Only six-months after returning to the air, Don Imus is amid another controversy over what some regard as racists comments on the radio.
The statement in question occurred during his morning program on WABC radio, while Imus and sportscaster Warner Wolf were discussing Dallas Cowboys football star Adam "Pacman" Jones' involvement in a fight at a Las Vegas nightclub last year that led to a shooting. Jones, who was not accused of the shooting, was suspended for the 2007 season.
"Here's a guy suspended all of 2007 following shooting at a Vegas nightclub," said sportscaster Warner Wolf. "He's been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005."The Reverend Al Sharpton, released a statement late Monday, regarding the incident:
"What color is he?" Imus asked in response. "He's African-American," Wolf said.
"Well, there you go," Imus said. "Now we know."
"It has been reported to me that statements were made by Mr. Imus this morning and National Action Network has monitored his show since his return," he said.
"I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part as we did in April of last year."
But Imus says his comments are being taken out of context.
"Warner and I were talking about 'Pacman' Jones being arrested six times," Imus said this morning, "and obviously they are picking on him. So I asked Warner what color he was. Obviously, I already knew what color he was... And I said there you go, that's the point. What people should be outraged about is they arrest blacks for no reason. There was no reason to arrest this kid six times."
"My point is, there is no reason to arrest this kid six times," Imus said. "He is a football player, he's a lovely kid. He's out having fun, he gets arrested six times, well we know why he gets arrested six times."
[ABC News]
Listen to the audio that sparked the controversy after the jump...
"Well there you go" add that to the most offensive phrase list next to Nappy headed ho.. Who knew??
will never understand why this guy thinks he can make fun of the way other people look. does he not own a mirror?
Such a tame comment. Sharpton's gonna have to borrow Iran's centrifuges to spin this efficiently.
I supported Imus on the first go round. This time though, I think he has tied his own noose. He knew he was being monitored closely. I don't see him getting out of this one.
Go away Imus...your 15 minuts is up. ..and this time go away for good.
Great picture...must have a mouth full of crow.
I can't even understand this mush-mouthed old codger.
Hang it up, old man.
The apology is even better! He says that african americans are getting picked on. It is embarassing.
Sharpton is pathetic, maybe he should focus on censuring Pacman for being a horrible example for african american youths.
Al needs racism to survive, in fact hes more racist than Imus and Michael Richards put together.
I'm not racist but why the hell can't Imus express free speech while Howard and others say some of the worst things on radio???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention the crap that rap singers "rap" in their "rap" songs which disparage women and their fellow man. I guess it's okay for the rappers to call each other "nigga" in a derogatory way, but let a "whitie" say it, especially a conservative "whitie" and all hell breaks loose. DOUBLE STANDARD!!!!!!!!!! And no, i'm not a "conservative", just a bullshit detector.
Al Sharpton's livlihood is to keep the racist drums beating. He's just as bad as Jesse J. You don't hear these guys shouting form the rooftops about inner city schools and absent black fathers who need to go home and raise their kids, etc. But when the opportunity to be a (demagogue) pops up, they are right there screaming their heads off.
Sure, go ahead...let's get Imus off the air, he's so damn dangerous. Once that is done, all the racist ills in the country will be over finally. Who knew that Imus has been the cause of it all this time???!!!
You know what, Ellen Tigh is the Fifth Cylon...
Oh shit, wrong discussion board..
I understand where you are coming from AC, but in business, Free Speech goes out the window if they lose money. I agree there is a double standard, but rap and "shock jocks" still make money for their companies.
God soon white people wont even be able to talk about black people...
AND WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS BULLSHIT HAVE TO DO WITH THE MERGER THAT IS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.......ARE THEY SMOKING CRACK AT ORBITCAST.....NO NO THIS IS A DIVERSION TO THE DESRUCTION OF SIRIUS AND XM.....AND OH YAH ALL OF MY FUCKIN MONEY
AND WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS BULLSHIT HAVE TO DO WITH THE MERGER THAT IS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.......ARE THEY SMOKING CRACK AT ORBITCAST.....NO NO THIS IS A DIVERSION TO THE DESRUCTION OF SIRIUS AND XM.....AND OH YAH ALL OF MY FUCKIN MONEY
Go Away Patrick!
