David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Imus Mess Amiss: An Update
If Don Imus is itching to get back to work, KCAA in San Bernadino will gladly have him.
Some sports columnist who’s tied his career to this will extend his 15 minutes today on Oprah.
And even though he was pulling down a cool $10 million per annum, some are still wringing their hands about how Imus is going to continue to pay for that $30 million beachfront home in Connecticut. Best bet: XFM’s upcoming Bigot Network.
And (no joke), there’s actually a Don Imus salad dressing that is sold for charity. It's sure to go quick, so get yours today! Though I hear it leaves a bit of a sour taste in your mouth.
Oh, and the Russian newspaper Pravda is reporting that Imus was silenced by “US War Leaders” to prevent him from revealing the truth about 9/11. I didn’t think the salad-dressing story could be topped in terms of goofiness, but bless ’em, Pravda stepped up.
Finally, the First Amendment take: “The First Amendment also protects against the mob mentality. In fact, the backlash against Don Imus represents our politically correct society’s constant attempts to control the minds of those who persist in thinking that we are a free people. Censoring unpopular speech sends the message that if we don’t toe the line, our lives can, and will, be ruined. As a consequence, it not only destroys human beings, it tells us that we can’t think for ourselves, we can’t hold certain views and we can’t speak freely.”
Comments
While we all know that the Constitution does NOT mandate the right to a job in Tv & Radio, what is truly frightening to me is that a very savvy "campaign" was waged to hold a certain party (to aggrandize other's "agenda") to a DIFFERENT standard for his "work product" than anyone, and everyone else (appearing on, being promoted by, and being profited from) on the airwaves. Since the various "polls" and "surveys" and "responses" in blog-world did NOT support this termination, isn't it rather frightening that it managed to occur..in spite of MAJORITY opinion?
Posted by: cee cee | April 16, 2007 11:47 AM