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Politics : Sioux Nation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (104578)	4/13/2007 6:35:15 AM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362362

While I shudder at the way these things take on a life of their own and one statement ends a career as the feeding frenzy takes over, and it does seem like a form of censorship (which is debatable, see below), I do think it sends and important message that we need to change the discourse in this country. The constant barrage of insults in the media is just not a healthy way to interact. Imus just made one too many negative comments at a time when people have had their limit of the irresponsiblity of broadcasters. The main thing that does not make the Imus thing censorship is that he was not terminated because of government action like the FCC, but because market forces were brought to bear against his sponsors who then put pressure on Imus' employer, who made a business decision to end his broadcast. Don't let the rightwingers like Sean Hannity fool anyone, there is a difference between marketplace driven firings and true censorship. Imus just went too far to maintain a mainstream radio program on national networks. His fault and nobody elses for saying such an insensitive thing about a fine group of young women.