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Don Imus and the RFD cable network say they've mutually agreed to end the TV simulcast of Imus' weekday radio talk show.
Don Imus told listeners Tuesday that he assumes he'll be fine in his battle with prostate cancer, because that's what he always thinks.
Don Imus makes no excuses for his offensive remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team, but says: "I deserved a second chance."
Don Imus, responding to criticism about racial remarks on his radio program, said on the air Tuesday he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" about unfair treatment of blacks in the criminal justice system but had been misunderstood.
Months after returning to the radio with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his comments about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is once again defending on-air remarks regarding race.
Don Imus is being sued for more than $4 million by an advertiser on his former show who says the radio shock jock badmouthed the company and called its commercials for a book by the late President Gerald Ford "cheesy."
Don Imus is an aging white man whose critics have assailed him for a racially charged on-air remark that got him fired. On his return to the airwaves, he brought with him some young black cast members.
There’s only one thing worse than a shock jock who makes fun of everyone except the person he’s sucking up to on the air at that moment — a shock jock who’s realized the error of his airwaves.
Getting fired wasn't the first time Don Imus had hit rock bottom. Like his stumble into addiction in the 1980s, Imus fell into a personal purgatory after calling the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."
Getting fired wasn't the first time Don Imus had hit rock bottom.
Will Don Imus be defiant or contrite? Will he mock his skeptics while making his triumphant return to radio Monday. Or will he muzzle his mouth?
Don Imus is hanging his familiar cowboy hat in a new television home: RFD-TV.
A little more than six months ago, Don Imus' career seemed doomed. The shock jock had been fired over a racist and sexist remark that ignited an uproar over the limits of taste and tolerance.
A lawyer who represented a Rutgers University women's basketball player complained to the school that her coach pressured the athlete to drop a lawsuit against Don Imus over the radio host's sexist and racist remarks about the team.
A member of the Rutgers women's basketball team has sued Don Imus and CBS, claiming the radio personality's sexist and racist comments about the team damaged her reputation.
A radio comeback for Don Imus seemed unthinkable at the height of the uproar caused by his sexist and racist comments on-air about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
When it comes to finding a permanent replacement for Don Imus, only one thing appears certain: David Lee Roth is not a candidate. Two months after Imus' ignominious firing from his syndicated radio show at WFAN-AM, a variety of fill-ins have rolled through the revolving door at the station: tennis great John McEnroe, NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, Chicago morning man Mike North.
Don Imus' former producer on Friday called Rev. Al Sharpton a "race-baiter" who was looking for attention when he led a campaign to fire the radio host, while Sharpton said Imus and his producer got what they deserved for making a racist, sexist remark on the air.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the highest-ranking black woman in government history, said Friday the racist, sexist comments that got radio shock jock Don Imus fired were "disgusting."
Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology. She said he deserves a chance to move on but hopes the furor his racist and sexist insult caused will be a catalyst for change.
Don Imus was under fire, his job was in jeopardy, and his big mouth was to blame.
The chief of CBS Corp. said the furor over Don Imus' racist remarks had become about more than the talk show host. But it was Imus who ultimately paid the price.
Don Imus flashed gallows humor and raised more than $1.3 million for charity Thursday despite losing his TV platform, while outside the studio pressure grew on CBS Radio to fire him.
MSNBC will no longer simulcast Don Imus' radio program, the cable TV network said Wednesday.
Fox News regular says Katie Couric 'looks Oriental'A Fox News contributor who helped popularize claims that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States has done one better, leveling a racist charge against CBS News anchor Katie Couric.
No One Has Permission To Say The "N-Word" (Unconventional Wisdom)Comedian Dave Chappelle had a fondness for the word "@!$%#." He used it liberally in his comedy bits, even extending the racial slur to non-black people. It became a catch all handle for any and everyone. It was just an expression for him and it was one that got laughs.
MCain Tells Imus that Palin is the "Most Qualified" for VP in Recent HistoryShe did fine in the interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric. If I called you up and said, "What's the Bush Doctrine?," I doubt if you would know what it is. I think you'd probably have a pretty funny answer. She did a great job in those interviews.
"She did a great job in those interviews": McCain 'amazed' by Palin treatmentJohn McCain called out fellow Republicans who have questioned running mate Sarah Palin's credentials Tuesday. "What's their problem?" McCain asked during an interview with radio host Don Imus.
