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May 2007
- Limbaugh Defends 'Magic Negro' Song
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 10, 07 9:35 AM CDT
  
  A song on Rush Limbaugh's radio show that derides Barack Obama is sparking controversy—but not with Obama. In perhaps the most devastating response a blowhard shock jock can provoke, the senator says he hasn't heard the song. Limbaugh has been playing "Barack the Magic Negro" (sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon") since March. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • election 2008 • radio • Rush Limbaugh
- Imus Will Sue CBS for $40 Mil Left on Contract
  
  newser | CNN | May 2, 07 5:00 PM CDT
  
  Don Imus is off the airwaves but not finished fighting: He's hired First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus to help him sue CBS. Sources tell Fortune that Imus's five-year, $50 million contract guaranteed him a warning before his routinely foul mouth got him fired; without it, he may be owed the $40 mil left on the deal. More »
  
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  lawsuit • FCC • CBS • radio • Don Imus • profanity
April 2007
- Champ Claims NASCAR is Rigged
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 26, 07 7:56 AM CDT
  
  Two-time champion Tony Stewart charges that NASCAR is rigged like pro wrestling. He said officials control races by throwing bogus caution flags for debris on the track. “They can almost dictate the race instead of the drivers doing it. It’s happened too many times this year," said Stewart on his Sirius Satellite Radio radio show. More »
  
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  radio • NASCAR • auto racing • Jeff Gordon • Tony Stewart • racing
- Radio Replaces Commercials With Sponsors
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 23, 07 9:33 PM CDT
  
  In a throwback to the days of Texaco Star Theater and the Colgate Comedy Hour, a Clear Channel radio station has ditched spot ads in favor of hourly corporate sponsors. In an effort to compete with uninterrupted satellite radio and mp3 players, DJs on KZPS-FM in Dallas will pepper their banter with references to that hour's backer. More »
  
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  business • advertising • radio • Dallas • commercials • Clear Channel
- Phillies Manager Assaults Reporter
  
  newser | ESPN | Apr 18, 07 10:43 PM CDT
  
  In a confrontation in his office, Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel blew up at radio host and long-time Manuel goad Howard Eskin and threatend to take him down. Later, in the Phillies clubhouse, two coaches physically restrained Manuel from making good on his threat. Eskin had enraged the manager by suggesting he inspire his lackluster team with a verbal tirade. More »
  
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  baseball • Philadelphia Phillies • radio • Philadelphia • Charlie Manuel
- Kerry Says Imus Shouldn't Have Been Fired
  
  newser | NY1 | Apr 18, 07 10:28 AM CDT
  
  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 was in the hands of the young women," the senator said. More »
  
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  CBS • John Kerry • radio • Don Imus • Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Democratic Soapbox Disappears With Imus
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 13, 07 12:26 PM CDT
  
  The cancellation of the Don Imus' show creates a vacuum for Democratic pols who've used it to reach the white, politically independent men that were Imus's prime audience, the LA Times reports. Democratic candidates like Joe Lieberman, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, and Harold E. Ford were among those who availed themselves of Imus' s sympathetic ear. More »
  
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  Hillary Clinton • Democrats • radio • Don Imus • talk radio
- Fired Imus Meets Players
  
  newser | CNN | Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT
  
  Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.” The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine, was en route when he was seriously injured in a car crash. More »
  
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  CBS • radio • racism • New Jersey • Don Imus • Rutgers
- CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus
  
  newser | CBS | Apr 12, 07 5:41 PM CDT
  
  CBS has fired Don Imus, in a surprise move a week after the jockey called the Rutgers womens' basketball team "nappy headed hos," provoking a war of words over race in America. CBS Prez Les Moonves finally announced the decision today, citing the feelings of "young women of color trying to make their way in this society." More »
  
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  CBS • radio • racism • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • MSNBC
- MSNBC DROPS IMUS
  
  newser | MSNBC | Apr 11, 07 6:45 PM CDT
  
  MSNBC dropped toxic shock jock Don Imus this afternoon, after a day in which companies, pols, and network execs couldn't distance themselves from the host fast enough. The announcement came after General Motors and Sprint Nextel, the show's two biggest advertisers, pulled their sponsorship, and prez contender Barack Obama, intiially reticent on the issue, recommended firing. More »
  
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  NBC • CBS • radio • racism • Don Imus • MSNBC
- Advertisers Dump Imus
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Apr 11, 07 12:01 PM CDT
  
  Piling on to the mounting outrage against Don Imus, three advertisers have pulled their support from the CBS radio show or its simulcast MSNBC TV program. The three include marketing heavyweight Procter & Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
  
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  television • General Motors • advertising • media • CBS • radio • Don Imus • MSNBC • Proctor • Staples
- Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT
  
  Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer struck back at Don Imus in a press conference today, calling his comments " deplorable, despicable and unconscionable"—but confirming that her players will meet with the foul-mouthed radio host. Stringer says her players are "valedictorians, future doctors, musical prodigies," not the' "nappy-headed hos" Imus so artfully called them last week. More »
  
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  radio • Don Imus • women's college basketball • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • women's basketball • Rutgers • WNBA • Matt Lauer • C. Vivian Stringer
- Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
  
  Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance on "Keepin It Real," the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show. More »
  
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  media • NBC • CBS • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Jesse Jackson • women's college basketball • Rutgers
- Imus, Sharpton Square Off
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
  
  Two of the loudest personalities on the FM dial will publicly brawl today when right-leaning mock jock Don Imus visits Al Sharpton’s syndicated show, days after characterizing the black-leaning Rutgers basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The always-vociferous Sharpton wants Imus fired, and Imus—no shrinking violet himself—will likely fight back. More »
  
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  media • sports • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers
- Imus in Hot Water Again
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT
  
  Earlier this week during his syndicated show simulcast on MSNBC and CBS radio station WFAN Don Imus called the Rutgers Women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes," initiating a firestorm of criticism. The politically incorrect shock jock now admits that his remarks were "inappropriate, thoughtless and stupid." More »
  
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  CBS • entertainment • radio • Don Imus • MSNBC • Rutgers
March 2007
- News Wars
  
  newser | PBS | Mar 19, 07 5:11 PM CDT
  
  From “infosnacking” to “hyperlocal” news, there is a whole new terminology describing the evolution of news, particularly the move to online news. The PBS show Frontline has developed a four-part series that examines the ‘News Wars’ taking place all around us. More »
  
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  Internet • television • media • newspaper • radio • journalism • news • online news • news distribution
- 'LIFE' GOES ON
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
  
  Stevenson Swanson wonders how and weather Chicago Public Radio god Ira Glass can really do a television show and, even more daring, a show for the premium cable only network, Showtime. More »
  
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  television • Chicago • entertainment • radio • Showtime • Ira Glass • This American Life
- Why Can't the Media Cheer Up?
  
  newser | CNN | Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
  
  Her mission was to talk about women and heart disease. But Laura Bush couldn't help telling Larry King how she really felt about the media portrayal of her husband's war in Iraq. "Many parts of Iraq are stable now," the First Lady told King. "But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody." More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • media • radio • blogger • Laura Bush • Larry King

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