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  • Don Imus producer fired [Bernard McGuirk]

    04/20/2007 7:20:20 PM PDT · by aculeus · 51 replies · 2,444+ views
    The Connecticut Post ^ | April 20, 2007 | By LARRY McSHANE Associated Press Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime producer for Don Imus' syndicated radio show joined his boss on the unemployment line one week after the disgraced broadcaster was booted from the airwaves for racist and sexist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Bernard McGuirk, who joined the "Imus in the Morning Show" as producer in 1987, was let go late Thursday by WFAN-AM for his role in the ugly incident, CBS Radio spokeswoman Karen Mateo said Friday. CBS Inc., the parent company for WFAN, pulled Imus off the air on April 12. McGuirk was one of Imus' frequent on-air foils,...
  • Rutgers player drops suit over Imus slur

    09/12/2007 11:10:01 AM PDT · by Artemis Webb · 30 replies · 904+ views
    CNN ^ | 09/12/07 | CNN
    A Rutgers University basketball player on Tuesday withdrew a slander and defamation lawsuit she had filed against Don Imus and CBS Radio, among others, after the shock jock called the team "nappy headed hos." Kia Vaughn had contended in the lawsuit filed in August in New York state Supreme Court that the comments made by Imus had damaged her reputation. The lawsuit also named various media outlets that broadcast Imus' show. Marti McKenzie, a spokeswoman for Vaughn's attorney, Richard Ancowitz, said in a statement that Vaughn had chosen to focus on her education at New Jersey's Rutgers University as a...