Don Imus, a radio voice for CBS for almost 30 years was fired after making a comment about the Rutgers woman's basketball team. The team had just lost their national championship game, and Imus, while commenting on the game, called the women on the team, "nappy-headed hos". The radio world heard this and quickly responded with outrage and anger. CBS fired him almost immediately, though he was in the middle of a two day radio fundraising event. The article I will attach to the bottom this post quotes Sharpton (another radio host) saying, "He says he wants to be forgiven, I hope he continues in that process. But we cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism." Though there are many supporters of Imus, I am thankful that a majority of the radio world responded to Imus the way they did. Though he made many apologies to the Rutgers team, they did not officially forgive him. I am sure that many radio hosts took note of this event and are now all the more careful to be aware of what they say. Even the most experienced radio voices can mess up, but when it is a comment this vulgar, it is hard to forgive, and the CBS made the choice to rid their show of Imus rather than face the consequences of letting such a comment slide.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/04/13/don-imus-fired-by-cbs-radio-for-racist-comments-one-day-after-msnbc-drops-show/
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