In the midst of this disgraceful Don Imus affair, one thing has been sickeningly apparent: few members of the media have the guts to stand up to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and call them out for…
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April 14th, 2007 9:04 AM | Noel Sheppard
April 13th, 2007 11:42 AM | Mark Finkelstein
In the wake of the Imus affair, MSNBC is airing an all-day discussion on the theme "What's OK to say?" Poet Maya Angelou appeared at 11:05 AM EDT, and in the course of her interview with MSNBC's…
April 13th, 2007 12:00 AM | Kristen Fyfe
Is the story of the firing of radio shock jock Don Imus only about racism, or is it also about hatred and incivility in hip hop culture?
For the most part, the major news networks seem to…
April 12th, 2007 10:02 PM | Brent Baker
Keith Olbermann opened his Wednesday MSNBC show by displaying video of Rush Limbaugh on screen as he smeared conservative talk radio as “racist,” asking, “Why have none from the racist right been…
April 12th, 2007 5:42 PM | Scott Whitlock
On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” reporter Kate Snow hosted a segment on whether the Duke lacrosse players will be able to get their reputations back. In so doing, she discussed Reverend Al…
April 12th, 2007 3:38 PM | Brent Bozell
I write these words in the wake of the news that MSNBC has dropped Don Imus from its lineup. I fully expect that by the time you read these words, CBS Radio will have fired him…
April 12th, 2007 12:35 PM | Scott Whitlock
On the Thursday edition of what would be MSNBC’s "Imus in the Morning" simulcast, NBC reporter David Gregory spent almost 15 minutes of air time discussing the radio host's firing with the…
April 12th, 2007 11:37 AM | Tim Graham
This is unfortunate timing, no? Deirdre Imus, the wife of ex-MSNBC personality Don Imus, is featured in a symposium on page 92 in this week's Newsweek lecturing to evangelicals that they shouldn't…
April 12th, 2007 9:19 AM | Tim Graham
Who is happier today at Don Imus removed from MSNBC than Hillary Clinton? Who else at MSNBC would be as harshly critical of Hillary as Imus? Without Imus, Hillary's path to the White House will be…
April 12th, 2007 9:16 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Give Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira credit. On this morning's "Today," Lauer suggested to his boss's face that in firing Don Imus he had caved to pressure from advertisers and people like Al…
April 12th, 2007 12:00 AM | Jan LaRue, Esq.
Here's a question for the janitors who sweep up after Don Imus, the on-air “talent” for media giants CBS radio and MSNBC TV.
Do you think you'd get canned if your bosses heard you call…
April 11th, 2007 5:19 PM | Tim Graham
On the Imus vs. Rappers front, MTV News reports that rap star Snoop Dogg has issued a new "warning" to the public: Don't dare to compare his lyrics — or any other MC's — to Don Imus and his recent…
April 11th, 2007 12:04 AM | Lynn Davidson
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, has not let her tragic news get in the way of a little partisan fearmongering and classist…
April 10th, 2007 11:49 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday's Hardball on MSNBC, substitute host David Gregory pressed civil rights activist and Reverend Al Sharpton over his double standard in condemning Don Imus's racist comments while…
April 10th, 2007 8:09 PM | Brent Baker
Is Don Imus worth the fury? Lost in all the media attention focused on the “nappy-headed ho's” racial insult by radio host Don Imus last week directed at the Rutgers University womens' basketball…
April 10th, 2007 5:05 PM | Clay Waters
New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez attended one of the Rev. Al Sharpton's weekly "action rallies" at his Harlem headquarters ("Meetings Are Part Revival, Part Rally, but All Sharpton") for…
April 10th, 2007 3:26 PM | Justin McCarthy
Rosie O’Donnell may be worried about her job after her recent extreme remarks. After a week long vacation, "The View" co-hosts returned to discuss radio talk show host Don Imus’s recent…
April 10th, 2007 11:05 AM | Mark Finkelstein
If Don Imus' racially bigoted remark merited a two-week suspension by MSNBC, for how long will MSNBC and HBO ban Bill Maher after his bit of religious bigotry on today's "Imus in the Morning"? Maher…
April 10th, 2007 10:52 AM | Ken Shepherd
UPDATE: For more NB posts on Imus, click here.
Just to give our readers a look at how fastidiously accurate we are at the MRC, we've been having a bit of an in-house debate about the…
April 10th, 2007 8:38 AM | Mark Finkelstein
How big was the Imus story on this morning's "Today"? The show devoted the entire first half-hour and half of the second to it. Both Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira seemed uncomfortable,…
April 9th, 2007 5:42 PM | Matthew Balan
On Monday’s "American Morning," CNN spent five minutes on the outrageousness of its daily competition: Don Imus’s remarks on MSNBC describing the Rutgers University women’s basketball team as "…
April 9th, 2007 1:08 PM | Rich Noyes
So it seems the position of left-wing Democrats is to deal with the terrorist states of Syria and Iran -- but don't deal with Fox News because it just gives them "a platform." As noted in an…
April 6th, 2007 11:02 AM | Mark Finkelstein
In some ways, Army Colonel Jack Jacobs [ret.] is the perfect military analyst for an MSM outlet like MSNBC. His Medal of Honor, awarded to him for exceptional heroism in Vietnam [read account here…
April 4th, 2007 12:00 AM | Kristen Fyfe
QUOTE: “I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered down. When I go to see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want…
April 3rd, 2007 5:31 PM | Justin McCarthy
Although ABC overlooked it, MSNBC on April 3 cited Rosie O’Donnell’s September 11 conspiracy theories as well as her Iran British hostage crisis conspiracy theory. Media analyst Steve Adubato…