

[havocmom]

41. Is that SINCE the IRS climbed his frame for abusing 'the ranch' write off a few years ago?

He got into some trouble about his 'charity ranch' not really living up to the requirements a few years ago.

Edited for a couple links for starters
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/11897.html

http://trentstamp.blogspot.com/2005/03/tale-of-two-sectors-imus-style.html

[KAZ]

16. A link for Manny.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/04/don-imus-show-calls-posts-howie-kurtz.html

Good stuff, uh?

[MannyGoldstein]

20. And He Should Have Been Called On Those

But he wasn't.

I'm not defending his behavior. However, unlike folks like OxyRush and Billo, Imus has put a few Karma points in the bank - I think that it should count. It would be better for us and better for him.

[Stephanie]

21. here's another one >

Rosenberg's comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team are reminiscent of his June 2001 remarks about tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams: "One time, a friend, he says to me, 'Listen, one of these days you're gonna see Venus and Serena Williams in Playboy,'" Rosenberg said, according to a November 20, 2001, Newsday article. "I said, 'You've got a better shot at National Geographic.'" Rosenberg also referred to Venus Williams as an "animal."

http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10247

[NormanYorkstein]

27. how has he been able to stay on so long?

He's slurred Jews on numerous occasions too and everybody else.

[KAZ]

36. Karma points. n/t

[peacetalksforall]

17. What he does with the kids is because of his wife. And probably

for taxes. With other side benefits.

I feel bad that he has a split personality which was quite evident. One half of him is an abuser and bigot. Address that half.

[Forkboy]

61. Guys fucks up repeatedly....apologizes only when called on it....

depends on people letting him hide behind the good things he does to get away with repeated fuck ups....finally people get sick of said repeated fuckups...and gets destroyed.

How totally awesome is right.

[Morgana LaFey]

77. Yeah, it's really easy for those who have never been

discriminated against for their blackness or their femaleness see what a wonderful person Imus is.

He's apologized before and it apparently meant nothing. He's made promises to clean up his act before and it definitely meant nothing.

Sometimes enough is enough, ya know? I don't think that kind of talk belongs anywhere in polite society or in public. It's long PAST time in my book that he get the boot. Long past time.

[Malikshah]

80. "Imus is fired" ... Oh. Sorry, surely you weren't requesting that we repeat

what you say...;)

[Missy M]

4. Best news I've heard in a long time!!!

[ShockediSay]

5. Who needs

insolence for entertainment, or for that matter total dissing of others.

I'm sure he's got a comfortable retirement nest egg socked away, unlike the majority of Americans whom he disses regularly.

Besides, he belongs on satellite .

Defamation is defamation, and I will always shun his sponsors.

[skooooo]

7. delete

[roamer65]

9. Stern said he'd be gone by Friday.

Sounds like Howard is dead-on correct.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Are you saying CBS radio too? n/t

[Cha]

25. That's what I'm asking, also. Does this mean cbs

is firing him, too?

[Stephanie]

29. the exact quote is "fired altogether"

and I took that to mean the radio show too.

[Cha]

33. Thanks, Steph!

Cause I had just read this..
Snip~
"The decision does not affect Imus’ nationally syndicated radio show, and the ultimate decision on the fate of that program will rest with executives at CBS Corp. In a statement, CBS reiterated that Imus will be suspended without pay for two weeks beginning on Monday, and that CBS Radio “will continue to speak with all concerned parties and monitor the situation closely.”


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17999196

[Stephanie]

49. yes well one of the concerned parties says he's toast

so I expect we'll hear the news soon.

[peacetalksforall]

12. I hope this is a milestone turn around.

[Stephanie]

19. I hope so too.

And I believe it will be. There's no place for bigots in modern American society. Almost everyone understands that.

[Cha]

35. Almost..

:(

[Forkboy]

63. It's a step.

[Rene]

26. Not Good. Imus had bush and cheney's number and called them on their criminal

actions regularly. THAT's why there's heavy pressure to fire him. Everyone knows what his show is all about.... he's been ranking on all people for 30+ years. He criticized Msnbc management in the past tnd they're trying revenge. I can boycott MSNBC entirely if they've fired him.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

28. Since The Odds Are Probably 99% In Favor Of Gone, I'd Say That's A Pretty Easy Prediction For Anyone

to make. Not sure someone has to be part of direct discussions to put that opinion forth. It would seem fairly obvious to just about anyone I'd think, that Imus is basically done.

[Stephanie]

31. Go play with your toy race cars, Ralph.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. Ummmmm, Go Play With Your Barbies Gertrude?

[Stephanie]

34. good one!

[KharmaTrain]

37. I've Heard Different

In fact, I have yet to hear one of his radio stations cancel the show. Most of these stations aren't owned by CBS and none have even hinted at getting rid of a show that makes them money. Most are just hoping this mess goes away.

[Stephanie]

38. I heard it from a Very Reliable Source

And in a room full of people, many of them important people. I stand by my post.

[merh]

39. I trust you

and stand by you as you stand by your post.

Hopefully the firing of Imus will lead to other talking heads being held accountable for their racist/sexist trash talk, even if they are money makers.

:hi:

[Stephanie]

44. thank you

I have no doubt you will hear this news very soon, possibly tomorrow. Many people were in the room during the announcement, I almost felt that it was okay to post the source, but then the person mentioned that they had to attend a meeting later where they would have to keep quiet, so I thought I should too.

How are you doing, friend? :hi: I have to tell you this person also had a lot say about New Orleans tonight. How there were 100,000 Democratic votes in NoLa, but by shutting black people out of the city and not providing funds for them to return to the city, the GOP has given themselves the advantage in the next election. It's just sickening.

