April 12- Don Imus Update

Unbelievable.

MSNBC caved to pressure and fired Don Imus for what they deemed a “racial slur.”

My problem is this:

1. The comment wasn’t racial. It was sexist at worst.
2. The comment was made on a comedy show. Hello? Is it safe to laugh again?

In the big picture, it is insignificant because MSNBC is a distant third in the ratings to Fox News and CNN.

Also, who really watches a simulcast of a radio show? It actually shows someone talking into a microphone. When Imus would interview someone, they would show the still photo of the person being interviewed. Not really great TV viewing.

So the distant #3 network has decided to NOT show someone NOT doing something. Now that is news. At least MSNBC thought it was when they interrupted regular programming to announce that they would NOT be showing something that no one watched. Way to make yourself the news.

Don Imus should have called Al Sharpton a “a fat, race-baiting, snake oil salesman, with poor hair style choices." Who would have objected to that?

What is AMAZINGLY hypocritical is that Sharpton and Jackson proclaim themselves as Reverends and Christians. At last check, the Bible talks about redemption and forgiveness. However, it doesn’t make for good cable news theatre to be consistent with your supposed beliefs and faith.

That may explain the LONG FACE by Don Imus below. He actually looks very much like the lost father of Eric Stoltz from the 1985 movie, Mask.

Eric Stoltz is on the left, Don Imus on the right.