Posted on 04/11/2007 3:29:52 PM PDT by NickatNite2003
THANK YOU, WORTH REPEATING
Will some of you PLEASE read and understand the First Amendment? It has nothing to do with this case.
Hint: The amendment starts out "Congress shall make no law..." He wasn't banned from the airwaves by Congress people.
It’s still the employer’s right to fire an employee for something the employee says on the job. The employer gets to make that judgment.
I don't see 'hatred of free speech' anywhere in this post....
Let's recap:
1. Imus is a jerk.
2. His ranch/home based charity is being investigated.
3. He should have been pulled long ago based on lack of talent and socialization.
4. He has been given a pass by the left, presumably because he generally beats up on conservatives.
5. Nevertheless, he has never avoided racist comments.
6. Free speech HAS taken a hit but the man's employer DOES have every right to fire him.
7. Major issue is that this LOOKS like Obamasama and the book-end reverends won out - if only because of the timing.
8. Yes, rosie should be next but she won't be next (unless she 'resigns' on her own following some back room negotiations).
9. Yes, Rush was fired for far less and conservatives in general are held to different criteria.
10. Yes, the motive for firing was loss of sponsorship regardless of WHAT partisan observers might prefer to believe.
I could go on but my main point is that this was OK as business but it sucks culturally and politically in many ways. To many of us it is marginally comforting in other ways - like seeing Imus brought up short.
Just maybe we should stop treating each other like having a slightly different perspective is tantamount to drowning puppies.
Gives him more time to pose for the iodine bottles
Well, this could be true, considering the speaking ability of those college-level girls.
They did not exactly promote their school's educational prowess.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
All that time, and I had no idea sweatervest wearers were a protected class. Oh well...maybe I can head to XM.
MSNBC, no doubt, was flooded with angry calls by all seven of their viewers.
This could have involved the government. The FCC started an investigation and MSNBC may have caved because of it.
Nice try, teach.
To be fair, that was Jesse Jackson.
‘’Gee, Obama speaks and they jump.’’..... Don’t forget about the ‘’upstanding’’ Jesse Jackass and Al Sharpton!LOL!
Hasn't moved an inch. Imus has the right so say anything he wants. MSNBC has the same right not to carry it.
Ah, but should we ignore the reason WHY Imus BECAME a liability in the first place? Personally, I don't think so.
LOLOLOL
Nonsense. The FCC is investigating whether federal regulations were violated - that is their proper role. In this case, Imus was canned because advertisers pulled their support. Nothing more to it than that.
230 for you.
Anyone still think that there is “freedom of speech” in the USA?
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