Imus in the Morning 3

This show is inconsistently funny.  It is offensive to someone every day.  Every day.  For MSNBC to suspend Imus for two weeks, then to fire him, claiming to be sympathetic to their employees' sensibilities and the criticism of many listeners is simply untruthful.  This is, and always would be, a business decision.  Why is that so hard to admit?  Isn't it more cowardly to hide behind the skirts and jackets of your employees? 

This incident is censorship.  Not by the government, much as the "Reverend" Al Sharpton would have liked to bring about.  This is corporate censorship.  Are you sure you are ok with the sponsors deciding what you can listen to?  Are you sure?  Who is safe now?  You can say this always happens, but we've never had such a clear example of it before.  Imus is gone, not because he can't or doesn't attract listeners or viewers.  He's gone due to the white guilt of the media regarding racism, whether or not the comment really contained any racism, many of whom yukked it up with him many times on his show.  This is a truly sad day for America. 

No member of the media has the balls to call this by its right name.  This is not about racial intolerance, it's not about how many people are complaining or are offended, it is certainly not about the women of the Rutgers basketball team and it is not about cleaning up the airwaves owned by the American people.  This is corporate censorship.  Period.