Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: NABJ Says Keep Imus Off the Air
Richard Prince
July 18, 2007
Speculation Mounts That Shock Jock Will Return
As speculation mounts that Don Imus will return to the airwaves after his ouster in April for racist and sexist remarks, the National Association of Black Journalists, the first organization to call for his removal three months ago, says no way.
"NABJ and America applauded in April the decision of national broadcasters to remove his language from the national airwaves. We would hope that, just a few months later, they would not substitute a desire to cash in for the need to stand by their convictions," NABJ President Bryan Monroe told Journal-isms on Wednesday.
The stance puts NABJ at odds with Imus' most visible opponent during the controversy, the Rev. Al Sharpton, who told Radaronline.com, "My position is that we never called for him to be permanently barred from being on the air. We'll see when he comes back, and if he comes back, what are the boundaries and what is the understanding. We'll be monitoring the situation, but we wanted him to pay for being a repeat abuser, and he paid. We never said we didn't want him to make a living," according to Mike Boyle, writing on Wednesday in Radio & Records.
As reported on July 2, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio would not confirm or deny a report in the New York Post that Imus might return to CBS-owned WFAN Radio in New York....
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