Why are they going after Imus NOW? He's said disgusting things for 30 years!

[Herman Munster]

I just find the timing of this whole thing bizarre.

[trumad]

1. What he said was pretty fucking bad...

It was the straw that broke the camels back.

[movonne]

16. Times are a changing...or I sure hope soooo....

[babylonsister]

2. IT's the endorsements he lost; no money, no workee. nt

[ThomCat]

3. At some point you just reach a tipping point and it's not okay any more.

He reached that point, and it's about damned time. x(

[NormanYorkstein]

4. If not now, when? Boycott all his advertisers

30 years too long imo

[HuffleClaw]

its downright strange

rush and coulter (and beck and hannity and malking and...) ROUTINELY say horrible offensive things and its water off a ducks back. but this is suddenly national news?

[xultar]

5. When YOU say THEY to WHOM are you referring?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. He went...

A Bridge Too Far.

[malaise]

7. Because sponsors rule n/t

[Connie_Corleone]

8. Maybe it's because his show was on MSNBC.

Radio is different from TV. More people who never listened to his show might have watched him on TV.

Also, he demeaned private citizens who are not public figures.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Then it sounds past due.

[Madspirit]

10. The straw that broke the camel's back...n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. allows MSM to ignore

gonzo-gate
attorney-gate
goodling-gate
paulose-gate
cheney-gate
the refusal of three 4 star generals to become yet another layer of burrocrats on whom to place blame
the economy
anna ni - never mind
Bush's petty peevish petulant and priggish behavior.

[Kagemusha]

12. He went after a university athletic team that'd done nothing to him.

University sports are pretty sacred to certain people in this country, some of which help pay the bills for major media organizations.

[americanstranger]

13. I think it has an awful lot to do with geography, honestly.

I was just thinking about this - as offensive and stupid as his remarks were, the reaction may have been a little less vociferous had the team in question been from out West or in the South somewhere - anywhere but the NY area.

He picked on Rutgers, who charmed the entire NY area with their improbable run.

I was surfing the NY Daily News site, looking at their coverage of the whole episode. Imus made a big mistake by saying what he said, but perhaps his biggest mistake was saying it about a group of local heroes.

What's that old saying - 'Never crap in your own yard?' That's what Imus did.

- as

[supernova]

14. Because the ground shifted under him

and Imus didn't realize it.

I hate to say this, but I think it's part of his getting older. Let me explain my logic. Imus, as you noted, has been saying this stuff for 30 years. He's gotten very well paid for it to. So, he thinks, he has a "right" to say this stuff without repurcussions. The more comfortable he gets, the more outrageous his mouth gets, the more $$$ he makes for the networks. Everybody turns a blind eye, with a wink and a giggle, and gets rich off the rubes who like to listen to this shit.

Only, society change while they weren't looking. We no longing don't only talk this way "in polite company," we don't want to hear in the media either. That's what Imus and his employeers missed.

That's why he's in hot water now. He should be grateful for what he has; retire, and go work with his kids.

[chelsea0011]

15. M

up in thst time spot. It is all about ratings and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

17. To divert attention from FAR MORE GROSS ASSHOLES. IMHO. n/t

[LTR]

18. Because it's the scandal du jour

Let's face it, what he said was pretty bad, but there's been far worse said by other people on the radio. Hell, there have been worse things said on his show.

But this is this year's 'wardrobe malfunction'. Now that we know who Anna Nicole's baby's daddy is, we need a new controversy.

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/last-blogger-on-earth-to-write-about.html

[Hamlette]

19. he went after kids, kids who didn't have a microphone, as a parent, I think it's different.

if someone said something like that about my college age son, this mamma bear would be after blood. I think it took a week to sink in that he didn't dis someone who has a TV show, he said it about college kids.

Not only the sponsors (boy, did KO call this right last night or what?) it also might have had something to do with people saying they would no longer appear on his show. Not enough of them did that publically, but I think Gwen Ifill's (sp?) article might have shamed some of them.

What I think Maher and other defenders missed was the kid thing. As a society we are quicker to protect kids.

[LiberalEsto]

21. And five of these kids were freshmen

meaning they were 18-19 years old.

Imus had no business shooting off his yap at these young women and insulting them with his gutter talk. As a feminist I find the term "Ho" offensive coming from anyone.

And just why was it necessary to describe them as "nappy-haired"? That is just plain racist, and Americans need to evolve past racism if we are to survive as a nation.

I graduated from Rutgers in 1975 and had a daughter at Rutgers a few years ago.

[terisan]

20. Tipping Point? Straw breaking camel's back? New generation of disrespected females saying

saying powerful old man's jokes not funny when we are the target ? Henny Youngman got lots of money off his dimwitted "take my wife" jokes before the passive targets of his attempts at humor finally said "shut up."

Maybe this is Imus's shut up moment.