Imus Fired

[RonC]

from cbs/fan. amazing

[jkim05]

didn't think it would happen.

[Wasch_24]

Wow. That is pretty unbelieveable.

[CWS]

I guess he lost too many sponsers. Stupid.

[tobby4]

stupid.. but whatever

[RonC]

although i disagreed with him politically, he was entertaining. i listened to him every morning on the way to work. radio is going to get real boring because of this.

[waterboy]

As I understand it, they just dropped the T.V. simulcast of his radio show. I thought he still has his radio show, although he has been suspended for a couple of weeks. Am I in the dark on this?:dunno:

[ATCDub]

MSNBC did the simulcast of the CBS radio broadcast. MSNBC initially suspended for 2 weeks then CBS followed. Sponsors started dropping like a bad habit. MSNBC decided to no longer carry the simulcast (Fired) then today CBS radio gave him the axe.

[jwintosh]

ha! let's see if it has any implications on anyone else in the spot light who uses derogatory, defaming language. but, of course, lyrics are considered "freedom of speech."

Imus is an idiot. he's also a scapegoat.

[Black Dog]

Pretty amazing. His remark was stupid but I think this is getting carried away.

[ATCDub]

The advertising sponsors are now telling both companies that they'll consider advertising with them again.

[Kingston]

In the free market, money talks.
Once you start losing money for your boss, it doesn't matter what you did or said.

[acaffey]

In the free market, money talks.
Once you start losing money for your boss, it doesn't matter what you did or said.

Yep. Someone will pick him up and people will still listen.

[kirscovitch]

who needs imus when you have mancow?

[Wasch_24]

In the free market, money talks.
Once you start losing money for your boss, it doesn't matter what you did or said.
Couldn't be more true.

[cvm4]

This guy is loaded anyway. It shouldn't have went down this way though.

[CWS]

I agree. This is just sad. I dont agree with what the guy said but the joking and jousting on the program has done much worse. Stern has said appreciably worse. This was a witch hunt of the worse kind where people let emotions run a guy off the air. Sad for this will have a ripple effect. A taste of power.

[Rich K]

Yeah, this is all kinds of blown out of proportion.

[justinphilly]

my 2 cents (well maybe a cent or 2 more.)

blown WAY out of proportion

If they were going to fire him, b.c they felt it was the "right" thing to do, thye should have done it from the start. But instead, they just suspended him, and set the suspension to start NEXT week! Basically saying, we have to do something, so here's what we are going to do.. Then, all the advertisers said they were dropping the show, so the Pigs did the financially smart thing, and dropped him.. I am so flucking sick of this sh1t.. He didnt need to be fired, and now the bullsh1t Al Sharptons of the world think they got their way.. f him! and f every bigot like him.. The remarks he has made are far worse then anything Imus said.. Imus makes rude comments about everyone, but as soon as you say something about a black person, the world has to end!

sorry to rant, but i am truly pissed.. i never listned to imus, dont care about him, his show, his fans or his opinions.. The firing of him is bullsh1t!

but, he'll be on satelite soon, and he will bring the 25-30 millions dollars he brougth CBS radio per year with him..

and please dont let me see the coach of Rutgers talking about deplorable, despicable, and whatever word she learned from her thesaurus this afternoon anymore..

chill out people.

rant off, sorry.

[cvm4]

If anything, this takes away "freedom of speech." The rappers should have been on his side, if anything than to protect their freedom of speech. Sounds like everyone wanted them to be next.

[RonC]

the world caves in too Sharpton again.

[Kingston]

If anything, this takes away "freedom of speech." The rappers should have been on his side, if anything than to protect their freedom of speech. Sounds like everyone wanted them to be next.
Why should CBS be subsidizing his free speech if it costs them money?
It's their air, and they can (and should) do what they want.
I don't think this has changed free speech much, people get fired all the time for saying inappropriate things that cost businesses money.
People didn't approve of what he said and they did what people do in a free market. They voted with their feet (and mouths).

The rappers are just fine, they make their bosses money and probably will continue.

[justinphilly]

what angers me is that now CBS and MSNBC come off looking like they:

-caved to sharpton and everyone else crying for the firing
-did the right thing
-are the good guys

When i actuality they are NOT the good guys, they did NOT do the right thing.. They caved into the idea that they were going to lose money.. While Imus was on the air angering other races, religions, genders, and creeds, they acted as though nothing was wrong.. But as soon as sponsors threaten to take the almighty dollar away, they crack.

speaking of crack, now sharpton thinks he has another victory under his bigoted belt.

