[AmericanMade1776]

Imus got was coming to him, just like Whoopi was expelled from Slim Fast when she made Jackass comments about the President. Money talks! And when masses of customers are fed up with certain diatribes, it is their Constitutional Right to respond.

[Nextrush]

No doubt, but its the “what’s next” that bothers me and you better be afraid of that if you value your freedom of speech.

This can lead to speech codes imposed by the corporate people to censor radio. Codes that equal the power of the Fairness Doctrine.

And if Sharpton’s line about what’s “acceptable” in broadcasting were to become official government policy (imagine it extended to the internet) then freedom for all of us is lost.

[sig226]

Amen and thank you. This controversy is bordering on ridiculous. Don Imus wasn't censored, he was fired. He can find another station to employ him, or he can use some of his pile of money to buy a radio station and broadcast. Meanwhile, citizens are free and welcome to protest companies whose policies they don't like. It is mostly done by liberals, but we do it, too. Those companies have a choice. They can change their position based on the demands of their customers, or not.

In the case of Dan Rather, CBS chose to take him off the air in part due to pressure from us. In the case of Don Imus, they did it because of pressure from the other side. If Al Sharpton had demanded Dan Rather's resignation for biased reportage of George Bush, no one here would have complained. The principle is the same.

Or have we all forgotten this?