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April 12, 2007
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Don Imus was fired today from CBS radio. This follows his firing from MSNBC yesterday. If you happen to be reading this, I am not telling you news. You should already know this. So why mention it, you may ask.....well, I am an Imus listener. I turn him on at those moments when he has guests who discuss books, politics, sports, culture, etc, then I change stations. He is a complex man; nasty, funny, creative, smart, generous, mean. He lays it all on the table. That said I think that he is also racist. Even though he helps blacks, Hispanics, Jews and all races with his charities. And he supports black politicians like Harold Ford. I cannot believe that he is unaware of the plight of so many blacks in this country. He seldom has blacks on his show. He doesn't employee a black as his sidekicks, his sports person, his intern, his aide. He continually allows Bernard to tell racist jokes. He indulges a certain humor that repeatedly leans in the racist direction. He has done this for years. It is not a simple situation.
I think it is much easier to become famous by being negative. Be mean, nasty, rude, crude and people pay attention. Be nice, generous, considerate and most folks seldom give you the time of day, and that is too bad. It is not the media's fault, it is ours. It we were not so consumed by this sort of trash, then the media empires would not pander to it. Imus would be nothing and this would be no big deal But that is not want happens in our world.
Posted by Chip Spear at April 12, 2007 9:10 PM