[merh]

47. No need to give your source to me

I trust you.

And it is sickening, this group doesn't want to give up the power and they will take advantage of everything and everyone they can to disrupt the votes to try to regain congress and hold on to what they have. Affordable housing is almost non-existence here and rentals that exist are so expensive. Certain neighbors may never be rebuilt.

And many folks are just clueless, willing to trust their leaders.

I'm hanging in there, thanks for asking. :hug:

[merh]

75. :)

:hi:

;)

:hug:

[Melynn]

40. I believe you

The advertisers are pulling out on Imus. I'm sure it's the same on radio as it was on TV. He's gone.

[KharmaTrain]

42. I'll Believe It When I See Cancellations

The TV deal is one thing...the radio is another. As stated above, I have yet to see one Imus radio station cancel his show...an indication of affiliate and sponsor restlessness.

Stand by your post and I hope you are correct, but from "reliable sources" I have (that have been reliable for many, many years), the fact is none of the 70 stations that carry his show have expressed any rsponsibility in airing his bile on their signals or that they want to cancel his show. None.

[Bluebear]

57. Hola? :)

[KharmaTrain]

76. That Was Posted Last Night at 10:30...

Looks like things changed in 24 hours. Methinks his cracks this morning about how he was "finished apologizing" was what cost him the radio gigs.

Cheers...

:hi:

[Stephanie]

78. Nope. It was already a done deal when I told you last night.

His comments this morning were after-the-fact. He was already toast.

[mtnsnake]

43. I feel so bad for him. After all, he was only making 10 million/year with that dumb show

Poor guy

[Beausoir]

45. I have no doubt about the validity of your claim. Stick a fork in that pig...he's done.

NBC was artful in their phrasing of his dismissal.

There is NO way for CBS to keep him on the payroll.

[Catherine Vincent]

46. um, Stephanie? You mean to tell me you hang out with important people?

Cool!

[Stephanie]

48. No such claim. But I happened to hear someone important speak tonight.

And that is what they said. I wasn't alone, a hundred people heard it with me.

[EFerrari]

50. Good. n/t

[blondeatlast]

51. YES. the tide has turned and about time. nt

[Colobo]

52. Good riddance.

[Stephanie]

53. *ahem*

cough cough :)

[Bluebear]

54. oh HELL yes!

[wicket]

58. Nice scoop Stephanie!!!

:yourock:

[Forkboy]

64. braggart!

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

65. You're awesome lady!

And funny! :thumbsup:

[TahitiNut]

68. You really should do something about that cough.

After all, your voice is essential. :silly:

[Beausoir]

72. Well done, Stephanie! Nice scoop.

[countryjake]

74. LOL! Throats are "clearing" all over the country, today!

Thanks for the scoop!

[WinkyDink]

56. AWESOME scoop!

[NNN0LHI]

60. When this CBS director called for him to be fired yesterday it was all over

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=629261&mesg_id=629261

NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-11-07 05:41 PM
Original message

Former NAACP head and current director of CBS Corp. says Imus must go

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-imus0411,0,497854.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Originally published April 11, 2007, 2:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK // Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said today the broadcasting company needs a "zero tolerance policy" on racism and hopes talk-show host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.

"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."

Gordon, a longtime telecommunications executive, stepped down in March after 19 months as head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the foremost U.S. civil rights organizations.

He said he had spoken with CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company, after reviewing the situation, would "make the smart decision" by firing Imus rather than letting him return to the air at the end of a two-week suspension beginning next Monday.

[senseandsensibility]

66. Okay, I'm still curious

Now that you're proven right (which I never doubted). Who told you?

[countryjake]

67. statement from CBS

Thursday, April 12, 2007

CBS TO CEASE BROADCASTING IMUS IN THE MORNING

CBS today announced its decision to cease broadcasting the Imus in the Morning radio program, effective immediately, on a permanent basis.

"From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that were made on our air about the young women who represented Rutgers University in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship with such class, energy and talent," said CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves, in announcing the decision. "Those who have spoken with us the last few days represent people of goodwill from all segments of our society - all races, economic groups, men and women alike. In our meetings with concerned groups, there has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society. That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision, as have the many emails, phone calls and personal discussions we have had with our colleagues across the CBS Corporation and our many other constituencies."
Imus in the Morning was carried on 61 stations across the United States and distributed over the Westwood One radio network. The cancellation of the program comes after statements Mr. Imus made about the young women who comprised the Rutgers University Women's Basketball team, which reached the finals of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship this spring.

Moonves concluded: "I want to thank all those who came to see us to express their views. We are now presented with a significant opportunity to expand on our record on issues of diversity, race and gender. We intend to seize that opportunity as we move forward together."

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

69. So something good WILL come out of this incident

More diversity on CBS and MSNBC programming. Very good news indeed. Can't wait to hear Imus reaction to this development.

[countryjake]

71. Interesting that both corps. stressed it was public concern that sparked...

their actions of dumping Imus, mentioning their employees & such, while in the background, the major sponsors were pulling out so fast, the pig banks must have been spinning.

I'd love to give credit for higher motives in these decisions by these mighty corporations, but it is, afterall, the MSM, where profit rules everything.

"When I look at it from my position as a director, where my responsibility is to represent the best interest of the shareholders, it's more complex," Gordon said. "But at the end of the day, the image of CBS is at risk. ... The ad revenue of CBS could be at risk."

CBS Director Hopes Imus Will Be Fired
April 11, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/11/ap3603964.html

[AspenRose]

70. It's a start.

And it's been long overdue....

[crispini]

73. Nice scoop!

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

79. Oh ye of little faith.

:thumbsup: