Posted on 04/12/2007 12:53:01 PM PDT by rface
...Cynthia McKinney, "looks like a ghetto slut."......Barack Obama is a "halfrican American." ....."Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."...The comments by Boortz, Limbaugh and Beck were confirmed by the watchdog group Media Matters, which said the same public outcry that forced Imus off MSNBC and forced CBS Corp. to suspend his radio show for two weeks ought to be applied to others and that politicians did not deserve "racist, homophobic, sexist ridicule.".........
U.S. radio host Neal Boortz last year said, Cynthia McKinney, "looks like a ghetto slut."
Rush Limbaugh, in January called Barack Obama, whose father was from Kenya and his white mother is from Kansas, a "halfrican American."
And CNN host Glenn Beck, during an interview with Muslim congressman Keith Ellison, said, "Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."
The comments by Boortz, Limbaugh and Beck were confirmed by the watchdog group Media Matters, which said the same public outcry that forced Imus off MSNBC and forced CBS Corp. to suspend his radio show for two weeks ought to be applied to others.
"It's the media's responsibility to hold these people accountable," said Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Media Matters.
All three men remain in their jobs, and Boortz was among a group of conservative radio hosts who met U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House last September.
Paul Levinson, chairman of the Department of Communications and Media Studies at New York's Fordham University, said Limbaugh and Ann Coulter were "already identified as crackpots" while Imus was more influential with the mainstream.
"Once someone is identified as beyond the pale, which is how Coulter and Limbaugh are identified, nobody ever takes anything they say all that seriously," Levinson said.
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All somebody has to do...is pull out the lyrics on MTV...and this little episode shrinks down to nothing quick. Sharpton isn’t about to take on MTV or 50Cent or his boys in rap. So this episode will be tidied up and fixed by Sunday night...and we will move onto the next little emergency.
Oh, and as for that Imus fellow...he will take 60 days of vacation...probably in the south Pacific...get a tan...and get lean. Then he will be back on....via satellite radio. His pay...will go up...and he won’t have to live in New York City...he can live in New Mexico and just shoot rabbits after work for relaxation.
I see nothing wrong in the quotes shown. We DO have freedom of speech as I recall. At least until dems take over.
Funny how they singled out politicians when Imus supposedly insulted basketball players.
Carolyn
“Paul Levinson, chairman of the Department of Communications and Media Studies at New York’s Fordham University, said commentators such as Limbaugh or Ann Coulter were “already identified as crackpots” while Imus was more influential with the mainstream.”
When did he identify Dan Blather as a crackpot?
His politics obviously leaned left, but I liked discussing popular culture with him. Levinson was a student of Neal Postman and spoke highly of him.
You got that right! I pray every day that a LEADER will finally come forth, loud and strong, telling one and all that it’s enough!! Banish this P/C crap, kill the terrorists wherever we find ‘em, secure our borders (we cannot absorb uncontrolled immigration), Country before your God Awful political parties and finally large banners placed at every port of entry stating the obvious: “Welcome to America, you can achieve anything you want in this country, now get off your butt and go to work”!
You misunderstood my post. I’m not apologizing for what Imus said. What he said was appalling. But if everyone was given a “death” sentence for something bad they said during their life, we’d all be dead. Like Imus’s career. And make no mistake I don’t like Imus. But he apologized and begged for forgiveness. He didn’t get any. Maybe he doesn’t deserve any, but his past does not indicate him being a racist. I’ve made Norwegian jokes, but I like Norwegians. He is being punished, but his punishment is not commensurate with the crime.
The libs have been working for a long time to OUTLAW conservative ideology.
They can’t compete idea for idea, but they can try to use the government, like they do in all parts of their agenda, to force compliance.
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