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Imus Psyched to Join Fox

He cracks at Fox, 'we’re better people' with 'a much closer relationship with our Lord'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Don Imus is returning to TV today, and it doesn’t bother him at all that it’s on Fox Business Network. “The perception is that even their news is skewed toward opinion—not when I watch it. It's a fair news organization,” he tells Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. “It's not my job to defend them," he continues, but cracks at Fox, “We’re better people and have a much closer relationship with our Lord."

Imus will likely get frequent visits from personalities like Bill O’Reilly or buddy Sean Hannity, but says he’s probably “more liberal than conservative,” and doesn’t expect to change. He’s also not worried about moving to a business network. “That’s our audience,” he says. “Upscale, high-income. We have to find a way to make fun of business people, but that should be easy.”

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National radio talk show host Don Imus, hosts his 10th annual "Kiss Me, I'm Imus" St. Patrick's Day radio show via WTKK-FM, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Boston. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)

In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, radio personality Don Imus sits at his microphone at New York's Town Hall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

National radio talk show host Don Imus hosts his 10th annual 'Kiss Me, I'm Imus' St. Patricks Day radio show via WTKK-FM, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Boston. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)

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Glenn, you're starting to scare me, don't start crying. - Don Imus, in an interview with
Glenn Beck two weeks ago

It's the difference between being on television and being on an Etch-A-Sketch. - Don Imus, on going from previous TV network RFD (Rural Free Delivery) to
Fox Business

It's pretty hard to define where I am politically. People think I'm more liberal than I am conservative, which I probably am. - Don Imus

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Imus Psyched to Join Fox