Hotline After Dark: No Offense?
By hotlineblog
Cable TV last night focused on Don Imus and Anna Nicole Smith. Here's a sampling of the Imus comments:
MSNBC's Shuster: "Amidst the ongoing protests against Don Imus and the questions about whether journalists, including those at this network, will continue to appear on his program" ("Hardball," 4/10).
Chicago Tribune's Page: "I like Don Imus personally. I can't read his heart and say if he's a racist. All I know is he says racist things from time to time" ("Hardball," MSNBC, 4/10).
Congressional Quarterly's Crawford: "I've been on the show nearly 70 times in the last three years. He's called me half a sissy, a communist, a pink liberal, even white trash. I didn't take offense" ("Scarborough Country," MSNBC, 4/10).
Whoopi Goldberg: "If all Don Imus gets is two weeks, I think he's getting off rather well, because everyone else, including Trent Lott, got busted down for saying stuff" ("AC 360," CNN, 4/10).
FNC's O'Reilly: "Dan Abrams, who's in charge of the low-rated MSNBC network, actually had the gall to criticize FOX News in the wake of this Imus thing. Abrams is clearly worried that General Electric will pull the plug on him because he's consistently embarrassing the parent company and his numbers are terrible" ("O'Reilly Factor," 4/10). [EMILY GOODIN] |
