"Shock-Jock" Don Imus to Sue CBS Over Firing

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	"Shock-Jock" Don Imus to Sue CBS Over Firing

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5-4-2007 11:44 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aeb7e123-26ce-4e68-83bb-fda333e8c699/59FF300B-5558-4EB4-ADB3-2D04BA868123/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">The lawyer for the ousted radio host <A title="More articles about Don Imus" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/i/don_imus/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Don Imus</A> said yesterday that he would file a $40 million lawsuit against <A title="More information about CBS Corporation." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/cbs_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org">CBS</A> next week, accusing it of  breach of contract.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">The lawyer, Martin Garbus of Manhattan,  said  CBS violated a clause in Mr. Imus’s contract that specifically encouraged him to engage in what the clause called “extraordinary,” “irreverent” and “controversial” topics on his program</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">Mr. Imus was taken off the air last month by CBS after he called members of the <A title="More articles about Rutgers" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/rutgers_the_state_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Rutgers University</A> women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos” during what was intended to be a comedy routine</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">Mr. Garbus also said that CBS had agreed to give Mr. Imus an official warning after one incident of offensive language before taking action, and that “both CBS and MSNBC had a delay button and neither of them used them in this case.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">A delay button permits a producer to block offensive words before they are broadcast</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04imus.html?ref=business">Mr. Garbus said the language in the clause he cited proved “they were creating a shock jock.”</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59FF300B-5558-4EB4-ADB3-2D04BA868123/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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