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Originally Posted by WildBill
If people were so outraged, they should have just not tuned him in. People on the radio are paid to be controversial. People on TV are paid to look good and be politically correct.
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People on radio and TV are paid to entertain. The stations have to sell advertisements to pay people to entertain; unless of course listeners are subscribers who are then paying indirectly in that route. If I, as CBS, see my revenues suddenly drop because they dont want to sponsor a show anymore then i have a fiduciary duty to my shareholders and an ethical duty to my audience to reevaluate Imus.
Imus personalized an offensive rant on a group of people who did absolutely nothing to deserve such. It isnt like Chris Rock or various rappers making commentary in a generic sense.
I wont be surprised if Imus lands in the world of satelite radio. I dont begrudge his ability to generate an audience and find work in radio but I also dont bedgrudge CBS for fining his ass either.