Re: Keep Imus on - sign up

[J. <jsloud2001<removeme>@netscape.net>]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:09:52 -0500, "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>"J. @netscape.net>" <jsloud2001<removeme> wrote in message
>news:ugcv1390cklo5384a3ehk0ct9c9bd7tv1c@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:40:48 -0500, Milhouse Van Houten
>> <none@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >http://www.petitiononline.com/KeepImus/petition.html
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>> Way too late for this.  The advertisers have spoken.  CBS and MSNBC
>> are driven by profits and nothing else.  They couldn't care less what
>> Don Imus said.
>
>That is not an issue, regardless who pulls out there are a lot more waiting
>in the wings, this was in internal decision at the network. Personally Imus
>was boring and an idiot
>
Nope.  They had suspended him for two weeks and were planning on
waiting for it to blow over.  Two days later, as soon as the big
advertisers started pulling out, they fired him on the spot.  Imus had
a relatively large audience and quite a career prior to this.  He also
had a track record of insulting and picking on all sorts of people.
This was just the first time Sharpton noticed.