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Kerry Says Imus Shouldn't Have Been Fired

"To me it was in the hands of the young women"

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2007 10:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – John Kerry defended Don Imus in a TV interview last night, saying CBS should have suspended the shock jock, not fired him. The network should have waited to make its move, he suggested, until after Imus met with the Rutgers team. "To me it... Read full story »

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