[Kingston]

When i actuality they are NOT the good guys, they did NOT do the right thing.. They caved into the idea that they were going to lose money.. While Imus was on the air angering other races, religions, genders, and creeds, they acted as though nothing was wrong.. But as soon as sponsors threaten to take the almighty dollar away, they crack.

speaking of crack, now sharpton thinks he has another victory under his bigoted belt.
They are the good guys. They did make the right decision.
The sooner this thing goes away, the better for them. They made it go away.
If I was a CBS shareholder (or Viacom or whatever) I'd be pretty happy right now. They absolutely did the the right business decision.
No sponsors = no money = wasted air.
CBS is not in the morality/ethics game.
They're in the selling advertising game. All the major commercial media are in the advertising/sponsor game. They're trying to get viewers/listeners so they can sell ads. Any other agenda (duty to report the news, "doing the right thing", etc) is secondary.
I'm not trying to be a smart-ass or anything, it just surprises me that people are surprised by this.

[CWS]

They are the good guys. They did make the right decision.
The sooner this thing goes away, the better for them. They made it go away.
If I was a CBS shareholder (or Viacom or whatever) I'd be pretty happy right now. They absolutely did the the right business decision.
No sponsors = no money = wasted air.
CBS is not in the morality/ethics game.
They're in the selling advertising game. All the major commercial media are in the advertising/sponsor game. They're trying to get viewers/listeners so they can sell ads. Any other agenda (duty to report the news, "doing the right thing", etc) is secondary.
I'm not trying to be a smart-ass or anything, it just surprises me that people are surprised by this.

Actually it was the sponsors that caved first and CBS MSNBC followed. The issue is taking a dumb statement and allowing a group to expand it beyond the realm of reality until executives become uncomfortable and make severe changes. Next they will be calling for him to be jailed for a hate crime.

[RonC]

what pisses me off is they caved in to sharpton. this is the guy who invented the Tawana Brawley case. when the hell is somebody going to ban Sharpton from speaking in public.

[williegstyles]

Let's not forget that if it were NOT for the media bringing this to the forefront of the mass majority of the american population we would NOT be having this conversation. Nor would the Rutgers orginization even know that the comments existed. Keep in mind that MOST of the people that listen to Imus' broadcast share in his views and find his topics to be entertaining. Personally, I had never even heard of Imus until this all surfaced.

[cvm4]

Why should CBS be subsidizing his free speech if it costs them money?
It's their air, and they can (and should) do what they want.
I don't think this has changed free speech much, people get fired all the time for saying inappropriate things that cost businesses money.
People didn't approve of what he said and they did what people do in a free market. They voted with their feet (and mouths).

The rappers are just fine, they make their bosses money and probably will continue.

Because that's what they hired him to do. They knew full and well what business he was in and what his title is, which is a shock jock. It should be no surprise to them if his words upset the sponsors. The rappers might be next considering their vile/derogatory language toward women. Of course all this could be swept under the rug now that someone took the blame.

[Kingston]

If being a good shock jock was easy, everybody would do it. The good ones get all the shock, while keeping sponsors.

[cvm4]

Until they say something too shocking and then get fired :scratchhe

[Kingston]

Until they say something too shocking and then get fired :scratchhe
That's why I said it wasn't easy.

On another note, I know everybody calls him a shock-jock, and he may have been 30 years ago when he started. But nowadays he seems pretty tame.
Could the outrage that came from this be because people see him as more of a mainstream radio guy rather than say Howard Stern?
People expect Howard Stern to say offensive things and give him a pass because of it, maybe Don Imus no longer has that reputation.

[CWS]

That's why I said it wasn't easy.

On another note, I know everybody calls him a shock-jock, and he may have been 30 years ago when he started. But nowadays he seems pretty tame.
Could the outrage that came from this be because people see him as more of a mainstream radio guy rather than say Howard Stern?
People expect Howard Stern to say offensive things and give him a pass because of it, maybe Don Imus no longer has that reputation.

Very good point.

[tobby4]

Here is A Great Article concerning this issue, and he brings up many of the points that many of us feel and believe in...


http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html


Oh and he is African American..

[N8NOE]

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=13143

Also Look Here:
http://www.peopleagainstcensorship.com/

Bout' time people start waking up!...