Don Imus Felt 'Forced' to Make Public Apologies - Political Forum

superdude17* · 08-15-2007, 01:05 PM

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Don Imus wakes up this morning $20 million richer and free to do what he wants.

Because Imus has settled his matters with CBS Radio, he can entertain the dozens of inquiries about him returning to broadcasting.

Don’t be surprised if the I-man makes significant deals in the next few weeks for a radio and TV comeback.

I’m told the reason Imus couldn’t act sooner was that many people in the radio business actually thought he’d make up with CBS.

"He had a long, good relationship with Les Moonves," a source said. "There was never a strain between them personally."

Even so, CBS Radio probably was not in a position to backtrack from Imus' firing last spring.

More surprisingly, though, is news about why Imus suddenly turned up on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s radio show so quickly after his firing — and did a lot of press that some feel harmed him and fed the controversy. Some feel those media appearances led to his dismissal.

Now I’m told Imus was coaxed into doing them by NBC senior vice president Phil Griffin. Imus, sources say, wanted to just apologize to the Rutgers women’s basketball team he offended and leave it at that. In fact, they say, he apologized to the team several times for his derogatory remarks.

But Griffin, sources close to the action insist, pushed him into high-profile interviews on the "Today" show and elsewhere. Griffin, they say, threatened Imus with canceling his MSNBC TV simulcast if he didn’t do the big interviews. The result was that he fueled the fire instead of putting it out.

“He didn’t care about Imus,” says a source, “only NBC. He told Don he would lose the MSNBC show if he didn’t do the interviews. And then NBC canceled the show anyway.”

Now that Imus is away from NBC and CBS Radio, the fun begins. And will the tag of "racist" hang on him forever? It’s unlikely. Before all this happened, Imus was known for having black guests on his show all the time. And children of every color attend his summer camp.

It’s important to remember that Imus was always an equal opportunity offender.

Amazing how in this country the unforgiveable sin is when a conservative, or someone who is conveniently labeled conservative SPEAKS a word that is deemed racist/sexist/islamophobe/homophobe.

The forgiveable sin is flying loaded airplanes into buildings and killing 3000 people.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-15-2007, 02:19 PM

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Amazing how in this country the unforgiveable sin is when a conservative, or someone who is conveniently labeled conservative SPEAKS a word that is deemed racist/sexist/islamophobe/homophobe.

The forgiveable sin is flying loaded airplanes into buildings and killing 3000 people.

The fact that your defense of Don Imus is the 9/11 hijackers were worse speaks for itself.

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superdude17* · 08-15-2007, 03:49 PM

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Everytime you conservatives defend these bigots we liberals score another point.

I can't wait to see that "ho" crying in the courtroom when she gets made a mockery of b/c of her run for the money. That is what I can't wait for.

Personal attack. Moderators take note here.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-15-2007, 08:35 PM

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I can't wait to see that "ho" crying in the courtroom when she gets made a mockery of b/c of her run for the money.

Wow, you are actually calling those women "hos". How utterly despicable and disgusting.

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Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-15-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by superdude17*

I can't wait to see that "ho" crying in the courtroom when she gets made a mockery of b/c of her run for the money. That is what I can't wait for.

Personal attack. Moderators take note here.

This is ridiculous.

There is no personal attack here. He said you are defending a bigot. That's not a personal attack.

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MikeT · 08-16-2007, 10:02 AM

How many times should Imus apologize for his bigotry before people simply stop believing him?

Once?
Twice?
Three times?

The idea that someone can continue the same behaviors and expect their apologies to be considered sincere, is faulty. If an apology is sincere, the behavior that caused the need for the apology in the first place doesn't repeat.

Imus can't be considered sincere since he has repeatedly apologized for the same thing over and over again.

gartunklets · 09-19-2007, 05:12 PM

screw that no one can make you publicly apologize, its a choice of the person and whether he/she feels its right