MSNBC would never fire Imus, he is making too much money for them

[still_one]

They are milking this for as much publicity as possible. Two week suspension, B.S.

Imus, Limbuagh, O'Reilly, and those pollutors of PUBLIC AIR WAVES that have spewed racist, sexist,and outrageous comments thrive, because public empowers them by listening to their filth

Corporations will continue to exploit this as long as the public participates in this charade

An amazing thing happened when the Democrats decided to boycott fox hosting the Democratic debates. It is a start.

Wouldn't it be something if Democrats refused to appear on fox at all?

[AndyA]

1. Imus needs to clean up his act.

He needs to have his mouth washed out with Lifeboy soap, just like little Ralphie did on A Christmas Story.

And how about a hair cut? Imus looks like hell with that Rat's nest on his head.

Ugly outside and ugly inside.

[still_one]

2. I think the PUBLIC need to clean up THEIR act, and don't watch or listen to the crap /nt

[TahitiNut]

3. In a nation of 300 million people, nobody can tell me there isn't someone who could do the job ...

... better than Imus. I don't give a shit whether he "cleans up his act" or not ... he has no business being in broadcastng. The notion that he has some entitlement to continue is unadulterated horse shit - being peddled by those whose rice bowls are dipped in his gravy train.

[still_one]

5. How about Glen Beck for his statements about Muslims

How about O'Reilly or limbaugh for their racist and sexist comments?

What if people didn't listen to them, what would happen?

[TahitiNut]

8. When discussing Imus, Beck is irrelevant.

It's like kids saying "but Sally did it too!" Irrelevant. Separate topic.

We (particularly on DU) have recognized the corruption in the media of a long time. That's not the issue. The issue is the "opportunity" to clean up a small corner of it. Just like a dirty living room carpet is no reason for not vacuuming the bedroom, Glen Beck's (unarguable) bigotry is not relevant to dealing with Imus.

Yes, the media is overrun with corruption in service to the wealthy and keeping the "lower 90%" divided, distracted, and delusional.

Yes, Glen Beck is a hate-monger and bigot. So are many Faux Noise anchors.

That's a different subject.


Insofar as listening, I have Faux Noise blocked and have NEVER watched Glen Beck past the first time when it was clear he was a bigot. I have not watched or listened to Imus in over a decade ... and have no use whatsoever for people who use (derision of) other human beings as a means for their own ends.

I've said this several times before on DU and it bears repeating: It is fundamentally immoral to treat human beings as a means to an end rather than an end in themselves. This, I believe, is at the root of our major societal corruptions today.

[still_one]

9. I couldn't agree with you more. Incidently, but bringing up beck or others isn't irrelevent

it is all related to corporate profits or what is right

MSNBC is allowing imus to broadcast for three more days before suspending him. Is this a joke or what?

Unless the public TAKES back the public air wave nothing will happen. Bringing back standards, the fairness doctrine, and stopping the corporate monopolies of the media will turn it around.

The Democratic candidates are boycotting the fox hosted debates, and THAT IS SIGNIFICANT

If just the Democrats in this country stopped watching imus or the others it would have an impact

Incidently, I don't watch or listen to any of them

[stirlingsliver]

4. Exactly.

$$$Money Talk$

And, as long as Imus is generating MONEY for MSNBC and the other corporate masters, he will be untouchable.

[peacetalksforall]

6. People on DU have really surprised me Yes, there is a lot of

money involved.

If you enter IMUS BIGOTRY and 1997 or any other year in a search engine - you will see all kinds of articles about past occurences of bigotry - MSNBC and CBS have gotten away with this for years.

What money is involved.

NBC is the facilitator of the Republican agenda.
In addition to stopping the votes of people like these girls, they get to smear these people over a period of 20 hours every week.

Do you know how much money he and his wife are going to lose by not having that outlet for selling all their products that they pitch on that showh while GE Microsoft NBC McQuirk Imus and all their executives smear minorities?

THis is serious stuff - it's about letting it all go by the wayside again?

[still_one]

7. I agree /nt

[aikoaiko]

10. They won't fire him because he was doing his job.

Sure he went too far in his zeal, but he is the archie bunber of morning talk radio/tv. That's his schtick.

I understand why people are mad and insulted, but that's his thing and people like to listen to it. He's not a monster, he's just an average curmudgeon with the typical white guy biases.

[Ilsa]

11. Maybe we need to charge up MSNBC's replacement for him

for the next two weeks. Give the relacement more attention and viewership, positive feedback, etc. Maybe then MSNBC will reconsider bringing the Imus the Insensitive Idiot back.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. He's on in the middle of the night/early morning

and who watches a radio show on TV? It's like listening to a painting.

He makes SOME money, cuz it probably costs them $4.35/hour to broadcast, but I doubt it's a big moneymaker.