Nobody here is interested in you or your money that you are going to lose in this Merger. We, as customers of Sat Radio, are interested in this merger. You want to talk stock & losses...go to a money site.
Otherwise...shut the hell up and get outta here!
Well, the sit hit the fan a few months ago and what do we see Imus do? He opened his mouth again! I might not get another chance this go around.
sufferin succotash
it's such bullshit , look at what he's done with race over the years and he has black people working with him. he has never been a racist.
He ordered his coffee with cream...Sharpton sues.
Have the FCC study this.
Imus will be dead for 20 years before they finish.
Have the FCC study this.
Imus will be dead for 20 years before they finish.
funny how steve harvey's show stereotypes white people almost daily (white people news) and no one says shit! but sharpton's crew wants to police any white person doing a show and cry when context taken out of proportion is hurting him? if anything its making sharpton richer! that dummy is always calling people biggots when that dumbass been callin white folks "crackers" for years! listen to shade 45 on saturdays. all those G-UNOT affiiated Clowns are always sayin things about white folks regardless if its sat radio.
but we all know if stern or o&a made a racist comment they would be heavily criticized!...
PNESS
I take offense to the derogatory tone you used in stating the word "black". It is
obvious to me that you're a racist to even make that comparison of black and white.
Also your use of the word "God" is not necessary and as an atheist, offends me.
The other board members have now had the docuement that I can't seem to find a copy of for a week and nothing yet. And I'n supposed to care about this guy.
What is going on. Does anybody have a copy of the documents they are voting on that you can point me to.
thanks
Jon
If Imus said this on satellite radio , they wouldn't say boo about it .
How long before somebody puts a bullet in Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson ? Since when did these two become the official spokesperson for all black people anyways ?
What a dumb fuck. No one is picking on Pacman because he's balck, he's a thug. Imus is trying to cover his ass on this one. He needs to hang up his Halloween costume and quit.
Imus has no idea about the fact sof these cases Pacman has been in. He's way out of touch. Hang up the cowboy hat and retire to the cancer ranch that your listeners pay for.
Imus is a pathetic, talentless joke of a "broadcaster". He IS racist. People are right about that whole N word thing. It's just a word people, the minute that words start to hurt you is the minute that you REALLY start to become overly sensitive. It's always perplexed me why black people can say it, but white people can't. Lets review: a Nigger is a low-class black person, roughly equivalent to a White Trash person. A "Nigga" is a slang term for your friend. Instead of calling someone a Nigger or White Trash, why don't we call them Low-Class or Thugs.
Why does anybody even care about this guy anymore? Who cares about an 80-yr old man with no ratings that sounds like a senile Daffy Duck?
And did anybody else laugh at the obvious pandering in that cover-up?
When John Adlestein supports this merger with a "yes" vote, sattradders need to support him this fall when he comes under consideration for Chairman to replace a very replaceable Martin.
Please realize that JA is much better off going against it for political reasons but he's a guy that is driven by principle and has stated that Congress shouldn't try to steer the FCC .. .a guy with balls possibly!
Let's not forget him if he supports satrad. I think he will.
The NAB is in trouble again... let's help them get deeper... contact your Represenative,
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/recording-indus.html
Support the RIAA against the NAB ... if satrad pays 8% so should they!!!
Ryan... how about a side blog or streamer on this topic?
What a Fuckin’ MEGA DOUCHE “I was only trying to say black people are oppressed”! But I’m such a dust farting senile old FOOL it just didn’t come out right. Yeah right, everybody knows I LOVES N*GGERS is Imus’s favorite bumper sticker. “I got Darkies working for me and I’m working on a cure for sickle cell how dare anyone question my “defense” of this “wonderful young man”” . I hope some “wonderful young men” catch his ass in a dark ally soon so he can tell them how misunderstood they are.
