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Created by Bily Foster on April 11, 2007, 4:00 pm



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 IMUS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG

Imus is another example of the degradation of talk radio that has been going on since Rush Limbaugh started this in 1980. Rush was another failed DJ that got lucky in 1980 when talk radio and the AM signal were in deep trouble. So they experimented with a show that had no boundaries as to the kind of racism and hate mongering that could be disseminated in talk radio. This was followed by the other right wing haters with a mix of the “shock jocks” like Howard Stern and Imus. The fairness doctrine was killed by the Reagan Administration, which was followed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 signed by President Clinton. That is the short history of why hate and racist talk radio is the rule rather than the exception.

That is why I find it so ironic that the MSM(Main Stream Media) is pounding away at this story like the vultures that they have become. The MSM nurtured, incubated, and profited from the hate radio they created and now they are shocked at the Imus remarks. This is reminiscent of the famous Casablanca line by the corrupt prefect of police when he closed down “Rick’s” Café American.” “I am shocked that there is gambling going on here” was the prefect’s excuse for closing Rick’s as the casino manager says, “your winnings inspector.” So, Imus is the sacrificial lamb for the whole stinking mess. And he is not the worst of these hate mongers.

Rush commits a felony drug offense after he and his Republican right wing cohorts have been saying far worst racist remarks for more than 20 years. Where is the outrage! Instead of the shock jock words that Imus used for the Rutgers basketball team, these right-wingers have effectively creating more hatred, racism, and divisiveness than Imus could ever have done with his irresponsible comment. The hateful comments like “femi-****” “Ellen Degenerate” by these people has never gotten the attention that the Imus statement got. Perhaps Imus is fair game to these MSM executives because he supports Democrats as well as Republicans. There was even a suggestion by some idiot commentator that Imus is a liberal. In my opinion, Imus would only be a liberal in a fascist group.

My suggestion to Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the other anti-defamation groups is that they extend their outrage to the other talk radio hosts who are doing far more damage than Imus. This would be a message to the advertisers that would really have an impact on talk radio and the dissemination of hatred that has so divided this country over the last 25 years. My suggestion to Imus is that he donates a few million dollars to a chaired professorship at Rutgers University for a media program directed at this problem if he is serious about his apology.


