Obama's Silence on Imus Alarms Some Blacks

If you're referring to Obama - it is barely possible he made the decision without the counsel of those individuals.

You think MSNBC is getting they're marching orders from Jackson and Sharpton as well?


NEW YORK - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage over the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.

In a statement, NBC News announced "this decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees. What matters to us most is that the men and women of NBC Universal have confidence in the values we have set for this company. This is the only decision that makes that possible."

That is another way of saying it may end in a boycot and hit them in the pocketbook.

You seem to go a long way to avoid the obvious. The President of NBC news says there was a discussion among people who work at MSNBC about what needed to be done. He says that, along with the moving interviews with the Rutgers coach and players, made this seem to him the only appropriate course.

Snood
BS.
I listen to many of the sports programs on WFAN. That is the station that Imus is on in the AM. The sports broadcasters I listened to agreed he made a stupid remark but were solidly in his corner.
Let's not kid ourselves. It's all about money.

the only thing worse than what imus said, is the fact that this controversy relegates him to some status of relevance, somehting i thought he'd lost years ago

i'm amazed anybody understood what he said, the man sounds like he's got mouthful of marbles

I think its kind of a shame that you don't think this had anything to do with some folks being rightfully indignant, or anything to do with some people in management having some human decency and not wanting to be associated with the kind of puerile locker room crap Imus has gotten away with spouting. I'm not so naive as to think the bottom line had nothing to do with this, but I don't think it's "all about money".

Is everything "all about money" to you, or just things on a national or corporate level?

It isn't just about race. There is outrage at the slander of college-educated women. There is outrage at the slander of someone's child because she achieved a remarkable victory in a male-dominated sport.

If your child was going to that university, playing on that champion basketball team, would you want politicians exploiting your child's humility with their loudness?

There are children involved. I applaud Senator Obama for not being one of the Al Sharpton's who will exploit the embarrassment of someone elses child to further his own political goals. I like Obama's quiet, but very effective, methods.

It would not surprise me at all if Barack Obama has not already telephoned many on that basketball team to tell them how proud he is of their educational achievements, and relate to them on how difficult it is to be a successful athelete while also achieving high scores in their studies.

I agree with you, Buttrflynet, but did anyone say this was "just about race"?

Did we read the same article on the first page of this thread?

"Obama's silence on Imus alarms some blacks
Candidate faces first test on handling issues of race

By Rick Klein and Joseph Williams, Globe Staff | April 11, 2007 "


That's what I was responding to.

gotcha

Some may call it "discretion" but the realists call it "gutless".

It's all about race and as far as Obama's "methods", his "methods" are those of his political handlers.

You know jack **** about Obama - because you don't wanna know anything positive. So you concoct ideas like this latest harebrained idea of yours that he is some kind of puppet. You ever see a black democrat you liked?

Good one, Snood.

This guy is like a pox.

Do they carry signs saying they are democrats? I have a hard time seeing ones political affiliation

Well, the ones with actual positions in government (which I think is what snood is talking about) or who are running for office usually do have a (D) after their name.

Are you now a pox expert?

One with Pox?