Imus Reinserts Foot in Mouth

Shock jock steps in it again with Pacman comment
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:26 PM CDT
Imus Reinserts Foot in Mouth
Don Imus, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton appear face-to-face on Rev. Sharpton's radio show, in New York Monday April 9, 2007.    (AP Photo/Richard Drew, FILE)

Don Imus may have stepped in it again, Politico reports. While bantering on this morning's show about Adam "Pacman" Jones, who’s been arrested six times in his NFL career, the scandal-shadowed shock jock asked, “What color is he?” A sidekick dutifully informed him that Jones is African-American. “Well, there you go,” Imus said. “Now we know.” (More Don Imus stories.)

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