... is done.
(I even posted the link from Fox News for Ryan, since sometimes I think that's all he can tolerate.)
Commentary please? I'll lead off: Even though this outcome doesn't exactly surprise me -- and I didn't care for Imus' radio show to begin with -- I can't help but be a little concerned about the outcome.
Why? Not sure. Maybe it's like the bully who is finally brought down in the playground by the kid hero. And while the bully is on the floor bleeding, you can't help but feel a little sorry for him, right?
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i like to kick the bully in the head. then call his mother. then relieve myself on said bully while talking to his mom. when the bully is on tv they get what the public demands. i remember a story from a young erik about another broadcaster saying "look at that monk** run" people say stupid things. people in the public eye sometimes say things they really believe. they sometimes say things intended for their internal monologue.
regardless of intent bad things were said. i am guilty of saying terrible things, but i don't have a national forum... ok i have this blog, which if people other than us read it , could be a national forum. this man is in the publc eye crossed a line and now must pay the price. we are all responsible for our actions. being on tv does not exclude him from that responsibility.
I do agree with LMS (which does not at all sound like "Lamaze" when you say it like that).
Imus has made a career of saying some of the most offensive things to ever appear on radio. I guess in the end, it finally caught up with him.
I'm torn...
On the one hand, it is good to see that people can still be held accountable for the things they say, rather than hiding behind free speech and thinking that absolves them of consequence.
On the other hand, while I see good reason for PMSNBC dropping him, I think that cancelling his radio show was more a PR stunt than a true market move. Don Imus is still an advertising market, and while a few advertisers dropped out, there would be plenty to take their place.
All in all, he's a shock jock now, so maybe satellite radio is the way to go for him at this point.
I don't listen to Imus, so it would be ridiculous for me to say that I demand him off the radio, or that he should be kept on. It doesn't matter to me. That ultimately is the problem here. Let the listeners change the station, rather than telling them what they can or can't listen to.
I do agree with LMS. Bullies need their butts kicked every once in a while.
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