Posted on 05/13/2005 8:27:00 PM PDT by woofie
Maybe not everyone, but he never had anything interesting or thought-provoking to say. WKNR fired him after their ratings started to drop.
The NY State AG looked into things and decided there was no there there. Just because you don't like the guy is not a reason to sic the feds on him. That's the way Clinton worked.
As I remember, ole Contessa went public with a swipe that got into the NYP before he countered.
I stopped listening to Imus after he endorsed John Kerry.
What a loser.
Gee, I didn't know the NY state AG was synonomus with the IRS....I must have missed the merger.
Have a nice day, sa.
MSNBC is the PUNK network! Imus, Keith Obermeyer (?), Matthews, Reagan, even Scarborugh lately...all PUNKS!
Thank you for the best laugh of the day.
The above is a classic oxymoron. Normal people don't marry Howard Stern.
I laugh when people think that they or anyone else would be swayed by who Imus endorses for prez.
That was about ratings.
BTW, who got the most sought after interview with Dick and Lynn on Inauguration Day?
While Imus doesn't require my defense, what the article conveniently neglects to say is that:
1] This is a full time "working" cattle ranch which must be maintained during the nine months of the off season as well.
2] The camp is for severly ill children with cancer, S.I.D.S., etc. and must maintain (during the season) a full time staff of nurses and doctors.
3] Kids are flown in from around the world, unlike other camps who recruit only locally.
Fair is fair and this B.S. article speaks for itself
The Journal also reported that Imus might have to reimburse the IRS for his personal use of the ranch. He broadcasts his show during the summer from a studio there. He and his wife, Deirdre Coleman Imus (both of whom are unpaid members of the Imus Ranch Inc. board of directors) also use the mansion there for vacations.
Don and Deidre Imus as responsible Executive Director's of the ranch must be in attendance during the time that the ranch is hosting children. There is no mansion at the ranch (only a bunkhouse) and they don't vacation there but rather, at their second home in Connecticut.
Further, the ranch passed a routine inquiry by Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General, and absolutely no wrongdoing was noted.
The WSJ article was pure B.S. from beginning to end and I don't blame Imus for getting pissed and going on the offensive!
Sorry, but quoting a "routine" inquiry by a Socialist tool like Eliot Spitzer (who also happens to be running for Governor of NY and will likely needs Imus' good graces come election-time) isn't exactly a roaring exoneraton of the Imuses.
Nice to see Bernard McGuirk posting on FR, though....
Oh, and calling someone a "skank" on the radio airwaves isn't exactly a professional response to criticism, either.
While I believe that you are correct in asserting that Spitzer will be running in the next gubernatorial election, he is also a proven foe of corporate corruption and is hardly a socialist tool.
Please recall that Imus supported Kerry for president so that his endorsement of any office holder hardly guarantees success, and Spitzer will probably win on his own merits, endorsement or no.
The facts and just the facts more than exonerate Imus. If the WSJ had them on their side (which clearly they don't), you can bet that they would have written a follow up article.
As a point in fact, they never attended the ranch to gather facts and instead relied on second and third hand hearsay information for their fabrications.
He'd agree with you. Still, he's the best entertainment (I should say he and the people around him) for a morning person like me. Every once in a while I flip through F&F or Local News or one of the other MSM morning shows and I honestly don't know how people can watch that crap. They're all the same. Goofy and Giddy.
To each his or her own. For me, Imus is an icon.
Punk Network......That about says it all. To think I wasted years watching Imus. A few people are still defending him, but I predict he's cut his own throat with his hateful talk. His interviews went downhill when he allowed his liberal guests to drone on and on. It's only a matter of time.
He belongs on E tv with Stern. They're both rejects of society.
I think your demographic is wrong. I haven't seen any stats but my guess is that his audience is upper middle class men between 25 and 50. I'll look about the net and see if anything comes up.
"The Imus audience on WRBZ continues to grow, year after year! Imus scored a 37% growth of Men 25-54 in morning drive (Spring 2003 Arbitron vs. Spring 2002 Arbitron)."
They go on to note the following items using Scarborough October ’02 - September ‘03 and Arbitron Spring 2003, Spring 2002 as sources-
- 44% of Imus listeners were the principle decision maker in the purchase/lease of last new vehicle.
- 26% of Imus listeners have a Household Income 100k+.
- 54% are college grads or hold a post-grad degree
I have found an article from the NY Post (April 2005) noting that his ratings have dropped recently- IMUS' DARK HOUR. this article does not mention the demographic Imus attracts, but does note "Imus frequently boasts — correctly — that his show is a big reason WFAN ranks among the nation's top-billing radio stations. As long as that keeps up, his job is secure."
Not that any of this really matters. I was just curious about his true demographic and had some time to kill.
Thanks. Color me surprised.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036713/
Monday on Imus:
6:29 - Jonathan Alter
7:29 - Howard Fineman
8:29 - Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.
AFLAC...PAID
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