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Suspension doesn’t even start until April 16th.

Which means his first day back will be April 30. I'm sure it will get a good deal of coverage, Just in time for May sweeps. Instead of a mediocre showing under threats of boycott, they'll have a big media event and a surge in ratings just in time to log the ratings that will set ad rates for the rest of the year.

This is a coup for MSNBC, and probably for Imus' bottom line, too. Sharpton's playing checkers and they're playing chess.

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"This is a coup for MSNBC, and probably for Imus' bottom line, too. Sharpton's playing checkers and they're playing chess."

Very astute observation. I thought similarly when I saw the story. I think MSNBC is being smart, I thought Imus was being smart asking for his punishment, too. Neither of them really care what people think, they're just turning lemons into lemonade.

However, this all could have been avoided if Imus had not done stupid.

Further, I resent Imus, and any one else, that makes statements like these. It reflects on me, a white man, and on society as a whole. It gives the "haters" more bs "proof" that ALL whites are racists.

It has nothing to do with being PC, I'm not. It has everything to do with respect and knowing the difference between what's right and what's wrong. It's just wrong to make denigrating racist remarks.

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