Fire Don Imus
It is time for all people to stand up and let it be known it is NOT okay to run around screeching words of hate.
Don Imus is a paid wordsmith and is therefore to be judged by his words.
His words were unacceptable and wrong.
And it is not the first time.
It is time for people to be held accountable for their actions and their words-
and firing Don Imus is a good start.
** Update: Imus was fired. Good. The market worked. We want to make it very clear that we are all in favor of free speech and we are against any kind of censorship. Firing the I-man wasn't censorship ... it was a business decision. That's the thing about free speech. You can say what ever you want to but the public doen't have to buy it.
We don't need laws to protect us from things we dont like ... we have the power to turn off, tune out, or in this case run out the things that we think are worthless. Imus deserved to be fired. Why? Not because he was crass and bullyish and pompous but for the very simple reason that he picked on a bunch of little girls who never did him any harm. He broke the cardinal rule of the school yard and when the going got tough it was IMUS who was whining like a baby.
I am sure that Imus will get another show and that's fine. But he deserved the smack down ... he was getting too big for his britches...he was getting sloppy and that was his wake up call.
Do we believe that we should now jump on the Sharpton bandwagon and start reforming media through censorship and a self serving "clean-up" crusade? Of course not. But we should fire those who show themselves to be dangerously incompetent.
Imus was a good start ... George Bush is a great next step.
Don Imus is a paid wordsmith and is therefore to be judged by his words.
His words were unacceptable and wrong.
And it is not the first time.
It is time for people to be held accountable for their actions and their words-
and firing Don Imus is a good start.
** Update: Imus was fired. Good. The market worked. We want to make it very clear that we are all in favor of free speech and we are against any kind of censorship. Firing the I-man wasn't censorship ... it was a business decision. That's the thing about free speech. You can say what ever you want to but the public doen't have to buy it.
We don't need laws to protect us from things we dont like ... we have the power to turn off, tune out, or in this case run out the things that we think are worthless. Imus deserved to be fired. Why? Not because he was crass and bullyish and pompous but for the very simple reason that he picked on a bunch of little girls who never did him any harm. He broke the cardinal rule of the school yard and when the going got tough it was IMUS who was whining like a baby.
I am sure that Imus will get another show and that's fine. But he deserved the smack down ... he was getting too big for his britches...he was getting sloppy and that was his wake up call.
Do we believe that we should now jump on the Sharpton bandwagon and start reforming media through censorship and a self serving "clean-up" crusade? Of course not. But we should fire those who show themselves to be dangerously incompetent.
Imus was a good start ... George Bush is a great next step.
posted by Queenies Daughter at 11:15 AM
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If any of you care to read it, one of our writers over at Highbrid Nation worked with Imus over at WFAN for several years and recently chimed in on the whole situation. He also reveals some details that the media is failing to report on in regards to the suspension
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