2] Corporations have no obligation to free speach, just their shareholders. As such, their right to determine content for their networks supercedes any right to free speach.

3] Mark, if you want a great show, team up Maher and Imus on HDNET and set them loose. I may not agree with everything they say but society needs commentators that speak openly about controversial topics on the minds of its citizens.

4] Hope you don\’t meet our Raptors in the finals baby!

The Greek!

My guess is that not a single member of the Rutgers basketball team did indeed watch the original broadcast of the Imus show in which the inflammatory comments were made. The fact that such an issue was made of his comments is indicative of three things:

1. The US media still thrives on publicizing and pullulating issues and events which causes discord between the major races within our society (ie. Whites, Blacks & Hispanics).

Whenever such events occur with a white antagonist and a black victim, then — and only then, it seems — do we once again have the privilege of bearing witness to the predictable sharing of boundless wisdom and insight from the notorious primetime hypocrites, \”The Reverend\” Jesse Jackson and \”The Reverend\” Al Sharpton. I have my theories as to why that is … you can draw your own conclusions.

2. Somebody, somewhere — with a lot of clout, obviously — wanted Don Imus removed.

My guess is that the reason why such an individual (or individuals) wanted him gone had nothing to do with his liberal use of descriptive nouns.

3. There is more regard in our society today for an individual not being offended than there is for another\’s right to free speech.

If Mr. Imus had been referring his comments to a group of white women, the world at large would be none the wiser. Conversely, were Mr. Imus a black man, the same would hold true.

Perhaps rather than all of America questioning \’why would Imus make such comments?\’, or \’was his firing appropriate?\’, the question we should all be asking is \’why does the US media keep fanning the flames of racism every chance it gets?\’.

The Imus episode shows how far our media is willing to go to take an insignificant comment, witnessed by a very small segment of society, and make it a MAJOR issue. Apparently they would be lost if they ever had to cover real issues.

Speaking of Adam Curry, I give a 50% chance Podshow picks him up for such an hour long show on their \’network\’ in the next 3-6 months.

Imus also had the disadvantage of a VERY slow news week. He was the lead story, which is a little scary.

His comments were dumb — plain and simple. But they didn\’t appear to be said with malise. Imus was trying to be mildly funny. Trying. He has 20 hours of radio/TV time every week.

I was not a regular Imus listener or watcher. My tivo caught a segment or two from MSNBC every now and them. I hope he decides to return to radio or TV. Heck, I might have to check into HDNET should you offer him a job. Hmmm, Imus in the Morning, Rather at Night…. only on HDNET.