Say what you will, but when stories like this start to come out, the result would seem to be inevitable:
As skittish advertisers began to pull out and calls for his resignation reverberated, embattled shock jock Don Imus yesterday continued a campaign of contrition over racially and sexually insensitive remarks he made, even while insisting that he shouldn’t lose his national television show and syndicated radio program.
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Three advertisers — office supply chain Staples Inc., Bigelow Tea and Procter & Gamble — said late yesterday that they would stop placing ads on the show out of dismay over Imus’s comments. Any further defections could significantly erode economic support for a program heard in about 70 radio markets, including Washington. CBS Radio, which syndicates Imus, has not announced how it will fill the time slot when Imus’s suspension begins on Monday. MSNBC said it would program expanded news coverage during the time.
Whether he deserves it or not, the public relations gods are starting to speak. Don Imus is going down, quickly.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:35 am
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April 11th, 2007 at 7:07 am
If Don Imus was black and spoke about White folks like that he we have been arrested and banned from any media for life.
Get with that!