Comments on: I mus’ admit, I’m enjoying this

By: craig mclaughlin

craig mclaughlin — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:05:00 +0000

I don’t think Imus is a racist, but he is sixty six year old man whose job description includes insulting college students. That’ll do.

By: Dean Esmay

Dean Esmay — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:20:53 +0000

I confess, I barely understand what the controversy is about.

He referred to a women’s basketball team rudely. That’s it?

Is it this easy to get national media attention?

If I call them a “team of c**ts,” will someone pay me a few million dollars a year? If so, I stand ready.

By: Ara

Ara — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:20:00 +0000

I haven’t listened to Imus in a couple of years (oh the irony! — he’s not on the radio in south Lousiana) but your analysis is spot on.

I’d add a couple of observations:

Imus is (like Coulter) an entertainer. Like Coulter, his routine is all about shocking the audience. IIRC, wasn’t the term “shock-jock” invented to describe him? So why are we surprised? Remember, like Coulter, he is primarily all about ratings. And like Coulter, he attracts quite the crowd of leaders and opinion-makers who enable him, although his group is much more wide-spectrum than Coulter’s.

Imus’ supporting cast (used to? still?) sit opposite each other on Imus’ shoulders like good and bad angels — Charles on one shoulder and Bernie on the other. Chuck is the intellectual side of Imus; Bernie is the racist side. Together they keep him in balance. When I heard the comments about the Rutgers players, I thought: “That’s Bernie all the way.”

Wonder what Chuck had to say that morning?