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Don Imus Off-Air

The off-color joke heard round the world

After a 30 years in radio, it only took 6 days for Don Imus's career to collapse. When the CBS shock jock, in an offhand comment, called the Rutgers women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos,” he set off a raging debate over race and gender in America. After a week of apologies which some called kowtowing, Imus lost his job first with MSNBC and then with CBS. Talks of a comeback, possibly on satellite radio, abound.

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  • April 2007

    • Imus Affair Could Cost Obama

      Boston Globe  |  Apr 11, 07 10:11 AM CDT

      Imus Affair Could Cost Obama

      (Newser) - The Don Imus meltdown could have fallout for Barack Obama, as critics note that he kept his mouth shut for five days—until after the suspension—before condemning the shock jock's crude racial jokes. The candidate's caution is signaling to some black leaders that he isn't going to take a hard-line stance on civil rights, the Boston Globe notes.  More »

    • Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

      Associated Press  |  Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT

      Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

      (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' "nappy-headed hos" Imus so artfully called them last week. More »

    • Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT

      Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

      (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 on "Keepin It Real," the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show. More »

    • Imus, Sharpton Square Off

      Associated Press  |  Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT

      Imus, Sharpton Square Off

      (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 himself—will likely fight back. More »

    • Imus in Hot Water Again

      Washington Post  |  Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Imus in Hot Water Again

      (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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Don Imus
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John Donald "Don" Imus, Jr. (born July 23, 1940) is an American comedian, writer, and former radio and television talk show host. His weekday morning radio show, Imus in the Morning, aired over WNBC and WFAN in New York from 1971 to 1977 and again from 1979 until it was canceled on April 12, 2007.

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