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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 35552" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I watched Imus fairly regularly. His show is nothing like Howard Sterns. It was carried by MSNBC because Imus' call in guests were for the most part people at the top of politics, government and news. He had people on both sides of the political spectrum and he allowed them to talk, sometimes about topics of the day, sometimes about things that weren't in the front of news. He also had some generally tasteless, annoying satirical skits, but it seems like most who watched/listened for the politics went to the bathroom or took their showers when those were on. Most people seemed to just igore them. However from time to time he would start ragging on some woman whose name crossed his desk. It didn't matter why her name crossed his desk, it didn't matter how accomplished she was or in what field she was involved, Imus and his crew would comment on her appearence as thought the only thing that gives women value is their looks. He was not above going on and one about how "fat" some woman was ("fat" being anything not very thin) or how ugly a woman is, once even saying a woman was so ugly she shouldn't be on TV. These outbursts happened regularly, you could expect comments like that on a daily basis. Less often, though not a whole lot less, he and his crew made negative comments about various minorities. Apparently it was suppose to be witty repartee. </p><p></p><p>Had Howard Stern said the same thing, there probably wouldn't have been an outcry (though Stern has been fined by the FCC a number of times, IIRC). But then, Howard Stern's show was never carried on a major cable news network and no one regularly listens to Stern for his political guests.</p><p></p><p>When I realized that these comments were a regular part of the Imus show and that there was no negative response to them, I cut back on how much I watched it. But when the other morning shows were All Anna Nicole Smith All The Time for a while, I went back to Imus. I liked the intelligence his guests brought to the show.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 35552, member: 1498"] I watched Imus fairly regularly. His show is nothing like Howard Sterns. It was carried by MSNBC because Imus' call in guests were for the most part people at the top of politics, government and news. He had people on both sides of the political spectrum and he allowed them to talk, sometimes about topics of the day, sometimes about things that weren't in the front of news. He also had some generally tasteless, annoying satirical skits, but it seems like most who watched/listened for the politics went to the bathroom or took their showers when those were on. Most people seemed to just igore them. However from time to time he would start ragging on some woman whose name crossed his desk. It didn't matter why her name crossed his desk, it didn't matter how accomplished she was or in what field she was involved, Imus and his crew would comment on her appearence as thought the only thing that gives women value is their looks. He was not above going on and one about how "fat" some woman was ("fat" being anything not very thin) or how ugly a woman is, once even saying a woman was so ugly she shouldn't be on TV. These outbursts happened regularly, you could expect comments like that on a daily basis. Less often, though not a whole lot less, he and his crew made negative comments about various minorities. Apparently it was suppose to be witty repartee. Had Howard Stern said the same thing, there probably wouldn't have been an outcry (though Stern has been fined by the FCC a number of times, IIRC). But then, Howard Stern's show was never carried on a major cable news network and no one regularly listens to Stern for his political guests. When I realized that these comments were a regular part of the Imus show and that there was no negative response to them, I cut back on how much I watched it. But when the other morning shows were All Anna Nicole Smith All The Time for a while, I went back to Imus. I liked the intelligence his guests brought to the show. [/QUOTE]
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