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joe_schmoe
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al sharpton ass raped your cracker bitch father

4/15/2007 1:46:51 AM

aaronburro
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that would require Sharpton to have balls.

4/15/2007 1:58:25 AM

joe_schmoe
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hyuk hyuk hyuk

*slaps knee*

4/15/2007 2:39:23 AM

eyedrb
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Great article by Jason Whitlock, I think he nails it.

http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html/

4/15/2007 11:03:33 AM

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goddamn, thats one of the most retarded things I've heard anyone say in quite a while.
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Well, you're a fucking idiot, then.

When the Imus scandal broke the team held a press conference to reply to it. How many people could hold a proper press conference, podium and all, without hiring a PR firm and paying them five figures (for starters)?

These women play a televised sport for a major University. And if they were wildly successful, they'd have no problem with the news media coming to their homes and doing biographies on them. In this situation, they had no clue that public exposure meant the likes of Don Imus would be watching.

4/15/2007 1:32:44 PM

spaced guy
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"Imus in the Mourning"


is he moving to the BBC now?

4/15/2007 6:41:11 PM

RedGuard
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"so, why should people start getting pissed off now?"


Newsweek did an interesting analysis of this. Normally, when he abuses people, he's smacking around politicians, members of the press, and other political elites. In return, he gives them a surprisingly free block of time to make their points though he does a good job asking some serious, piercing questions.

The problem was that this time, he wasn't picking on a politician. He was picking on the tournament's cinderella team, a darling of the press. Add into that a few groups that had an axe to grind and were more than happy to keep Imus in the headlines of the 24 hour news cycle, and its only natural that he's going down. As people already pointed out, picking on a bunch of 18-20 year olds who worked so hard is not the wisest thing.

I do think it was racially charged too. Its not just those words, but he used them to contrast against a described white Tennessee team.

4/15/2007 6:43:34 PM

joe_schmoe
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^ wins the thread.

good summary.

4/15/2007 10:44:24 PM

TreeTwista10
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censorship ftw

(but actually jason whitlock ftw)

^^same tired PC bullshit ftl

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4/16/2007 11:11:08 AM

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the spiritual adviser of the Rutgers team (a black reverend) is actually on Imus' side. He is glad that Imus apologized and accepted his apology. You know..the things that reverends are suppose to do...pay attention Sharpton


btw...does anyone else think the story about Sharpton having to increase his security because of the Imus incident totally bogus?

4/16/2007 12:43:09 PM

pwrstrkdf250
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yay for race baiters winning something


not

4/16/2007 1:16:22 PM

TreeTwista10
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http://www.charlotte.com/200/story/108717.html

5/3/2007 7:06:28 PM

spaced guy
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i think he might have a case

5/3/2007 11:47:18 PM

pmcassel
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I do too, I think he'll end up winning. NBC knew full well what he was capable of.

Not giving into is lawsuit is another publicity stunt - just like firing him was.

5/4/2007 12:51:37 AM

hooksaw
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If CBS hired Imus to be "irreverent," then they got what they were paying for. The following is apparently from Imus' contract:

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"[Imus' lawyer] cited a contract clause where CBS acknowledged that Imus' services were 'unique, extraordinary, irreverent, intellectual, topical, controversial.' The clause said Imus's programming was 'desired by company and ... consistent with company rules and policy,' according to Garbus."


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269888,00.html

[Edited on May 4, 2007 at 1:27 AM. Reason : .]

5/4/2007 1:27:10 AM

pmcassel
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^^OK I lied, CBS

5/4/2007 11:44:46 AM

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