Imus pulls his white sheet over his head every night before he goes to sleep and wakes every morning ,without pulling it off.
As a black person I can honestly say this is a good thing. Why? Because if this is the best that racism has to offer, I have nothing to worry about.
Are you fucking kidding me dude,wake up and smell the rosses,It has always been and will always be,just not in plain site.....
Who cares what do the blacks do listen to him just to be sure he does not say something they do not approve of?
Years just calling a black person black offended them.
What is with having a black university just try having a white one.
We have black radio stations if they said something bad about whites so what.
I am white and if blacks want to call whites something so what they should be allowed to.
Just look what Sharpton called the Duke players only to find they did nothing wrong.
Did he ever apologize for that? IMUS apologized for things he said so sharpton it is your turn.
imus you are lying. thats not what you were trying to say and you know it.
but al shapton and jesse jackson are not better that him you opportunistics pos.
“I'm not racist but why the hell can't Imus express free speech while Howard and others say some of the worst things on radio???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Because Imus is a talentless old bag of dust and everyone knows he’s not joking or pointing out racial iniquity. Who took this doddering retards right to speak? His problem is no one stopped him from cramming his shit-encrusted foot in his mouth yet again. BTW, free speech does have a price ask the Dixie Chix the first amendment only protects you from government interference not public opinion. If you work for a private company your boss can tell you to shut up or you’re fired with impunity especially if you piss off the public.
I’m not a racist but…. You could have fooled me! The only people I know who whine about not being able to say n*gger are racists pining for the “good old days”.
"I guess it's okay for the rappers to call each other "nigga" in a derogatory way, but let a "whitie" say it, especially a conservative "whitie" and all hell breaks loose".
I guess it was OK for your relatives to own that rappers family and if they wanted to rape the women folk in a derogatory way it was OK, but let a “Darkie” look at a white woman much less rape them and all hell broke loose. If after 400 years of brutal slavery my freed former slaves only hated me and refuse me one word I’d count my blessing.
Can a new article or newsclip be posted so we don't have to look at this ugly ass each time we enter website.
Maybe if this douche stopped making up pathetic excuses and apologizing for everything and just stood up for himself it wouldn't be as much of an issue.
So, you made a joke. Admit it and tell people who don't find it funny to F off and listen to something else.
Imus deserves to lose his job...for apologizing for everything.
didn't howard invent racial comments back in '91 or '92.
hoo hoo tell 'em fred
oooooooooh howard,remember when you said the samething about deion sanders,everyone rips you off.
thats right rawbin,i invented everything
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I invented hiring black people so i can make fun of the niggers, right robin hoo hoo
have 0.0 told there sheep that Imus is wonderful and funny and to rally around him this time too?
the sheep fell in line like good little spineless cunts the last time Imus's nigger hating hat made headlines
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ya,it would be alot better if they could borrow howies sybian for all that instudio fun you described.maybe sal and richard can come in and show pez(thats really clever how you changed the name like that,didn't howard invent that with manqueer back in '89)how to be a complete and total fag.it's really my pleasure to be corrected by a person with his or her finger on the pulse of modern comedy such as you.keep those winning come back coming don and pez,it's tools like you that keep me posting here.hurry back to stern fan network i'm sure they're missing your witty banter overthere.
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clever boy.these insightful coments really hit deep,my congratulations sir
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"Are you fucking kidding me dude,wake up and smell the rosses,It has always been and will always be,just not in plain site....."
And yet I make six figure salary and live more comfortably than most white people. I should worry about Imus why?!?!? The day Imus blocks my way to my ATM machine is when I'll worry. Until then, he can say whatever the fuck he wants. I won't care.
I guess Imus and Howard both have something in common. Their both senior citizens, and their both on the air.
I guess Imus and Howard both have something in common. Their both senior citizens, and their both on the air.
and niether one of them is funny anymore
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