Former NAACP head and current director of CBS Corp. says Imus must go

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-imus0411,0,497854.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Originally published April 11, 2007, 2:06 PM EDT
NEW YORK // Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said today the broadcasting company needs a "zero tolerance policy" on racism and hopes talk-show host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.

"He's crossed the line, he's violated our community," Gordon said in a telephone interview with the Associated Press. "He needs to face the consequence of that violation."

Gordon, a longtime telecommunications executive, stepped down in March after 19 months as head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the foremost U.S. civil rights organizations.

He said he had spoken with CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company, after reviewing the situation, would "make the smart decision" by firing Imus rather than letting him return to the air at the end of a two-week suspension beginning next Monday.

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1. Oooooooh.....

only a matter of time now....

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2. Gordon must have gotten the go-ahead...

To put this in the mill. Probably means that CBS Radio will settle his contract and say goodbye.

Look for a much tamer Imus to show up on satellite. Chastened. But only after a suitable period of contrition and purification. And without Bernard. That clown is done.