Welcome to the first blog of April.... first off Imus is a hack that should have been out of the business years ago. I agree that he has a first amendment right to say what he wishes but also has to face consequences from his employer. I believe that mountains will continue to be made out of molehills... yes he is a shock jock and his job to create a certain amount of reaction.
Whether I agree with the reactions of the public and various public personas such as Jessie Jackson or the Rev Al Sharpton is not what I am here to write about but rather the extent to what our modern society will allow in terms of members lacking basic civility and manners. A line must be drawn in the sand and at this point I am all for having Imus pay part of the price. If the NFL can try to police itself by suspending players(Pacman 1 Year, Chris Henry 8 games) perhaps the large corporations who own the media outlets can try the same thing... why should it be up to the FCC and even then, they don't censor content but instead look for objectionable content such as curses and overly sexual graphics? yes you may say and you may be right that there is no way Imus will pay the price hen he has garnered all this attention and still makes MSNBC a ton of money with his program and advertising et al. but can't society or for that matter advertiser think for themselves... or is it just that they already do, and all that matters is the mighty dollar?
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