Well they did it. First MSNBC suspended for two weeks, followed shortly by dismissal. Then the radio station in NewYork, WFAN, followed suit. The cable network and the radio station both succumbed to sponsor pressure which was initiated by the reverends Sharpton and Jackson. The reverends should feel proud for having leveraged a minority opinion into having dominance over a timid majority.
MSNBC now looks to Keith Olberman to be magnet program of its lineup. Good freaking luck, being lead by that loser isn't much better than having Jimmy Carter as your president. One thing is for sure, unless Imus comes back, I will NEVER watch MSNBC again.
A proportional punishment was deserved, temporary suspension, perhaps even FCC fines. At the time of this post a poll on the MSNBC site polled readers to answer the question "Did Don Imus deserve to be fired by CBS? ", 53% of respondents chose "The suspension was deserved, but firing him is an overreaction, 22% chose "No, the comment wasn't that big a deal", only 25% felt the firing was appropriate. That is 3 to 1 against firing.
Imus has fallen off the horse before, both literally and professionally. It is my hope that he finds another broadcast home and hammers both the industry and the black demagoguery till his retirement. He's just the man to do it.
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