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Imus gets the Axe
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Shortly after MSNC announced that they would no longer syndicate a TV feed of Imus In the Morning, CBS radio dropped him like a sack of bricks.

The furry is widespread. See my previous post about how a local radio DJ (and one that I grew up listening to) was fired for making a joke about the comments.

I’d like to turn your attention to an article by a black writer for the Kansas City Star.
Jason Whitlock wrote:

“In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?

I don’t listen or watch Imus’ show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it’s cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they’re suckers for pursuing education and that they’re selling out their race if they do?

When Imus does any of that, call me and I’ll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.”

It’s astonishing that these radio personalities would have so much power, that the use of these mere words [and they are just words. no matter how hateful or horrible] would steal away someone’s hopes and dreams.

Fred,
Well said. As I said on Marshall’s
show this morning, Sharpton and Jackson would have more credibility
if they took the approach of Bill Cosby, who basically said, “Yes,
there is still racism in society and we have to fight against it. But
we also have to get out own house in order.”

Lovingly written by Terry Cowgill on 13/04/2007