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Last week, Don Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which had lost the national championship game the day before, as "nappy-headed hos." Yesterday in the continuing saga, MSNBC announced that it has canceled Imus' show.

Nationwide radio host Don Imus said a controversal statement about the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team, which recently led to his termination from CBS and MSNBC.

John Kerry, who appeared on Don Imus' radio program many times - once to make an apology of his own - stated today that Imus shouldn't have been fired.

NBC News announced they will drop the "Imus in the Morning" radio show. I agree and he should be fired from CBS also.

CBS,Les Moonves and MSNBC all screwed up.....BIGTIME! Given the amount of poison spewed on hip-hop radio morning shows, Don Imus should never have been fired.

On April 12, 2007, Don Imus was fired for off-color remarks made about the Rutgers woman's basketball team. This article examines some reasons why Imus should have been permitted to keep his job.

Imus was fired from his morning show after much public pressure and advertiser pull-outs.

On April 4, 2007, another radio host crosses the line with extremely offensive remarks. Don Imus of the radio show Imus in the Morning blatantly makes a racist statement about the Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team.

On Tuesday, Don Imus, in a poor man attempt at "shock jocking", referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" while broadcasting his awful show "Imus In The Morning."

Is MSNBC the place for a "Shock Jock"?

Shock jock Don Imus has finally been fired by both CBS and MSNBC for his on-air idiocy, and good riddance to him. But such behavior will continue to be with us for at least generations, and may very well remain a permanent fixture in our culture.

Don Imus being suspended for two weeks is enough punishment. He should not have been fired.

George Orwell's timing may have been off, but his sentiments may have finally caught-up with us after 23 years. We've just endured another American travesty. Don Imus has been fired.

Don Imus has brought attention to the women of Rutgers for the wrong reasons. For this he should be punished. Beyond any actual discipline from WFAN, however, he should be regarded as a fool-like all racists.

Imus' comments on the radio about the female Rutgers basketball team have certainly created a buzz. Perhaps Imus' intentions were humorous, but the rest of the US coughed and choked when Imus started spewing racially derogatory terms from his mouth.

CBS has formally fired shock jock Don Imus over the racist and sexist slurs about the Rutger's women's basketball team. There seem to be no regrets.

For 27 years Don Imus hosted the "Imus in the Morning" show only to see it taken away by comments that not only offended the Rutgers Women's basketball team put the american public as a whole. Why?

I let people know about the real victims of this media firestorm.

Imus in the morning is in mourning. Is trashing Imus the right thing? Who is next?

After making the biggest insult to African American women every where. Here are the top five songs that Don Imus should listen to and learn from.

The Secretary of State bashes shock jock Don Imus, others follow.

Imus apologizes for "Nappy-Headed Hos" comment. Will he be fired anyway?

Don Imus's apology comes too little, too late for some. Reverend Al Sharpton and many others are calling for his resignation.

It seems to me if all our rights are being completely stripped right in front of us. No matter how distasteful it was for Don Imus to say what he did, he had every right to speak his mind ON HIS OWN SHOW...

The ongoing saga of Don Imus has moved to the next level, with CBS President and CEO Les Moonves announcing in a company memo that the Imus In The Morning radio show has been terminated.

According to Reverend Al Sharpton, The Godfather of Soul wanted to clean up the music industry. In this commentary....I'm suggesting the Don Imus was that Channel selected from beyond.

The Rutgers women's basketball team knows nothing of real insults. They should consult the young men who formerly played lacrosse for Duke.

Whether the Imus controversy has reached its apex remains to be seen. In the meantime, let's take a look at the 'Keep It Real Don Imus' poll.

What ties Anna Nicole Smith and Don Imus together is more than just the obsessive popularity of their stories.

Kia Vaughn alleges slander and defamation of character in complaint.

Don Imus is contesting his dismissal by CBS and suing the company for $120 million in unpaid salary and damages from CBS.

Don Imus: He said something not nice in calling the Rutgers Ladies Basketball players "nappy headed Ho's." Shame on him. He said he's sorry. End of discussion? No. Some people are determined to ride this out as long and hard.

Don Imus about to do some serious butt kissing...

Imus had some choice words for Al Sharpton on Sharpton's radio show

We knew he could not stay off the air forever.

Al Sharpton will protest anything that he feels has brought the black race a few steps back from progress, regardless of how minor the infraction. If a black man farts and a white man says it stinks- Al will protest.

Don Imus linked Adam "Pacman" Jones' troubles with the law to his race in an on-air discussion with side-kick Warner Wolf on Monday bringing down a new firestorm on himslef and upon ABC radio for hiring him after his previous "nappy-headed hos" comment while on CBS radio.

Don Imus made statements that had many people offended and some shocked. How could he be so inflammatory and how on earth could he make such flagrantly racially incensing statements? Did it really matter?

With the emergence of Barack Obama, young progressive blacks thought we had all but rid ourselves of Rev. Jesse Jacksonand Rev. Al Sharpton; relegating them to small marches, insignificant demonstrations and ineffective boycotts.

This article is examination of how those who do not want to confront racism are attempting to absolve Don Imus by obfuscation the issues through shooting the messengers and claiming that rappers made him do it.

Russell Simmon, co-founder of Def-Jam Records and Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, rejects comparsion of Don Imus' remarks to Hip Hop music.

A look at why Don Imus should be praised for his remarks that have sparked nationwide debates over the issue of racism and moral guidelines.

Glen Beck is a far worse cancer than Don Imus. He needs to have his career ruined, too.

Talk radio is no longer ephemeral and fleeting. Just ask former star Don Imus. Now it's a searchable as last night's episode of American Idol.

Comparing the controversy regarding Don Imus with Biblical commands to watch the tongue.

Don Imus, shock jock from WFAN-AM/New York has had the spotlight for far too long. It's time for media outlets and the public at-large to see him for what he really is.

You can't have it both ways with free speech, but Sharpton and Jackson seem to think so.

In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, the senseless loss of young lives cut tragically which may have been prevented if those leading lead better (Sounds a lot like Iraq.), Don Imus seems like a gnat.

Don Imus is being crucified for saying what blacks allow and pay rappers to say all day long. There cannot be a double standard.

Don Imus, Rutgers's University and other events discussed.