Regrets, Schmegrets

From the ever witty Mr. Fish, LA Weekly




Our thoughts & deepest sympathies are with the V-Tech families and community.

CBS Radio to Imus: Buh-bye Bigot!

Heads up alert: Breaking News.
Imus shown the CBS Radio door. Finally.

Don't let it hit your racist sexist misogynistic homophobic totally bigoted prejudiced ass on the way out the door disingenuous dirtbag!

Don't have all the details yet. Does this mean he and his henchmen (lynchmen?) KKK rightwing nutjob bigotry promoting point-headed sheet-wearing sidekicks McCord and McGuirk (and Rosenberg) are also gone from CBS Radio? And that all are gone from the flagship station of WFAN in NYC? That's not completely clear as of this writing.

More details to follow.

You see? We can accomplish change when we all work together!

Power to the people.

Imus No Longer to be Simulcast on MSNBC

Imus has been daring MSNBC to boot him for several years; apparently he got his wish. NBC news with Brian Williams, as reported by Rehema Ellis: the President of the NBC News Division (which oversees MSNBC), Steve Capus, has decided and announced tonight that as guardians of the NBC News Division name, Don Imus is no longer welcome on MSNBC.

Imus has derided MSNBC and associated NBC managers for years bullying and calling their staff, employees all sorts of put-downs/names and criticizing them, causing visible tensions — to the point that last summer staff celebrated the summer hiatus of the Imus program and had a countdown bemoaning the Imus show return in the fall.

Time for WFAN and CBS Radio to step up to the plate. They've had their run; time for it all to end. The world has changed. See previous entry on how to contact them.

MSNBC/NBC story here.

Footnote 1: Jossip has done a good job of documenting the flap resulting from the bigot's unconscionable slurs and corporate media's slowness to take action (because they have made so much money from this crap).

Footnote 2: Steve Capus — not a very impressive decider or leader. In fact, during a just-held interview with David Gregory on Spitball (hardball) it sounded very much like Mr. Capus would have been happy to allow the Imus Show's business-as-usual to continue — he's a self-avowed Imus fan — but apparently he was pressured from above to discontinue the relationship.

Boos to Steve Capus, thus to MSNBC, NBC: thumbs down, jeers, poop-head award, typical white male privilege, etc. Hard evidence of extremely poor leadership which allowed and countenanced the bigoted behavior for as long as it was allowed to go on. Steve Capus: Hope you're the next to go down for poor leadership, perpetuating bigotry and failing to be a leader with a backbone you spineless coward.

Two Top Artists Cancel Their Appearances on Imus?

Mary Chapin Carpenter and Patti Smith have apparently quietly cancelled their April appearances on the Imus show. As late as the Tuesday, April 10 edition of the MSNBC-Imus enewsletters, Imus and MSNBC were promoting the April 11 and April 20 appearances of Carpenter and Smith respectively. However, the April 11 edition of the newsletter (sent out approximately 5:00PM on the 10th) no longer had references to either Carpenter or Smith.

The Imus Show appearance is no longer on Carpenter's website although it was previously listed there according to the google cache dated April 4.

Carpenter's new CD is "The Calling" — while Smith was set to perform songs from her new offering "Twelve." Both are known for being politically progressive as well as for their artistry and incredible music.

Numerous major advertisers including Staples, Proctor & Gamble and Bigelow Tea have pulled their ads due to the racist, sexist, misogynist statements (and lame apologies and excuses) by Imus, which were instigated by his producer Bernard McGuirk. Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Guiliani, as well as the current administration have indicated their public support for Imus.

Gretchen Wilson is still listed in the the April 11 newsletter as the live performer scheduled for May 10. Her new CD is entitled (ironically enough) "One of the Boys."