Isaac
Years ago
Don Imus fired for Rutgers comments
A few people may be following this case.
Don Imus is a shock jock in the States. After the Rutgers women's basketball team lost the NCAA championship, he publically referenced them as a bunch of "nappy-headed hos". Racist and sexist - charming.
Today, CBS cancelled his show after a week of pressure including that by Al Sharpton and large companies pulling sponsorship and advertising.
Imus' show drew $20m in revenue last year.
Can't believe that it took any pressure or a week of it to force their hand - greedy bastards.
And it's hardly a one-off. In the 90s, Imus said of a black NY Times journalist that it was nice to "let the cleaning lady cover the White House," and referred to another black columnist as a "quota hire". He's called Venus Williams a masculine "animal" more likely to appear in Nat Geo than Playboy and called the US women's soccer team "juiced-up dykes". He has referenced Palestinians as "stinking animals" and said, "They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill 'em all right now."
He has referred to the "Jewish management" at employer CBS Radio as "money-grubbing bastards."
Shameful.