Imus Producer: Sharpton 'Terrorized' Executives
Don Imus' former producer said Thursday that the radio exchange that got them both fired was wrong, but that it would be horrible if people could no longer poke fun at each other.Bernard McGuirk, a 20-year producer and on-air jester for the "Imus in the Morning" program, was fired a week after his boss for the banter in which members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team were called "nappy-headed hos."
McGuirk, in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes," said he "didn't get the memo" that the phrase 'hos' had reached the level of the n-word in offensiveness. But apologies to the Rutgers team were appropriate, he said.
But McGuirk said he and Imus had engaged in the same locker-room humor for many years, and received pats on the back and raises from their superiors before CBS Radio fired them this time.
He sharply criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton, who led the campaign to get them fired.
"It seemed like he terrorized broadcast executives," he said. "It seemed like they were in a fetal position under their desks sucking their thumbs on their Blackberrys, trying to coordinate their response."
The concept of "crossing the line" is hard to understand when it's not clear where the line is, he said.
It's a horrible thing for this country where people can't poke fun at each other and just joke around, have a good time, without fear of being hammered by the PC police or lose your livelihood over it," he said.
c 2007 Associated Press.
McGuirk, in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes," said he "didn't get the memo" that the phrase 'hos' had reached the level of the n-word in offensiveness. But apologies to the Rutgers team were appropriate, he said.
But McGuirk said he and Imus had engaged in the same locker-room humor for many years, and received pats on the back and raises from their superiors before CBS Radio fired them this time.
He sharply criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton, who led the campaign to get them fired.
"It seemed like he terrorized broadcast executives," he said. "It seemed like they were in a fetal position under their desks sucking their thumbs on their Blackberrys, trying to coordinate their response."
The concept of "crossing the line" is hard to understand when it's not clear where the line is, he said.
It's a horrible thing for this country where people can't poke fun at each other and just joke around, have a good time, without fear of being hammered by the PC police or lose your livelihood over it," he said.
c 2007 Associated Press.
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Imus is a rude dude! But thats his game and I agree with the post.
Jessie and Al engage in extortion and terrorizism each and every day to get funds for their operations. That all they do folks!0 -
Jesse and Al are nothing more than racist, opportunistic thugs.
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Have any of you been following the news coverage in PA of the House Bill (HB760) to register all firearms and charge a $10 fee each year along with fingerprint/photo and approval by State Police for each weapon?
On 24 April a meeting and show of support to defeat the bill was held at the state capitol. A sign was displayed which stated "Rep. CRUZ should be hung from the tree of liberty for treasonous acts against the constitution"
From that sign and the word "hung" the legislators have now "decided" the sign actually was an "act of racism, hatred, bigotry and a terrorist threat on the life of a colleague"
There have been several calls for State Police, Capitol Police and the Attorney General to investigate the incident along with several televised news casts from the outraged legistators. I read today that several of the legislators are going to be carrying their weapons and even one was thinking of wearing his bullet proof vest, (I believe he is a former cop and the Chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus)
Seams like and sounds as if the Black Caucus is using Sharptons and Jacksons bag of "tricks" to baet down the opossition.0
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