What does Fox have to do with it?
Dan Abrams Welcomes All Attacks on Don Imus, Except From Fox News
— Tue, Apr 10, 2007 —
Face it, kids, we're in for a lot of Imus. First the insults, then the apologies, then the continued apologies, the suspension, and the incessant analysis from all over. And by all over, we mean here, too.
Rewind to last night's Scarborough Country, where MSNBC general manager (and former anchor) Dan Abrams was guest hosting for the former congressman — and found his platform for offense and defense ... against Fox News.
Stated Abrams:
People have every right to be angry, insulted and hurt by Imus's comments. And Imus himself has said they have every right to call for his resignation. Those opinions are heartfelt, and I can tell you they have been heard loud and clear by MSNBC and NBC News.
The one set of instigators who should be ignored are our friends over at Fox News, who have made this part of an ongoing political campaign against MSNBC over everything and anything they can find.
Now, I understand why they're doing it. It's a good strategy to attack a network that's suddenly offering up a challenge to them on a number of fronts.
But one would hope another network would attack with clean hands. We all know that's not the case over at Fox, not even on this sort of issue.Not that we're going to lump ourselves in Fox News' camp, but if we're following that logic, it's about time we start ignoring Keith Olbermann's anti-Bill O'Reilly rants. After all, if a network needs clean hands to launch an attack, MSNBC's in deep need of some Purell.