“Am I alone in being disturbed by Barack Obama’s call for firing a broadcaster over something he said? This off-with-his-heads mentality is unpresidential. Imagine if President Bush said someone should be fired. He called Adam Clymer an asshole and that caused a stir.
The message is chillingly clear: A President Obama would call for the firing of his critics.
Obama appeared on the Don Imus program early on in Obama’s career. This is how he re-pays friends.”
No, Mr. Surber is not alone. It appears the media has already crowned Obama in the 2008 elections and wastes no time kissing the ring. Of course, there’s just one niggling detail with that effort.
It’s possible CBS, MSNBC and other advertisers forgot something. Imus’s fans.
I believe it is more than possible. Like the Democrats who gained seats in Congress recently, MSNBC and CBS have grossly misread what the people actually think.
William Smith (Conservative Blogger) writes:
“So, does solving that unique problem and changing that culture which allows a certain level of objectionable expression–you know, the kind that hurts and demeans a wide range of people–does that also include all of the rap and hip-hop music that Viacom and CBS sell and otherwise promote to consumers on a daily basis, Mr. Moonves?”
And this begins to get at the very heart of the hypocrisy that marks this entire sad event. While Les Moonves bows to Sharpton and Jackson, he completely forgets his corporate machine manufactures and promulgates the very words to which he ostensibly objects.
I had little respect for Les Moonves prior to this occasion. I hope stockholders take note of his mismanagement of this situation. (As a stockholder, I certainly do.)
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