04/12/07: CBS fires Don Imus from radio show

Decision comes day after MSNBC drops shock jock's simulcast

BREAKING NEWS

MSNBC staff and news service reports

Updated: 4:56 p.m. ET April 12, 2007

NEW YORK - CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the final blow for the broadcaster who called the Rutgers women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos.”

Imus initially was suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos” on the air last week, but outrage continued to grow and advertisers bolted from his programs.

“There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society,” CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. “That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision.”

Several major advertisers dropped the show, and pressure from politicians and the public has mounted since the radio host referred to the Rutgers basketball players as “nappy-headed hos” shortly after they lost the NCAA women’s national championship game.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18072804/

{;-) Dan in Miami

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• White as the pure driven snow Marion
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