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Posted: 8/14/2007 6:53:43 AM EDT
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story inbound, bad connection. **Exclusive** Radio host Don Imus has agreed to settle with CBS for $20 million, and a non disparaging clause, legal sources claim. The move opens the possibility Imus will soon return to the airwaves -- on WABC in New York! Developing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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I hate what was done to him more. |
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Can't be racist and tell everyone. Keep it to yer self like Howard Cossell. |
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+1 Not a big fan but what happened to him was not right. |
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not more then I do........however, he had a clause in his contract that gave him protection in the exact case of him saying something "un-pc"....his employers violated it and fired him on the spot. He deserves the money. |
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really?? didn't know that............... now i can't wait to see the article....... |
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Jimmy and Howard didn't exactly keep it to themselves. Otherwise we wouldn't know about them. [Howard] "Look at the little monkey run." [/Howard] |
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I was looking forward to NOT hearing his voice anymore......... now he'll be in the news for another couple weeks........
great............ |
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I've heard you say "nappy headed ho" a dozen times and it doesn't have the impact that Imus had. Stay in school. |
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Good for Imus!
I hope this teaches everyone involved a very good lesson. |
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He sucks but what he said was free speech. It was stupid, but he's a doddering old "shock jock" so we should expect this from him. |
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+1 |
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true........ but not when yer employed by a big ass company named CBS......... |
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First amendment rights do not apply to CBS...? |
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you're kidding right? |
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Not wrongly fired for following his contract. |
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Word. |
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The First is protection from the government and does not apply here.
What applies is the part of his contract stating he was supposed to be controversial, and was then fired for it. FWIW, the 1st really doesn't apply to radio being protected by the .gov anyway. It's called the FCC |
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Not an Imus fan, but what he said was made 'main stream lingo' by the very people who cried foul when he said it.
I'm glad he's getting the money in the end, but everyone involved was wrong on some level. Some more wrong than others. The hypocritical race-baiting schmucks Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton can kiss my voluptuous ghetto-booty-licious badonkadonk. eta: The only people I feel bad for in the whole thing is the actual ladies on the bball team. They didn't ask to be mocked, they didn't ask to be in the public eye, and it wasn't fair of Imus to go after them like that. Yeah, he had the right to do it, but he shouldn't have. JMO. |
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They do now! Good for Imus! I'm not a fan, but I'm glad to see the PC crew getting one right in the chops! |
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Amazing how a WORD can make the world react. Im not a fan of the guy but this shit about so called racism needs to end. This is America. Freedom of speech is part of that. I say it once in awhile to the ones the ACT like one. I like black people just not there brothers that think they can be a thug and treat others like shit. Call me cracker I dont care, my mommy said sticks and stone might break my bones but WORDS will never hurt me. PEACE OUT.
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Once again, scumbags win and the nice guys get left out. Hey E22Capt, just kidding around. Honest. Please don't hurt me. |
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nothing to do with 1st amendment rights....... CBS is a company that takes advertising money from many different folks and they own many different companies. When yer in the public eye you can't say those things. Is it right?? Prolly not, but I believe he should have been fired.........but now that i hear about his contract stating he was allowed to say poli-incorrect things.........well then he should get his money....... |
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I used to listen to his show in the mornings when I lived in Johnson City (not much talk radio to choose from out there) and I thought the show was decent. I'm glad CBS is going to write a big check since they are such spineless pussies.
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This will have Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton spinning in their graves......
What?? They're not dead yet?? Shit I knew that dream I had last night was too good to be true.... |
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It really irks me that over the years I've seen some 'voluptuous ghetto-booty-licious badonkadonks' and didn't realize it. |
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Amen Sista! |
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Here's a challenge:
To the folks accusing Imus, Cosell, and Jimmy "The Greek" of being racists, show some evidence. Their comments weren't politically correct, but they were certainly not racist. roy d...but go ahead and enlighten me. |
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And to think all these years you've just been calling them 'butts' or 'asses.' You're enlightened now. |
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Yay for Imus! You ole sack o' bones!
Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrunkissssssss!!!!!!! |
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I wish I could spew a bunch of racist language and get paid 20 mil.
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He didn't spew ANY racist language. Knappy describes a type of hair. I've seen white people with knappy hair. I know white ho's to. How's that racist? |
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Common sense holds little ground when emotions have been charged after years of indoctrination by the media and schools. But I applaud your effort. |
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You can say whatever you want about what he said and interpet it literally all day long. But when someone says "knappy headed 'ho" they think of a black women. Say whatever you want bro......beat yer head against that wall......but it's the truth. |
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How do you know what someone else thinks? I'll answer for you: You don't. You're just assuming because that's how you perceive things. |
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