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Dump Don Imus - Take Action!
Does "Imus" rhyme with "Disgust"? Well, not quite. But it oughta.
Dump Don Imus - Take Action!
Does "Imus" rhyme with "Disgust"? Well, not quite. But it oughta.
I tuned in to the NCAA women's college basketball championships mostly to see a great game between Rutgers and Tennessee, but also to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the law that required equal opportunities for women and girls in educational institutions, including sports as well as academics.
But on sports radio station WFAN in New York, and broadcast all over the country by CBS Radio and MSNBC Television, host Don Imus wasn't talking about the game. He was talking about the players, and so was WFAN's Executive Producer Bernard McGuirk, who called the Rutgers players "hard-core hos."
Imus, who had already commented that the players were "rough girls," added "nappy-headed hos" to his description of the second place team in the country. Read the transcript or watch the video.
Take action by sending messages to General Manager Chuck Bortnick of radio station WFAN, which produces Imus' show, to Karen Mateo, Communications VP of CBS Radio which owns WFAN, and to MSNBC television which airs and promotes the show.
Your message to WFAN, CBS Radio and MSNBC? Tell them "You don't have to let Don Imus keep peddling racism and sexism on your airwaves. It's time to Dump Don!"
You can use our letter, modify our letter, or write one of your own.
If you also want to call your local station, you can find the stations that carry Imus in the Morning.
Thanks for taking action with NOW!
For equality,
Kim A. Gandy
Does "Imus" rhyme with "Disgust"? Well, not quite. But it oughta.
I tuned in to the NCAA women's college basketball championships mostly to see a great game between Rutgers and Tennessee, but also to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the law that required equal opportunities for women and girls in educational institutions, including sports as well as academics.
But on sports radio station WFAN in New York, and broadcast all over the country by CBS Radio and MSNBC Television, host Don Imus wasn't talking about the game. He was talking about the players, and so was WFAN's Executive Producer Bernard McGuirk, who called the Rutgers players "hard-core hos."
Imus, who had already commented that the players were "rough girls," added "nappy-headed hos" to his description of the second place team in the country. Read the transcript or watch the video.
Take action by sending messages to General Manager Chuck Bortnick of radio station WFAN, which produces Imus' show, to Karen Mateo, Communications VP of CBS Radio which owns WFAN, and to MSNBC television which airs and promotes the show.
Your message to WFAN, CBS Radio and MSNBC? Tell them "You don't have to let Don Imus keep peddling racism and sexism on your airwaves. It's time to Dump Don!"
You can use our letter, modify our letter, or write one of your own.
If you also want to call your local station, you can find the stations that carry Imus in the Morning.
Thanks for taking action with NOW!
For equality,
Kim A. Gandy
For more information:
http://www.now.org
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I don't listen to Don Imus. I don't have time for this middlebrow Rush Limbaugh.
I don't listen to NOW either: this tempest in a teapot is targeted for the middlebrow who find racism in people's unstudied and foolish words-- not in the propgrams, policies, and parties that they support.
NOW has been in the news recently for endorsing Hillary Clinton for president in 2008. Try to explain that to grieving families in Lebanon or Iraq.
Deflecting issues to this-- my God-- "Imus" is a stupid as making your world revolve Brittany Shears.
So before your indignation sends you to writing checks for NOW-- think a moment and check NOW out.
My guess is you will discover that Imus has probably not been as responsible for actually killing people in this world as the Clintons with their Bush :"friends" have.
I don't listen to NOW either: this tempest in a teapot is targeted for the middlebrow who find racism in people's unstudied and foolish words-- not in the propgrams, policies, and parties that they support.
NOW has been in the news recently for endorsing Hillary Clinton for president in 2008. Try to explain that to grieving families in Lebanon or Iraq.
Deflecting issues to this-- my God-- "Imus" is a stupid as making your world revolve Brittany Shears.
So before your indignation sends you to writing checks for NOW-- think a moment and check NOW out.
My guess is you will discover that Imus has probably not been as responsible for actually killing people in this world as the Clintons with their Bush :"friends" have.
For more information:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release...
Imus' words were careless and inconsiderate. He apologized for them sincerely. But I don't think he deserves to be fired for his comment and here's why:
1. Name calling is part of his style--he regularly allows himself to be called every name in the book, accepting it with humor.
2. He works tirelessly to help his kids with cancer...
3. He is a very influential voice when it comes to supporting the troops, particularly veterans, and holds politicians accountable on the air for making important changes.
4. Why should Imus be fired despite all his good work, while half the black rap artists on every major pop radio station get a free pass for sexualizing and degrading women?
5. I'm getting a little bit sick of the Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons for throwing stones at every white person who screws up once, while their own lives and histories are riddled with MUCH harsher behaviors and incidents.
1. Name calling is part of his style--he regularly allows himself to be called every name in the book, accepting it with humor.
2. He works tirelessly to help his kids with cancer...
3. He is a very influential voice when it comes to supporting the troops, particularly veterans, and holds politicians accountable on the air for making important changes.
4. Why should Imus be fired despite all his good work, while half the black rap artists on every major pop radio station get a free pass for sexualizing and degrading women?
5. I'm getting a little bit sick of the Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons for throwing stones at every white person who screws up once, while their own lives and histories are riddled with MUCH harsher behaviors and incidents.
Just change the station.
It's a subscription service. You register your opinion by not subscribing.
It's a free country. He can still say what he wants.
It's a subscription service. You register your opinion by not subscribing.
It's a free country. He can still say what he wants.
To Alobar
1. So saying anti-black racial slurs is therefore okay.
2. so what. does that give him a pass?
3. so what. does that give him a pass?
4. so. they shouldn't get a pass either. and many people do object to ministrel rap.
5. Imus has been saying racist shit forever. It's not a one time slip up. You also seem to think black people can't have an independent thought of Sharpton and Jackson and that regular black might be offended as well. It's kind of strange how you think Sharpton and Jackson speak for all black people.
1. So saying anti-black racial slurs is therefore okay.
2. so what. does that give him a pass?
3. so what. does that give him a pass?
4. so. they shouldn't get a pass either. and many people do object to ministrel rap.
5. Imus has been saying racist shit forever. It's not a one time slip up. You also seem to think black people can't have an independent thought of Sharpton and Jackson and that regular black might be offended as well. It's kind of strange how you think Sharpton and Jackson speak for all black people.
i'll make the assumption that you're probably white and since racism doesn't effect you, it's pretty easy to turn the channel.
I didn't hear the broadcast, but if he was trying to be funny, I'd just shrug it off and move on. Did he really say anything more offensive than some things you've no doubt heard by Chris Rock and countless other comics? Personally, I don't think "dark humor" should have any built-in rules, period. Carlin's joked about how he wanted to see airliners go down in flames and race cars land upside down in a crowd and explode. Chris Rock talked openly of genocide against "niggaz" as part of his routine. Frank Zappa made fun of Jews and Christians and Muslims and punks and headbangers and hippies and yuppies and it was funny.
I could go on and on and on with more examples, but the bottom line is this: some people like dark humor, and there's no agreement about what's funny and what's not. Dark humor is often less funny when it's less extreme, which seems to be the case here from the few snippets I've read.
I could go on and on and on with more examples, but the bottom line is this: some people like dark humor, and there's no agreement about what's funny and what's not. Dark humor is often less funny when it's less extreme, which seems to be the case here from the few snippets I've read.
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