The other guy said it...Imus did not.
I have found an article that clearly says the other guy said the remark, as you have noted.
I also have a news article on file that attributed the quote to Imus — and I’m now convinced that article was wrong. Not surprising, papers get things wrong all the time.
I’m glad that when I quoted Imus for my weekly column, I did not use that quote. The quotes I used were from a partial transcript that matches the transcripts I found looking tonight.
I double-checked to be certain, because if my quotes were wrong in my article I would issue an apology and a correction in next week’s column.
So I thank you for the head’s up, it might have saved me if I had used that quote.