Posted on 04/06/2007 4:59:26 PM PDT by kellynla
Syndicated talk-radio personality Don Imus apologized Friday for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" during a segment yesterday in his "Imus in the Morning" show.
Imus and his producer and on-air sidekick, Bernard McGuirk, went on to further attack the black members of the team, calling them "jigaboos and wannabees."
In his apology, Imus called his comments "insensitive and ill-conceived."
"It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were offended," he told listeners at the opening of his broadcast Friday morning.
He further called the comments "thoughtless and stupid" and said, "We're sorry."
The apology came after Imus initially brushed aside criticism, telling The New York Times "not to worry about some idiot saying something meant to be amusing."
Rutgers officials issued this statement: "We agree with Mr. Imus that this was, in his own words, an 'idiot comment.' We are very proud of the success of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Coach Stringer and the Rutgers players are outstanding ambassadors for this great institution."
Shortly after Imus made his comments about the Rutgers team, MSNBC released the following statement: "While simulcast by MSNBC, 'Imus in the Morning' is not a production of the cable network and is produced by WFAN Radio. As Imus makes clear every day, his views are not those of MSNBC. We regret that his remarks were aired on MSNBC and apologize for these offensive comments."
The comments drew immediate outrage from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which had called for a boycott of Imus' show until he issued a "sincere and unequivocal apology," referring to him as a "sophomoric host."
"Has he lost his mind?" asked NABJ President Bryan Monroe, vice president and editorial director for Ebony and Jet magazines in Chicago.
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Imus? Never heard of it. Sounds like a virus.
Just fire him. From what I hear of him, via his commercials, he sounds like he's always drunk (slurs his words) and acts like an idiot.
Hey Charles! It’s time to turn off the lights!
“jigaboos”? I haven’t heard this word in years. Imagine a conservative host having a sidekick say this.
Imus is pond scum (apologies to pond scum)
Why hasn’t he resigned, were are Jackson, Sharpton and Obama to demand he be drug thru the mud, oh wait he works for NBC, my bad!
I always thought that they were lesbians, not nappy-headed hos. Live and learn...
(Does anyone actually watch women playing basketball?)
And he's pretty liberal so it's OK for him to make racial slurs.
The “Jigaboos vs. Wannabes” comment was a reference to a Spike Lee movie where two separate groups of black girls adopt these names — a reference to the fact that one of them (guess which one) is comprised of lighter-skinned girls than the other.
This is why I don’t watch or even concern myself with this idiot!
Or will it be re- education???
Naaah...I think he'll just sleep it off...
McGurk was comparing the two teams as the two were compared in the movie.
Poster boy for manic-depressives.
(Does anyone actually watch women playing basketball?)
We watched the UT/Rutgers game.
Those ladies can play!
And the ladies could show the MEN in college & the NBA how to shoot free throws! LOL
A 60s pot smoking liberal....
I like Imus. I watch for the musical guests mainly. However he thinks because he runs a ranch for kids with cancer that he is immune to any and all criticism. The Wall Street Journal and Congressman Joe Barton found that out the hard way. He calls lots of women “Ho’s”. He calls his wife Diedre the “green” ho because of her crusade against toxic cleaning products. He will get a pass on this one by the MSM except Fox News because he calls Bush and Cheney war criminals daily. Other than that, it’s usually the best programming of any of the cable news outlets in that time slot. JMHO. YMMV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3JXUr4vZqM
gotta question his judgment if he thinks the smokin’ hot Contessa Brewer is fat.
“I like Imus.”
What does that say about you?
Imus is a bigot. You can make all the excuses in the world but he has a LONG history of making bigoted remarks.
Nappy-headed lesbian hos?
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