Thoughts on Imus

Posted on Apr 13, 2007 - 10:36am by MarkFu in Current Affairs

In the typical media feeding frenzy of overreaction, Don Imus is the Story of the Week. I would imagine Rosie is happy the spotlight is off her for a little while, but maybe not. She’ll say something over the top in a week or two. For my $0.02 worth…

•I don’t know any men who watch women’s basketball. Maybe girls college hoops are better the the WNBA.

•I’ve never listened to Imus, but he has been doing this kind of stuff for 30 years. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

•The
"reverends" Sharpton and Jackson are among the last people who should
be speaking out about this. Hello, Kettle? This is Pot. (Oh, no! Was
that racist innuendo? I better call Al and apologize on his radio show
and then fire myself). By the way, anyone I have ever heard of that had
their name preceded by "Rev", held the concept of forgiveness in high
regard. Not these hustlers.

•Other people who probably should speak out in defense of Imus would be rappers like Ludacris who has a song called "Ho". (Lyrics) Look out pimps, you might be next! Al and Jesse are all over that (yeah, right).

•I’ve
read Barack Obama and Ludacris are tight. If he is elected president
does that make him the Pimp-in-Chief and his wife "The First Ho"?
Ludacris would be in charge of the FCC under that administration.

•How ironic that Imus is a lefty lib. Imagine if some guy like Hannity or Rush said this. 30 years to life, minimum.

•Imus
probably could have gotten away with this is he picked on a celebrity,
(like Sharpie?) but he picked on some college girls who just won a
national college championship and had their moment on the national
stage hijacked by a mean-spirited old white guy.

•I wonder how
Imus’ posse, Sid Rosenberg and Bernard McGuirk are feeling in the
aftermath of Imus’s firings? McGuirk was the first to use the "ho"
smack and Imus jumped right in. When you read the transcript
though, you could see the context was talking about how tough the
Rutgers players were. They were referencing a Spike Lee movie! Words
and context both matter, but words matter more…and who says them.

•Imus
did seem sincere in his apology and the Rutgers team accepted his
apology as well. Come to think of it, he should have gone to them first
and bypassed Sharpton’s radio show instead.

•I predict after a
little contrition and more public suck ups, he will be on the air again
somewhere and his ratings will soar as will advertising revenue. And I
still wouldn’t listen him.

Dr. Jack Wheeler has an good take on the Imus story, the Brit hostages and Barack Obama in "Imus in Idaho".

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