Poor Imus

[question everything]

Had he made those comments this week, no one would dedicate so much news time that CBS would be forced to fire him.

Timing is everything.

[Redstone]

1. Actually, I think I understand your point. As a commentary on how the new business works

in this country these days, your post makes a damn good point.

Redstone

[doc03]

2. I doubt it would have ever been reported, the MSM

can only focus on one story at a time. They will talk about the VT shootings until you are ready to pull your hair out and you actually hope for something else to happen to get them off the subject. Has Geraldo made it there yet?

[Phredicles]

4. One story at a time is exactly right. Even NPR's "All Things

Considered" barely mentioned the Gonzalez hearing today at all - it's still all about Virginia Tech, you see.

[Colobo]

8. They mentioned Gonzalez and PBA

I was listening today...

[question everything]

6. And this is true for both the regular networks

with their 22 min (or so) news programs, and the 24-hr cable.

One would have thought that 24 hours can give time to cover every thing.

[sandnsea]

3. He wouldn't have said that this week

He would have recognized the country was in a state of shock and mourning and that it wasn't the time for McGuirk to get together some "n***** jokes."

Or, he would have realized the nation was in the mood for some really edgy fucking psycho freak jokes - and told those instead.

Gads. What an idiotic thread.

[Lex]

5. 9/11 knocked the sick obsession with Gary Condit

and missing Shandra Levy right off the tv forevermore.

Just sayin'.

[grateful581]

7. the Imus story would be nothing

i don't like what Imus said but I still believe that he was

[Berry Cool]

9. If you really believe that

you have no idea what he did to the people at MSNBC.

[xultar]

11. I love how white people seem to think people insulting black people is no biggie.

[question everything]

14. Or men (Limpy) insulting women? (nt)

[Breeze54]

12. He fucked himself...over and over and over again!

He's a 'has been' and an asshat, hateful, spewer!

Get over it!

[Breeze54]

10. He made many of those comments over 30 yrs!! Time to go!

Tough shit! Tough nougies!

The last straw broke the camels back. He played. He payed.

He got rich. Fuck him!!

Next??

[KharmaTrain]

13. He's Gotta Be Going Through Withdrawls

At one time in my "career", I was fired from a talk radio job...it was like losing a right arm. For years I had prepared...always thinking about the topics I would be doing on the next show...then all of a sudden...poof...it's gone and it's like the world has fallen out. You have all these things to say and no place to say them. Soon, people who used to be your friends cause you were the "radio star" no longer recognize you and then your old business friends and contacts stop returning your calls. It can be a cold, hard reality.

I agree, had Imus said the shit he did this week, while it would have gotten some local notice (I can't imagine someone from Rutgers wouldn't have heard the crack), but it would have been buried under all the other news happening. However, I don't think the crack would have gone without some kind of controversy. He attacked down...slandered people who weren't in the public eye and did so in a very vile way. It wasn't what he said that got him fired, it was the way he handled his so-called "appology".