snookered wrote:Ragman wrote:Staples Inc., Bigelow Tea Company, and Procter & Gamble Co. have stopped advertising on Imus' morning show to protest his racially charged remarks about the women's basketball team.
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, who once had Imus take a pledge not to engage in racist talk, said of the Imus' two-week suspension, "This sends a very bad signal and it's a bad use of the public airwaves. And, frankly, I don't think it's even fair to other shock jocks who've lost their jobs over doing a lot less."
From the rap songs that I can understand parts of, it is clear that black men feel the same way about SOME black females.
They are also racist to "whitey".
So let me get this clear. One can Rap about it, but one can't talk about it. I realize how racist the Blacks are against whites. It is my opinion that Blacks are far more racist than Whites. They just go about exposing their racism differently.
Wow. From your post alone I can glean you are a hip-hop guru., to which I'm sure the one MC Hammer CD in your collection testifies.
And while I'm being sarcastic, in no way does your generalizing about all black people suggest a prejudiced mindset of your own.
farmerman wrote:Im glad Imus is off,
My entire plan is moving along on a perfect schedule. henh henh henh
pssst... next month Rosie right?
snood wrote:Oh, I'd say a whole lot of people should give a ****... the guy generates 25% of CBS radio's revenue (after Howard Stern's departure); his show played host to a lot of the nation's important politicos on a regular basis- I'd say there's a lot of reason his foot-in-mouth might be a little more serious than you insulting another A2K'er.
me insulting another A2Ker? Who said anything about that?
When has that ever happened?
I don't like Imus... never have... he's an azzhole and he's not funny.... HOWEVER.... he said nothing that Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle and that azz clown Carlos Mencia doesn't say everyday.... without cease.... and yet no one raises a ruckus like this..... it's only white people that get into trouble for this kind of remark.... I'm not justifying the remarks in any way but if standards are going to be applied they need to be applied across the board or let it be a free for all....
Chapelle and Rock can stay.... Mencia and Imus need to go. That's a subjective opinion.
psstt... Farmerman.... we're on for Rosie right? She's got to go......
I just read another post where Ann Coulter mentioned Mencia and Chappelle and I am now horrified that I could be associated with her in any way.
However, I would never call her a tow headed ho.
she is a tow headed c**t. :wink:
OCCOM BILL wrote:snookered wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:au1929 wrote:What Imus said was definately out of line. However, why the double standard. He was only repeating what is heard time and time again from black rap artists and comedians. I guess he was under the imopression that one size fits all? How foolish of him not to understand what is good for the goose is not good for the gander in the politically correct USA.
Gee, sounds almost like I said.
Yep. But after a month of reading your nonsense I expect nothing wiser from you.
So au1929 plagerizing what I wrote is sensible, but what I wrote in greater depth and logic is not?
snookered wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:snookered wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:au1929 wrote:What Imus said was definately out of line. However, why the double standard. He was only repeating what is heard time and time again from black rap artists and comedians. I guess he was under the imopression that one size fits all? How foolish of him not to understand what is good for the goose is not good for the gander in the politically correct USA.
Gee, sounds almost like I said.
Yep. But after a month of reading your nonsense I expect nothing wiser from you.
So au1929 plagerizing what I wrote is sensible, but what I wrote in greater depth and logic is not?
What the hell are you smoking???
Shock jock has plentiful company in casting slurs
By Jennifer Harper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 12, 2007
CBS radio host Don Imus does not have a monopoly on racial slurs. Loose cannons are a fixture in broadcasting, though most survive to either slur again or re-emerge chastened and reinvented.
Gaffes have varying shelf lives.
In December, Rosie O'Donnell used a mock Asian-sounding language while co-hosting ABC's "The View," to describe world reaction to an episode of public drunkenness by actor Danny DeVito. Despite protests from the Asian-American Journalists Association and other ethnic groups, Miss O'Donnell continued to host even as she criticized fellow ABC personality Kelly Ripa for "homophobic behavior."
