So I was listening to WABC (in a taxi so I hadn't a choice) and heard a sports update during Imus In The Morning. I heard someone refer to an athlete as a "terrorist" due to his facial hair, and someone (possibly the same guy) commenting on Muhammad "Mo" Wilkerson, saying, "I thought 'mo' was a slur?" (i.e. half of "ho...") Now Imus did not say the offensive things himself but he was clearly in the room (albeit via ISDN) and he could have stepped in and said those comments were over the line. But maybe he doesn't care at this point. Maybe he knows Curtis and Kuby are due to reclaim mornings any minute and he's just mailing it in.
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Didn't IMUS Learn From 8 Years Ago?
- Thread starter DToTheJ
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OT, but...your taxi driver was inexperienced to have that station playing. In my taxi, it is always inoffensive instrumental music, ranging from ambient, to jazz, to dance, depending on the situation. It is much less disruptive to conversations among the passengers and between the passengers and me. Vocal music is avoided and anything with people talking is strongly avoided.
The OP is an example of how pretty much anything said, either on talk radio or in conversation, can be viewed as offensive in some way. Imus himself isn't responsible unless he actually says it. Just hosting the show doesn't make him responsible. If a talk host had to step in every time someone said something "over the line," there'd be nothing to talk about. One of the goals in producing these kinds of shows is to get someone in the audience to talk about the show. They have succeeded.
Imus' mistake 8 years ago was not only calling someone a "ho," but using that term on innocent college girls. I'd suggest making a joke about the nickname "Mo" or saying an athlete is a terrorist because of his beard isn't in the same category. It's dumb, it's childish, but then again, it's Imus.
Imus' mistake 8 years ago was not only calling someone a "ho," but using that term on innocent college girls. I'd suggest making a joke about the nickname "Mo" or saying an athlete is a terrorist because of his beard isn't in the same category. It's dumb, it's childish, but then again, it's Imus.
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