Bye bye Imus

[Loopy]

Serves you right you disrespectful jackass.

[nazokage]

its actully obvious that the real reason behind kicking him out is so there will be less attention on the war as other people on tv say stuff like that all the time without a wim from anyone he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time , i dont agree with what he said , but it is ironic that what he probally meant is that they were some tough women, i have never listened/watched his show at all and i am not really intrested in his show at all but i do like that he runs a ranch where sick kids can hang out and have fun, i do think that the media put too much attention on what happened, i mean like i said you hear stuff like that all the time on tv espcially on music channels like the all black music channel bet, an intresting double standerd isent it?

[Asmodai]

It's a pretty big hypocrisy.

[Saburo]

Agreed, this is patchwork damage control on the part of MSNBC.

He is what he is, and has been saying this kind of stuff pretty much all his career.  Why can him now?

[Baron American]

Imus hasn't been relevant to radio or any other medium in over twenty years.  In fact, he's been the punchline for Howard Stern's show since the late 80's and that's been the width of his contribution since.  I can't believe anything he said, regardless of how supposedly racist or sexist it was, has been given so much weight.

Still, I don't see the point in firing him just because of an ill-received comment.  If anything this goes to show that despite how many times you apologize, you won't necessarily be forgiven.

[arun.yothin]

It doesn't matter how long Imus(Or anyone like this) has been saying stuff like this. He got called out on it. The big thing here is money, morals ain't shit. Some big companies pulled sponsorship because of all this and MSNBC(That's the company right?) doesn't want to lose money. If someone is messing with your business, don't keep them around.

[Shin Asuka]

Well he was going to get fired after those comments but it was way too early, CBS could've waited those 2 weeks. I bet Imus is going to go Sat Radio now since people do like him

[mckool]

Mr. Imus should understand that it's not the '50s/'60s/70's anymore; with the on-going population and shifts of 'power' in job positions/etc of 'minorities' like that of African Americans, surely comments like that totally be OUT-OF-LINE in 2007...HE SHOULD KNOW 

this might serve as a very timely and appropriate WAKE-UP CALL for those aging generations of offspring from the "old-world-European immigrant-turned-'Americans'" (esp. these exact men in power hierarchy); and you know how 'many' there are in the 'offices' around this country....      

[claymore]

http://www.kxmb.com/getARticle.asp?ArticleId=114929 nothing more needs to be said.

[arun.yothin]

The changes in society won't affect people's ignorant views so much. As long as there is something to reinforce what they think, they'll keep thinking it. It doesn't matter how many people break a stereotype, they're just considered "excepts to the rule". As for Imus and people like him, they know exactly what they're saying. He knows that what he says makes people angry, that's why he does it, and that's why there are people who like him.

As for Sharpton and Jackson, a lot of people know that they've done dirt. But when stuff regarding prejudice against Blacks comes up and they have a chance to be on TV, they'll jump on it. When people who are also against the prejudice want to be heard, they'll call those two.

Sharpton isn't a good representative for racial equality, but I think saying that he makes David Duke look like Papa Smurf is too much.

[kaminokami2086]

I find it funny that these civil rights leaders who preach equality for ALL only protect minorities. I remember a guy on CSPAN saying the way to solve poverty was to exterminate all white people. Where were Sharpton and Jackson then?

[claymore]

I agree the David Duke look like Papa Smurf line was ridiculous. I guess the writer thought he was on a roll so he decided to say that. I think that what Imus said was wrong but the media's reaction to it is and was crazy. I hope that the media attention on this will die down soon.

[arun.yothin]

The media's reaction is almost always crazy. I hadn't heard anything for a little while because of the shooting, but then there was something about some other guy connected to him, but I didn't hear the details. I don't think there will be much talk until something big happens, like going to satellite radio.

[Sexykago]

I do think it's a bit unfair. They do say some of the same such stuff in rap music and stuff.
And I don't like Al Sharpton either. But yeah the whole smurf comment thingy was just silly.
If anyone can be compared to David Duke it's Kamau Kambon.

[trueinnuendo]

I'm sorry but I happened to know Imus only when he was fired. I guess he's not that famous here in Asia.

Is he on the same league as Howard Stern? (not the one who frequents Bahamas)

[arun.yothin]

lol I'm not all that familiar with Imus either. I only know who he is because of Howard Stern's movie.

There's always been a lot of Black people against ignorant comments in rap, but there's been more talk about it because of this. There was some conference or something with some big names talking about how we need to fix it. I heard a lot of people on some radio shows(One was Michael Baisden's show) talking about how we gotta stop. My only thing with all this is that is it's just a lot of talk.

I'm not saying a change wouldn't make things better, it's just that it's not something I see happening anytime soon.

[zlchn]

I find it funny that these civil rights leaders who preach equality for ALL only protect minorities. I remember a guy on CSPAN saying the way to solve poverty was to exterminate all white people. Where were Sharpton and Jackson then?

I agree civil rights leader preach equality for all. There seems to be a  double standard in this country. Both Sharpton and Jackson have made remarks about others and there wasn't a big outrage over it.

just an observation.