CBS, NBC, and Media Pundits Complicit in Imus Racism?


	CBS, NBC, and Media Pundits Complicit in Imus Racism?

televiseus

4-9-2007 5:56 PM

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racism, race, imus, nbc, cbs, rutgers, politics, bigotry, talk radio

televiseus says:

Of course Imus', just like neo-nazis, have a right to free speech does that mean we should allow them using the public airwaves to spew their slurs, not to mention recieve a large salary for it?

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4-10-2007 3:47 PM

jklugman

Speaking of Gwen Ifill, I highly recommend her New York Times editorial about Imus.

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