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Apr 19th, 2007 12:24 AM
kahljorn "I don't trust this media source. However, regardless of that i will post a story acting like it supports my conspiracy theories."

why did they suddenly change to saying, "Seven out of ten" couldn't they have just said 70 percent?
Apr 16th, 2007 01:01 PM
KevinTheOmnivore Washington Post

Poll: Race, Gender Divide Americans on Imus' Firing

By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta
Washington Post Staff Writers

Monday, April 16, 2007; 9:42 AM



Americans by a narrow margin agree that Don Imus should have lost his nationally syndicated radio show last week, but while whites are evenly divided on the issue a sizeable majority of African Americans support the firing, according to a poll released today.
Overall, 51 percent of respondents in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll said Imus should have been fired for making racially insensitive comments about black women basketball players from Rutgers University; 45 percent said he should have kept his job.
However, that rough parity on the issue masks deep racial and significant gender divides. Whites were evenly split in the poll on Imus' firing, with 47 percent supporting CBS Radio's decision and 49 percent opposed. By contrast, more than seven in 10 blacks said he should have been fired over the incident. And 55 percent of women thought Imus should have lost his job, compared to 48 percent of men who agreed with that outcome.
Among black women, 70 percent said Imus should have lost his show over his remarks.
This Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone April 12-15, 2007, among a random national sample of 1,141 adults. The results for the full poll have a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points; it is plus or minus seven percentage points for the African American sample.
More from this poll will be released today at 5 p.m. Full details on these questions are available at www.washingtonpost.com/polls.
Apr 15th, 2007 02:51 PM
Courage the Cowardly Dog
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Originally Posted by Geggy View Post
Oh boy. It was rumored that Imus was about to come out with his skeptcism to the offciail story of 9/11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq fllowing up to rosie's recent out of closet burst. But then I don't trust pravda as it used to be a propaganda outlet during the stalin times. If true, then it explains the excess BS with the media attention and the firing.
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/89728-0/

God damn you Geggy, you've got the muslim media.
Apr 15th, 2007 09:48 AM
El Blanco Imus knew about the suspension a week in advance. Why didn't he start spouting off then? What would they do? Fire him?


Did they trick Imus into saying something that would ignite a shitstorm?
Apr 14th, 2007 11:28 PM
KevinTheOmnivore
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Originally Posted by Geggy View Post
Oh boy. It was rumored that Imus was about to come out with his skeptcism to the offciail story of 9/11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq fllowing up to rosie's recent out of closet burst. But then I don't trust pravda as it used to be a propaganda outlet during the stalin times. If true, then it explains the excess BS with the media attention and the firing.
Geggy, all you did here is post to the I-Mock front page. I'm warning you--provide a real source, or I'm going to mess with the post.

Also, when will your cowardly ass respond to this thread?

Thanks!
Apr 14th, 2007 10:09 PM
Courage the Cowardly Dog Geggy has a conspiracey theory?
*is shocked*
Apr 14th, 2007 09:50 PM
Geggy Oh boy. It was rumored that Imus was about to come out with his skeptcism to the offciail story of 9/11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq fllowing up to rosie's recent out of closet burst. But then I don't trust pravda as it used to be a propaganda outlet during the stalin times. If true, then it explains the excess BS with the media attention and the firing.
Apr 14th, 2007 08:30 PM
Courage the Cowardly Dog Al Sharpton is a racist whose words reach millions.
Apr 14th, 2007 07:01 PM
Ant10708
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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore View Post
Imus' words reach millions a day, that's what makes his words more significant than the racist who lives down the street.
Wrong, if Al Sharpton didn't get involved it wouldn't of mattered if his show reached billions. Without that man this would never of became a national story.
Apr 13th, 2007 09:06 PM
Courage the Cowardly Dog Why does anyone care what a shock jock says? Some of the offended black people have said MUCH more racist things and they are politicians and "reverends"

When did we become so afraid of racism we can't call a sports player a Ho? I call Paris Hilton and Britney Spears Hos all the time.

