Is Don Imus/Rutgers basketball the best the US media can do these days? - Page 6

Aardvark · 04-16-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

So has "nappy headed" reached the level of the n-word yet? I think it has. Now that some black comedians have sworn off the latter term, perhaps they needed a new one.

Apparently "tar-baby" has. I understand that you can't use it to refer to a person of color, but apparently you can't get away with using it in as a reference to the Uncle Remus story either, as both Mit Romney and John McCain found out. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to me to be any metaphor which is quite as pithy. Quagmire or morass just don't seem to have the same connotation of self-inflicted damage.

EagleFan · 04-16-2007, 04:09 PM

Why are we still talking about a no talent hack who said something stupid and got wrongly fired because of our current state of "sensitivity" that only applies when Sharpton or Jackson take up the cause? What he should have been fired for is being boring as hell and an idiot in general.

Klinglerware · 12-05-2007, 10:00 AM

Proving once again that there is no such thing as "career-ending" in radio, Imus is back on the air in New York. I'm not sure how good a fit WABC will be for him, as his left-of-center views are much too liberal for WABC's right-wing base listenership.

But then again, his last gig was on a sports-talk radio station, so who knows?

Logan · 06-23-2008, 04:03 PM

This was posted on the Rutgers' Rivals board this morning (damn site outage) and I was surprised to see none of the news sites run with it. Up until about an hour ago, only a couple blogs mentioned it, but seems like it's picking up now.

Imus, on Pacman Jones:

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=117733&comments=1

"Controversy" comes when Imus asks what color Pacman is, after being read of all his transgressions, and when told African-American, he responds with "Of course he is."

ISiddiqui · 06-23-2008, 05:47 PM

Wow... talk about not learning your lessons!

molson · 06-23-2008, 05:53 PM

I think if there was at least 1 black person in the studio this is considered OK.

miami_fan · 06-23-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Wow... talk about not learning your lessons!

He did learn his lesson. He has already announced that he will explain it all tomorrow. Everyone will listen. Huge ratings.

jeff061 · 06-23-2008, 08:06 PM

News starting to pick this up some. Interest in Britney must be waning.

ISiddiqui · 06-23-2008, 08:07 PM

Will they? It isn't even on CNN's front page.

jeff061 · 06-23-2008, 08:17 PM

These things start slow. It's on SI's front page. And I've seen it posted other places than here.

Logan · 06-23-2008, 08:47 PM

The Rutgers women story started out so slow, when I left for vacation, it was also only on the Rivals message board. When I got home, he had already been suspended and the firing was like a day away.

sterlingice · 06-26-2008, 08:10 AM

And 3 days later, miami_fan was completely right.

SI

Passacaglia · 06-26-2008, 10:54 AM

I thought Pac-Man was yellow.

06-23-2008, 05:47 PM	#255
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Wow... talk about not learning your lessons! __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

06-23-2008, 08:06 PM	#258
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	News starting to pick this up some. Interest in Britney must be waning. __________________

06-23-2008, 08:07 PM	#259
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Will they? It isn't even on CNN's front page. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

06-23-2008, 08:17 PM	#260
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	These things start slow. It's on SI's front page. And I've seen it posted other places than here. __________________

06-26-2008, 08:10 AM	#262
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	And 3 days later, miami_fan was completely right. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-16-2007, 04:09 PM	#252
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Why are we still talking about a no talent hack who said something stupid and got wrongly fired because of our current state of "sensitivity" that only applies when Sharpton or Jackson take up the cause? What he should have been fired for is being boring as hell and an idiot in general.

12-05-2007, 10:00 AM	#253
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	Proving once again that there is no such thing as "career-ending" in radio, Imus is back on the air in New York. I'm not sure how good a fit WABC will be for him, as his left-of-center views are much too liberal for WABC's right-wing base listenership. But then again, his last gig was on a sports-talk radio station, so who knows?

06-23-2008, 04:03 PM	#254
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	This was posted on the Rutgers' Rivals board this morning (damn site outage) and I was surprised to see none of the news sites run with it. Up until about an hour ago, only a couple blogs mentioned it, but seems like it's picking up now. Imus, on Pacman Jones: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=117733&comments=1 "Controversy" comes when Imus asks what color Pacman is, after being read of all his transgressions, and when told African-American, he responds with "Of course he is."

06-23-2008, 05:53 PM	#256
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I think if there was at least 1 black person in the studio this is considered OK.

06-23-2008, 08:47 PM	#261
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	The Rutgers women story started out so slow, when I left for vacation, it was also only on the Rivals message board. When I got home, he had already been suspended and the firing was like a day away.

06-26-2008, 10:54 AM	#263
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I thought Pac-Man was yellow.

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