Less than a day after MSNBC pulled the plug on his television show, CBS Radio has cancelled Don Imus’s radio show:
NEW YORK (CNN) — CBS has canceled Don Imus’ radio show, effective immediately, after uproar over his racist and sexist comments about Rutgers women’s basketball team.
“From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that were made on our air about the young women who represented Rutgers University in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship with such class, energy and talent,” said CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves, in announcing the decision.
The decision by CBS came a day after NBC Universal decided to part ways with Imus, thus canceling the simulcast of his show on MSNBC.
Amid the outcry over his on-air racial slur last week, shock jock Imus said Thursday that he had “apologized enough” and that he will not go on “some talk show tour.”
“I’m not going to go talk to Larry King or Barbara Walters or anyone else,” Imus said on his flagship station in New York, WFAN-AM, which is owned by CBS Corp. and distributes “Imus in the Morning” nationally.
“The only other people I want to talk to are these young women at the team, and then that’s it,” Imus said
Quite literally that’s it.
Now, can we all agree that this story is done with and move on already ?
April 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Now, can we all agree that this story is done with and move on already ?
Have we confirmed that he’s not the father of Anna Nicole’s baby?
April 12th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Good one