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Kerry Says Imus Shouldn't Have Been Fired

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

Apr 18, 07 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 was in the hands of... More »

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radio • CBS • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • John Kerry • Don Imus

Democratic Soapbox Disappears With Imus

Politicians fear losing a pipeline to white male voters

Apr 13, 07 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • radio • Democrats • Don Imus • talk radio

Fired Imus Meets Players

Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • New Jersey • racism

CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus

After a week of rants and apologies, it all finally hits the WFAN

Apr 12, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • MSNBC • racism

MSNBC DROPS IMUS

Apr 11, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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radio • NBC • CBS • Don Imus • MSNBC • racism

Advertisers
Dump Imus

Procter & Gamble and others pull ad dollars after racist comment

Apr 11, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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 • media • radio • CBS • advertising • Don Imus • Proctor • MSNBC • General Motors • Staples • Bigelow Tea

Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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' "... More »

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radio • WNBA • women's basketball • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Don Imus • Rutgers • women's college basketball • Matt Lauer • Al Roker • C. Vivian Stringer

Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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media • radio • NBC • CBS • Jesse Jackson • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • women's college basketball

Imus, Sharpton Square Off

After "stupid" remarks from former and ire from latter, hosts
to meet on-air

Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) -  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... More »

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sports • media • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers

Imus in Hot Water Again

Uses racial and gender inappropriate epithets to describe Rutgers women's basketball team

Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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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entertainment • radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC

News Wars

PBS takes on the future of news

Mar 19, 07 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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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television • media • radio • Internet • newspaper • news • Frontline • news distribution • online news • journalism

'LIFE' GOES ON

How do you make beloved public radio program This American Life work on TV?

Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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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entertainment • television • radio • Chicago • Chicago Public Radio • Ira Glass • Showtime • This American Life

Why Can't
the Media
Cheer Up? 

First Lady talks to Larry King about the war, and a dour media

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Iraq • media • radio • Laura Bush • Larry King • blogger • Iraq war

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