It was not quite as easy for New Jersey shock jocks Craig Carton and Ray Rossi, who called Asian-Americans and Arab-Americans "fringe groups" and mimicked ethnic accents in 2005, infuriating more than 100 minority associations. The pair issued apologies and agreed to cultural-diversity training, and their station broadcast free promotional announcements for the offended groups. The two remain on the air.
It took Doug "the Greaseman" Tracht years to recover from a jarring comment he made in 1999 about a brutal black murder, prompting employer WARW-FM to fire the $1 million-a-year morning host almost immediately. Mr. Tracht repeatedly apologized, went silent for a spell, then eventually returned to the air on an AM station.
Whether a celebrity survives isolated or repeated forays into boorish behavior is a tricky business.
"We get tried in the court of law; celebrities get tried in the court of public opinion," said Ronn Torossian of New York-based 5W Public Relations, a crisis-management firm that has handled assorted complications for entertainers Sean "Diddy" Combs, Lil' Kim, Pamela Anderson and Snoop Dogg.
Mr. Imus should not have appeared Monday on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program, he said.
"He should have chosen a softer audience, a more controlled environment, like a morning news show. That appearance was a mistake. Still, it's really too early to tell if Imus will recover," Mr. Torossian continued.
"Celebrities get away with things. Americans are very forgiving, and they have a fairly short attention span. So, stars apologize and go into rehab, or they apologize and go into sensitivity training and anger management. But none of it works unless the celebrity believes in the process," he added.
"An apology issued with even a hint of insincerity, lacking in acceptance of responsibility and -- worst of all -- casting blame on other parties can do more harm than good," agreed Rhoda Weiss, chief executive officer of the Public Relations Society of America.
Shock jocks, such as Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge, have left the public airwaves for unregulated satellite radio.
"Had the Federal Communications Commission been doing its job, the Imus incident might have been prevented because radio stations would have long ago curbed hard-core rap lyrics with sexual comments about African-American women that Imus was apparently imitating at least in part," said Robert Peters of New York-based Morality in Media.
As I wrote earlier, FCC is partially to blame for all this 'shock jock' dancing over the edge. And who is in charge of overseeing FCC?
Who could that be? Is it...Dumbyah?
Anyone remember the uncles Don & Wethbee? They suffered mightily for speaking out of turn.
Uncle Don if I remember correctly got caught by open mike
au1929 wrote:snookered wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:snookered wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:au1929 wrote:What Imus said was definately out of line. However, why the double standard. He was only repeating what is heard time and time again from black rap artists and comedians. I guess he was under the imopression that one size fits all? How foolish of him not to understand what is good for the goose is not good for the gander in the politically correct USA.
Gee, sounds almost like I said.
Yep. But after a month of reading your nonsense I expect nothing wiser from you.
So au1929 plagerizing what I wrote is sensible, but what I wrote in greater depth and logic is not?
What the hell are you smoking???
Ohh, your in Brooklyn. If I were smoking something it could have been purchased from you or your Brooklyn misfits.
snookered
Good response for a five year old mentality
About the same mentality as "what the hell have you been smoking."
See how ignorant people like you bring everone down to your level.
God, it stinks here.
snookered wrote:About the same mentality as "what the hell have you been smoking."
What the hell have you been drinking?
Coke or Pepsi?
snookered wrote:God, it stinks here.
Then leave, and don't let the door hit ya in the ass--i guarantee you won't be missed.
Chai wrote:snookered wrote:About the same mentality as "what the hell have you been smoking."
What the hell have you been drinking?
Coke or Pepsi?
I love the way idiots quote things out of context. This week I purchased Pepsi since it was on sale for .99 and coke was $1.49.
Anymore Gems you have?
Setanta wrote:snookered wrote:God, it stinks here.
Then leave, and don't let the door hit ya in the ass--i guarantee you won't be missed.
You simple minded jerk. Quote the whole post.
Are you unaware of how the social structure and mentality is brought down to the level of the newly or established population. Social Studies 101.
Chai...did you run out of anti-idiot pills again, do you need to borrow some of mine...I have plenty.