SANJAYA IS A NAPPY HAIRED HO!

Michael Richards lost his career and all hope of a comeback. Seems just enough to me.
Apr 13th, 2007 03:03 PM
kahljorn so do you guys think he should've been fired? i dont.


On a similar note did you guys know Micheal Richards is being sued for "Emotional Damages?"
This shit's ridiculous.
Apr 13th, 2007 02:52 PM
KevinTheOmnivore So Mike and the Mad Dog will be filling in for him the next two weeks...good times.
Apr 12th, 2007 08:51 PM
kahljorn black assed stump jumpin niggas

we misinterpreted that from morgan freeman in glory
Apr 12th, 2007 08:02 PM
Ant10708 Fuck these nappy headed black hoes.
Apr 12th, 2007 07:37 PM
El Blanco Jeez, they couldn't wait one more day? He would have started his suspension Monday. Was appeasing a bunch of under employed loud mouths so important, that CBS just had to pull the plug on a fund raiser for cancer treatment?

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Meanwhile the Rutgers women's basketball team appeared Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey show to discuss the controversy. "Not only did he steal our dreams, he hurt our character of Rutgers University, our state, and all who have been associated," Rutgers Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer said on the show.
I do have sympathy for the team, but its waning. Statements like this are why.

How exactly has he prevented these women from throwing a ball at a hoop? Or not winning the championship game?

How does it affect RU?

How the hell does it affect New Jersey?

What he said was awful and he should apologize in person to those women. Depending on how you feel about language over the airwaves, he may have even deserved to be fired. But the whole thing is being handled wrong by everyone.
Apr 12th, 2007 07:21 PM
kahljorn yea i saw this on netscape and they have pictures of him in a cowboy hat and it reminds me of those bronzed statue guys
Apr 12th, 2007 05:46 PM
KevinTheOmnivore SO the Imus in the Morning Show is no more (unless he goes to Sirius or whatever they're called now). CBS just fired him.
Apr 12th, 2007 02:51 PM
KevinTheOmnivore
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Originally Posted by El Blanco View Post
So, it was not a big deal when Rosenberg compared the Williams sisters to gorillas?
Um, and Sid ultimately got shit canned for his comments about Kylie minogue, along with his drug problems. But whenever Sid said those things, EVERYBODY would attack him for it. Imus, Bernard, Charles...they all played straight man to Sid's controversial character. It wasn't Don himself, the namesake of the show, saying these things.

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And my issue with MSNBC isn't that they fired him or that they are reporting it. Its that they are still pimping him out after that whole sob fest speech the news director gave.
But MSNBC is the scandal network. They know that virtually no one takes them seriously, so they can't do all serious news like CNN, or even FOX. It would be weird if MSNBC DIDN'T talk about the Imus scandal.
Apr 12th, 2007 02:02 PM
kahljorn i wasn't talking about racists who live by me, i was talking about other racists/sexist/jerks who broadcast on the air and are in magazines and newspapers who people dont make big deals over
i think at some point people re just going to have to shut the fuck up about stuff like this because it serves no good purpose to label someone a racist who's not really a racist.
Apr 12th, 2007 01:55 PM
El Blanco
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Not like this. The thing that has always made Imus funny but topical is that he often went after people who were seemingly "deserving" of his assaults. This of course hasn't always been the case, but there's a HUGE difference between, for example, Tawana Brawley and the Rutgers Women's basketball team. I've listened to him a lot the past few days, and I think he has been very sincere on this whole matter. I think he means it when he admits that not everyone should be fair game, and just because you have the free speech to say it, it doesn't make it right.
So, it was not a big deal when Rosenberg compared the Williams sisters to gorillas?

And my issue with MSNBC isn't that they fired him or that they are reporting it. Its that they are still pimping him out after that whole sob fest speech the news director gave.

Yes, if he is going to cost MSNBC more than he will bring in, they should cut him loose. But call it a financial desiscion. Don't say it was some kind of moral one. That press conference was total bullshit.

