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Exclusive: Imus Says CBS got what it bargained for.(Imus to sue for $120 Milliom)
ABC News ^ | 05-03-07 | ELLEN DAVIS & CHRIS FRANCESCANI

Posted on 05/04/2007 3:40:42 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

Radio host Don Imus is going to sue CBS for $120 million, according to a draft copy of the complaint obtained by ABC News' Law & Justice Unit.

The suit is expected to be filed next week.

A draft copy of Imus's lawsuit says that the network expected him to be controversial and irreverent under the terms of his contract. And he claims Imus's show was on a five second delay that allowed the network to censor him if they wanted.

The draft points out that Imus wasn't fired for two weeks after the remarks were made.

Meanwhile, four former FCC commissioners contacted by ABC News say they do not believe that the speech was actionable under current federal guidelines that prohibit profanity or indecency on public airwaves.

Imus was fired April 12, after he made insensitive remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

Martin Garbus -- a powerful First Amendment lawyer who represented controversial comedian Lenny Bruce -- said he would file a complaint against the network in the days ahead.

In a statement released by CBS in response to news stories about the impending lawsuit, CBS said that "We terminated Mr. Imus for cause. Based on the comments in question and relevant contract terms, we believe that the termination was appropriate and CBS would expect to prevail in any attempt by Mr. Imus to recover money for his actions............."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; goimus; imus; mediadeathwatch
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Radio host Don Imus is going to sue CBS for $120 million

Go I-Man Go!

1 posted on 05/04/2007 3:40:45 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Love to watch libs eat libs...


2 posted on 05/04/2007 3:42:52 PM PDT by johnny7 ("Issue in Doubt." -Col. David Monroe Shoup, USMC 1943)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Take every CBS cent you can get, Imus! Go also for Dan raTHer’s pension!


3 posted on 05/04/2007 3:47:22 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Yesterday it was $40 million...

plus his side kicks will sue ?


4 posted on 05/04/2007 3:49:04 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

and he will win!


5 posted on 05/04/2007 3:49:20 PM PDT by Halls (check out my profile and it will explain everything!(FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!))
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Shouldn't Al Sharpton be named in the suit? None of this would have happened without him.
6 posted on 05/04/2007 3:50:44 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Imus comment that both CBS and MSNBC could have prevented his ‘nappy-head’ remarks from actually going out over the airwaves is in fact, a powerful argument.

The fact that neither party even attempted to hit the delay switch which would have put a few seconds of dead air out there instead of Imus’ words, is going to be hard to explain, IF this actually ends up goint to trial.

I suspect that at some point, CBS will choose to settle out of court. If Garbus took on this case, he already knows CBS is on shaky legal ground.

Hey, a great week for CBS eh? Katie Colon has almost a 50 percent unfavorable view from the public, her numbers continue to lag in 3rd place, and now CBS is getting hit with legal action by Imus.

‘No joy at Black Rock’, and it couldn’t happen to nicer folks. :)


7 posted on 05/04/2007 3:52:38 PM PDT by mkjessup (Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
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To: Halls

Can you say IMUSNBC?


8 posted on 05/04/2007 3:53:31 PM PDT by Thebaddog (Labrador Retrievers forever)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

So where is CBS going to find money for Katie Couric’s severance pay?


9 posted on 05/04/2007 3:53:51 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: operation clinton cleanup

I wish he could but that won’t happen. Race pimping is not tortious.....but it should be.


10 posted on 05/04/2007 3:55:22 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: mkjessup

I bet they never used the delay switch on Imus or McGuirk.


11 posted on 05/04/2007 3:56:24 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Paleo Conservative

She’ll wind up doing 20 years in the elephant graveyard.......60 minutes.


12 posted on 05/04/2007 3:57:21 PM PDT by eiyeeclaudius
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Nail their pasty-white asses to the wall!
...bejeezus


13 posted on 05/04/2007 3:58:39 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Radio host Don Imus is going to sue CBS for $120 million

Change that from sue to own.


14 posted on 05/04/2007 3:58:44 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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Does this mean Bob Scheiffer won’t be asking the I-man to listen to the country songs he writes anymore?


15 posted on 05/04/2007 3:58:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I hope the whole crew shares in the settlement. Imus isn’t the only one who lost his job.


16 posted on 05/04/2007 3:59:57 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: mkjessup; Grampa Dave

bttt

” a great week for CBS eh? Katie Colon has almost a 50 percent unfavorable view from the public, her numbers continue to lag in 3rd place, and now CBS is getting hit with legal action by Imus.”


17 posted on 05/04/2007 4:00:41 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Liberty Valance
"Does this mean Bob Scheiffer won’t be asking the I-man to listen to the country songs he writes anymore?"

I don't know if I have this right, but apparently Bob Schieffer once drove Sirhan Sirhan's grandmother to a gynecological exam in Dallas.

WTF's the deal with that?

18 posted on 05/04/2007 4:02:46 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: operation clinton cleanup
I heard Al Roker (spelling?) was very vocal in demanding that Imus get kicked to the curb.

If that's true, Al's probably going to be quite disturbed over company coinage landing in the I-man's bank account.

19 posted on 05/04/2007 4:03:11 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: billorites

Lord hear our prayer...


20 posted on 05/04/2007 4:05:20 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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