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222 17 Apr 2007 - 12:41    Eileen Flanagan : Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter et al have poisoned the well of political discourse in America. These people spew hatred and violence on a daily basis, yet no one in the mainstream media has said anything about them. They MUST be stopped.
221 17 Apr 2007 - 10:33    Ann Johnson : Let's stop the right wing hate talk.
220 17 Apr 2007 - 9:22    Colleen Angell :
219 17 Apr 2007 - 8:05    fuck civility : there needs to be more killing
218 17 Apr 2007 - 6:37    Lisen : Hate speech, derogatory and demeaning remarks have absolutely no place on public airwaves, nor should it be accepted in form of corporate or political advertising.
217 17 Apr 2007 - 6:09    Teri Schlesinger : Rush and the other hate mongers are too deeply ingrained in the American consciousness to be removed with ease. The hate they have spawn over the years have done irrecoverable harm. I do not understand why after so many years it is Don Imus who is targeted and not the others. However, I hope this case represents the opening of a door that will open very quickly. The MSM (which is hardly patriotic), in my opinion, is even more responsible than the Bush crime family for what has happened to our country.
216 17 Apr 2007 - 3:00    carl gant :
215 17 Apr 2007 - 2:17    Josh : Damn ******s and liberals should be killed!
214 17 Apr 2007 - 2:10    Dan Compton :
213 17 Apr 2007 - 1:57    LINDA LONG :
212 16 Apr 2007 - 21:41    LEN WELCH :
211 16 Apr 2007 - 20:46    Kay Petrini : Right-wing hate radio is responsible for the state of this country today. Not only do their kingpins spew racism and hatred, they have created an environment in which the facts no longer count for anything.
210 16 Apr 2007 - 19:48    CRAIG RICE :
209 16 Apr 2007 - 18:28    Rob Hogue : Congress and the FCC should return to the fairness doctrine, and as a society we need to marginalize Limbaugh, et al. He and the other principals of the right-wing radio world deliberately mislead and inflame their followers. This is dangerous even though the majority is now waking up to our current realities.
208 16 Apr 2007 - 18:13    Patrick McLaughlin :
207 16 Apr 2007 - 17:53    Gregory Charles DuBois :
206 16 Apr 2007 - 16:28    Kitty Hegemann : The hate radio group is causing a split in our country that is not wanted nor needed. I am afraid that if it is not curtailed, we shall see an increasing number of violent acts upon those that hate radio target with their venom.
205 16 Apr 2007 - 11:31    Marv Lincoln : Enough is enough. Let us find out who is sponsoring whom and... let the boycotts begin!
204 16 Apr 2007 - 9:29    Tina Spears : There's a difterence, though re: Imus and other hate-speech. The others go after known people, or groups in general. Imus thought these college girls were fair game for some reason. That's the reason this particular case drew so much attention. But I agree. We should all demand civility.
203 16 Apr 2007 - 8:16    Ted Wedel :
202 16 Apr 2007 - 6:49    Debra Fratini :
201 16 Apr 2007 - 6:42    Hector A. Carrasquillo : Fair and balenced, Right and Left, balence the airwaves
200 16 Apr 2007 - 5:51    clark yerrington : it's time for the advertisers that support the right wing noise machine to recognize that these people are extermists who don't represent the majority of thought and belief in the country.
199 16 Apr 2007 - 3:37    diana wolf : Thanks very much for taking the time and energy, and having the guts to put this together.
198 16 Apr 2007 - 3:33    bill blau : the 'fairness' doctrine must be enforced on the publically owned ariways. If a station carries a Hannity they must carry an different view for an equal amount of time.
197 16 Apr 2007 - 2:54    Randy Russell : No more "hate speech" from anyone, and that specifically includes Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, and the Fox Noise Channel. No more propaganda disguised as news. No more lies disguised as news.
196 16 Apr 2007 - 2:16    Richard Teeter :
195 16 Apr 2007 - 0:52    Jo : I don't know what Main Stream Media means anymore. Seems we have the Cable Media to blame because THEY are the MSM now
194 15 Apr 2007 - 23:58    louis peluso :
193 15 Apr 2007 - 23:35    Faye Morris :
192 15 Apr 2007 - 22:48    Betty Golden : Hate speech must not be supported on our airwaves. Now is the time to demand a change.
191 15 Apr 2007 - 22:37    Alice Barnes : I think talk radio and talk tv cause more hate tah anything else in our society.
190 15 Apr 2007 - 22:32    Mike Shelby : Right-wing radio, the Fox Noise Channel, and a cowed MSM that refuses to report "the truth and nothing but the truth" are second in danger to this nation just behind the Iraq occupation and terrorism. The terrorism inflicted by right-wing media and the ChristoFascist Zombie Brigades on the American public are tantamount to treason! Imus was wrong but in no way does he threaten America like the state of our current media to distort, obfuscate, apologize, and cowtow to a corrupt, evil, murdering, and prevaricating Bush/Cheney administration brought to us by the Republican Party.
189 15 Apr 2007 - 22:28    joseph alimonti :
188 15 Apr 2007 - 22:21    Carmen n'ha Lydia :
187 15 Apr 2007 - 21:30    ken lusk :
186 15 Apr 2007 - 21:15    michael romanczyk :
185 15 Apr 2007 - 20:56    pamela harris :
184 15 Apr 2007 - 20:55    Dori Gilbert :
183 15 Apr 2007 - 20:33    David Marshall :
182 15 Apr 2007 - 20:22    Kathleen Dorce : Opposing views yes, hate speech, NO. Lies, NO. Let's have some REAL accountability in broadcasting.
181 15 Apr 2007 - 7:22    Viva O'Neil :
180 15 Apr 2007 - 7:02    Mary Forsythe :
179 15 Apr 2007 - 6:19    Jeannine Berroteran :
178 15 Apr 2007 - 5:07    Angelo Adamopoulos : The slanderous trampling of character that is continually broadcast from conservative talk shows bigots such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, is an injustice to the American principle of fair-and-truthful reporting ..... not to mention the neo-consertative religious opportunists, the reverends Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, and Chuck Colson, James Dobson and the likes that also degrade In The Name Of God the personal character of individuals with opposing views towards the corporate imperial "trusted leadership" of the world. In the sinning beliefs they behold upon themselves, these poor hopeless souls seem to be beyond salvation for the torture that awaits them.
177 15 Apr 2007 - 3:03    Edward Paulino :
176 15 Apr 2007 - 2:48    Claudia DuBrie : I'm so glad the sea change in natiional consciousness has swooped down and shat upon the head of Don Imus. May his cronies enjoy like treatment, or more so. *-)
175 15 Apr 2007 - 1:20    Catherine Knapp :
174 14 Apr 2007 - 23:42    Daniel Vincent :
173 14 Apr 2007 - 22:40    amy curtis :
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