And, yes, they pretend to be a news network, so they should report it. But, don't hold a special during his timeslot the day you canceled his show to field calls about it.
Apr 12th, 2007 01:49 PM
KevinTheOmnivore Imus' words reach millions a day, that's what makes his words more significant than the racist who lives down the street.
Apr 12th, 2007 01:33 PM
kahljorn yea, i saw that obama thing and i thought it was kind of annoying as well

what's with america lately and trying to trounce any racial speech? It's kind of ridiculous, but whatever. I just don't get how people suddenly become the center of these things. You know there's tons of people out there being racist/sexist/whatever right now on the air but nobody is blowing up at them. I understand the people in question might not have deserved this, but very few people, if any, deserve to be racially/sexually insulted, anyway.
Apr 12th, 2007 01:09 PM
KevinTheOmnivore
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Originally Posted by El Blanco View Post
Obama simply proves he's just another politician.

He canceled his appearance on Imus' show. Which he has appeared on before. If Obama really was offended over these remarks, he would have never gone on the show in the first place. This is not anything new. We've already pointed out how Imus has been in trouble over this sort of thing before.
Not like this. The thing that has always made Imus funny but topical is that he often went after people who were seemingly "deserving" of his assaults. This of course hasn't always been the case, but there's a HUGE difference between, for example, Tawana Brawley and the Rutgers Women's basketball team. I've listened to him a lot the past few days, and I think he has been very sincere on this whole matter. I think he means it when he admits that not everyone should be fair game, and just because you have the free speech to say it, it doesn't make it right.

As for obama...well duh! Dodd announced his damn candidacy on the show, and he won't be back for a while. McCain and Edwards all "forgive" him, but let's see how quickly they go back on the show. Go figure, Obama is a black man who wants black people to vote for him. The black community DOES have a genuine gripe here, no matter how much that agitates some people. Just because Al Sharpton saw a parade and jumped in front doesn't make it a non-issue.

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And MSNBC has canceled Imus telecast. Hours before his telethon to raise money for cancer striken children. But, they are still pimping his name. They are soliciting viewers to call in and discuss it on air. And Oberman is dedicating his show to bashing Imus. All this after their cunt drip of a boss babbled on about the integrity of the station.
And Imus has no one to blame but himself. He exercised his free speech, and risked his own financial arrangements in the process. God bless America. Max is right, once it became a financial liability to keep Imus, they had little choice. He has done the telethon for many years, MSNBC has only been around a for a handful. He'll do ok, although it is unfortunate.

And Oberman and company have every right to be all over this. Everybody else is, why shouldn't they be? Oberman and his producer didn't hire Imus. MSNBC gets no ratings, so they need to talk about it. I'm actually listening to Mike and the Mad Dog right now, and I agree with them that MSNBC has shown no class throughout this whole thing...but what should MSNBC with no ratings do, talk about Iraq?
Apr 12th, 2007 09:46 AM
mburbank The one aspect of this I'm fine with is sponsors dropping him. Not that I think they should (actually, what I think is they should never have sponsored him to begin with on account of him having always been a racist jerk and not funny) but that's just the market at work. I think boycotts are fine, I think sponsors have a right to say who they want to associatte their brand with.

I think this is all nuts, but I also think it suits just about everybody with money or power to have a nice circus to focus on instead of anything that might actually be hard to deal with. This could be even more important than knowing which guy is Anna Nocle's babies fater, which I think we do now.
Apr 12th, 2007 08:25 AM
El Blanco Obama simply proves he's just another politician.

He canceled his appearance on Imus' show. Which he has appeared on before. If Obama really was offended over these remarks, he would have never gone on the show in the first place. This is not anything new. We've already pointed out how Imus has been in trouble over this sort of thing before.

And MSNBC has canceled Imus telecast. Hours before his telethon to raise money for cancer striken children. But, they are still pimping his name. They are soliciting viewers to call in and discuss it on air. And Oberman is dedicating his show to bashing Imus. All this after their cunt drip of a boss babbled on about the integrity of the station.
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