Subject: If this happened to Imus, then it should happen to Rush and Bill-o

[jillan]

too.

Seriously.
They have said many, many inappropriate comments on their shows.

a gem from Rush:
On the March 19 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh highlighted a March 19 Los Angeles Times op-ed that described Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as "running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination -- the 'Magic Negro'" -- a term used by critics of pop culture to describe certain benevolent African-American characters. Limbaugh stated: "The term 'Magic Negro' has been thrown into the political presidential race in the mix for 2008. And the term 'Magic Negro,' as applied to Barack Obama has been done by an L.A
http://mediamatters.org/items/200703200012


O'Reilly said this about Iraqi Citizens:
nd this teaches us a big lesson, that we cannot intervene in the Muslim world ever again. What we can do is bomb the living daylights out of them, just like we did in the Balkans. Just as we did in the Balkans. Bomb the living daylights out of them. But no more ground troops, no more hearts and minds, ain't going to work.
O'Reilly also declared the Iraqis are "just people who are primitive." http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5753

Or what about Bill Bennett who wanted to abort black babies??


I know there's alot more disgusting quotes, but I just don't have the stomach to read them.

What comes around, goes around.

[peacebird]

1. I agree - why the brouhaha over Imus and not over them?

Or Mann Coulter for her columns....

[pretzel4gore]

6. the people got played like a fiddle...

the pigmedia now gets to 1)whine over the injustice of 'Don' getting busted for saying something commonly 'used' by rap artist etc and 2)get rid of Imus, who called cheney a 'war criminal' and bush as 'that criminal in the white house'
and of course they get to point out the media is liberal, hahaha

[madokie]

19. I think its the ole camel and the straw thingy

people have finally gotten sick and gawdamn tired of this shit and this is the one that started it and by no way will it end here

[eleny]

2. Yup!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Well, duh.

It already happened to Limbaugh, back when he got fired from the NFL.

But I agree. Advertisers need to drop these clowns.

[DearAbby]

4. I am sure a message

is being sent to the sponsers of this type of programing...I also believe, they will get a memo to tone it down. I suspect that we won't be hearing this type of speech in the future...its the money that fills their pockets they are interested in.

They could easily be Imus'ed out of a job.

[sellitman]

5. Imus's show was a show of "Sophomoric Humor"

Humor that this time went over the cliff.

Their shows are only shows of hate.

I still feel he should have a chance for redemption where Beck, OReilly & Limbaugh are just hate.

The wrong show got canceled if you ask me.

[Jillian]

8. I agree.

What Imus did was nothing in comparison to
what Rush says on a daily basis.

[sellitman]

18. Welcome to DU

What a way to start huh?

[texastoast]

7. Evil hatemongers, one and all

And if there is a hell, that's where they will go.

[americanstranger]

9. I see the Imus episode as precedent.

Let all the other hate-mongers consider themselves on notice.

If it can happen to Imus, it can happen to anyone. Let them all chew on that.

- as

[City Lights]

10. Totally agree.

I've been contacting the sponsors who dumped Imus and requesting consistency. No more ads on hate radio. Period.

[Jillian]

11. If you have links to the sponsors

I will join you.

[City Lights]

13. ShortnFirey posted this earlier:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2802073#2802360

Here is GM's contact page.

I'll post more as I find them. Thanks for helping! :hi:

edited to add Proctor & Gamble's contact link. (They suspended all daytime advertising on MSNBC.)

All I can find (so far) for American Express is a phone number: 1-800-668-2639.

[Jillian]

14. You bet!

[City Lights]

15. BTW, Welcome to DU, Jillian.

:hi:

Glad you're here. :-)

[emilyg]

16. yes.

i'll join you.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

12. Amazing that the lest of the lot gets 'early retirement'.

I am not condoning those three words he said. Those three words were gross as hell.

I am asking, where is the social justice against the likes of Savage and Limbaugh and Coulter and, good grief, there are so many public figures who have regurgitated the most aweful hate I've ever heard,...and they are still walking and talking, scot-free of repercussions. (on edit) AND, none of those hate-mongering revolts GIVE ONE DAMN THING TO THE OPPRESSED OR DISADVATAGED. NOT ONE!

[jillan]

17. Great minds think alike

Just watching Keith, and he asked the same question
(But he had better examples - and more names)