Way to Go, Guys

 BY SUSPENDING Don Imus for two weeks, CBS and NBC have sent a clear message.

That message is: Racism is fine as long as no one complains about it.

Imus's Klan-like screed about Rutgers's women's basketball team, broadcast nationally last week, would have gotten a lesser-rated jock an immediate pink slip. Imus, though, draws listeners and viewers, and so it was only well after the public condemnation rolled in that his bosses acted. In waiting so long, they gave the impression that they are concerned not that their employee polluted the airwaves with racist drivel, but that that they might lose revenue because of it.

Which makes CBS and NBC as culpable as Imus, especially considering that this isn't the first time that his on-air commentary crossed the line that separates offensive from unacceptable.

Comments

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I agree Tom. One question...would anyone have complained if he had said he was rooting for Tennessee because they were the "hotter" team? No, probably not. It's okay to objectify women but not when it's racially objectify them.

Imus is a dope. I never understood why so many highly intelligent people go on his show to talk politics. He is not well-spoken or smart and he makes stupid comments over and over again. I just don't get it.

Just remember Al Roker should be fired for his comments as well.