Chuck Norris :: What the Bleep?!Jesse Jackson (on an off-air mic before "Fox & Friends") and Whoopi Goldberg (and another host on "The View") have raised the cultural language debate to a new level: Who has the right to say the N-word? Their answer: Blacks can, but whites can't.
What the latest Don Imus uproar provesPersonally, I believe WABC (770 AM) morning host Don Imus when he says his Pacman Jones comment Monday - that it figures a black man would get arrested multiple times - was about racial profiling, not criminal tendencies.
Political Correctness Gone WildPolitical Correctness goes wild. Imus again facing connundrum for comments considered racial. This article considers the situation from an alternative point of view.
Imus Again In Trouble Over Racial RemarksOn Tuesday he said he was following the spirit of that promise by calling attention to the unfair treatment of blacks -- in this case the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones.
Imus: Obama is "almost a bigger pussy than" Clinton: On Imus in the Morning, while discussing the April 16 Democratic debate, Don Imus said, "I thought Senator [Barack] Obama was on the defensive most of the night. But they're both sissy boys or sissy girls, or whatever.
On Obama, Insults, Crossing the Line, Race; Free Speech?I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. He didn't just cross the line, He fed into some of the worst stereotypes ........having to deal with today in America.
Bill O'Reilly Makes Imus Look Like An AngelO'Reilly's most recent words in reference to Michelle Obama are 100 times more venal than the words that resulted in Imus's firing. I am not going to repeat the words linked to this paragraph, just as I would not use many other terms that are obscene.
Michael Savage - Radio - Boycott - New York TimesThe humbling of Don Imus last spring over his remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team has done nothing to quiet Michael Savage, a radio host with a far bigger following and far more checkered track record.
Whites Need to Take Responsibility for Their RacismNow for the record, I do think Hip Hop deserves criticism, and I do think both Angry Independent and dcase mean well.
Rutgers Women's Basketball Team OK With Imus' Return to RadioImus OK to Return to Radio: Players; Sting's Message to Throttle; Joel Siegel's Farewell Imus OK to Return to Radio: Players Don Imus can do whatever he likes including return to the radio airwaves.
Source: Imus back on air early December Don Imus will end his radio exile of nearly eight months by returning to the air on or about Dec. 3, filling the morning drive time slot on WABC-AM, a person familiar with the plans said Monday
Right off the bat let me say that I like Don Imus. It's Bernard McGuirk, a closeted skinhead brought on by Imus to do "@!$%# jokes" who pisses me off. Having said that, I don't want to divert from the issue at hand -
The Resurrection Of Don ImusThis is THE FIRST AND ONLY knowledgeable article written on the Imus firing. Prior to this there was miles and miles of ink written in pure ignorance.
Don Imus Back to Radio Sooner than Expected, Looking for African-American Sidekick; Sharpton RespondsShock jock Don Imus, fired from WFAN and MSNBC for using racist and sexist remarks, may be back on the air as soon as September... Dietl said on Post State Editor Fred Dicker's Albany radio how, "I'm not supposed to say, but . . .
Black Leaders Protest At D.L. Hughley's FW ShowSeveral people joined local Black ministers and community leaders to protest comedian D.L. Hughley's Juneteenth show at Bass Hall in Fort Worth Saturday.
MSMBC struggles to replace Imus: The latest cable news ratingsThe numbers don''t lie....maybe they just fudge a little.
Hillary's Hit Man Strikes AgainBen Smith of Politico.com reports that the first attack on a new book on Hillary Clinton came from Media Matters for America, "a Democratic-leaning group whose founders are close to the New York Democrat senator's presidential campaign..." Bingo.
Caucasian Please! America's True Double Standard For Misogyny & RacismDespite the firing of Don Imus, corporate media continue to attempt to divert attention from long-established institutional sexism, in order to depict Black youth culture as the vector of the disease.
A Dilemma: Free Speech and Internet/Radio/TV Immorality Rosie O'Donnell is off the air, supposedly her own doing, and Don Imus is reported to be suing CBS. The outcome of any such litigation may tell if we have achieved a new era in broadcasting or if we will revert to the pervious era.
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