> Was Imus unfairly censured or was Rush given a pass? IMO Imus was unfairly censured based on the pressure put on CBS by Sharpton and Jackson.
The "offense" in Imus's case was that he said something spontaneously that was taken in an offensive manner by those it was said about. He apologized for something that came out of HIS mouth and was initiated by HIM. Whether it was his true thought or something he said because he thought it was appropriate at the moment is another matter. In the case of Rush, the "offense" is that he commissioned a parody artist to create a song based on the written words of a liberal columnist using the voice of a liberal protester that has been paraphrased as saying "... Obama never did anything for the community, never worked with anybody from the community, that nobody knows the people around him, that he's a candidate driven by white leadership," http://www.nypost.com/seven/03122007/news/columnists/jealous_rev__al_blasts_barack_columnists_fredric_u__dicker.htm Also in the case of the parody, neither Obama nor Sharpton expressed offense taken by it.. and they were both asked directly. The end point is that you're comparing apples and pears. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
