[BC] Re: Imus Firing

[Robert Meuser]

Paley would not have allowed this to happen in the first place as that 
kind of programming would not have been allowed.  It was the chain of 
events of the Mel  Karmizan Infinity radio taking over NBC AM stations 
and some certain personalities and the subsequent mergers into CBS that 
resulted in Imus being on a CBS branded network. Is CBS the  Tiffany 
Network or the Karmizan network - a big difference.

R

Dana Puopolo wrote:

>Sumner Redstone was asked his opinion about this. His response was that: "Les
>will do the right thing".
>Notice that he didn't answer the question....
>The spinelessness begins at the very top of CBS and then goes all the way
>down.....
>Bill Paley must be rolling over in his grave!
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>-D
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>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:50:35 PM EDT
>From: Alan Kline <akline at netins.net>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Re: Imus Firing
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>One thing that hasn't been discussed, at least publicly, is how much 
>pressure might have been brought to bear on CBS by the NCAA. Remember 
>that Imus made his comments about a team which played in the NCAA 
>womens' basketball championship, and remember that the NCAA is one of 
>CBS' most cherished business partners. CBS paid something like $6 
>billion for the rights to the Final Four for the next umpteen years. Do 
>you think they're going to do *anything* to alienate the NCAA?
>
>For all of Les Moonves' posturing about doing the right thing for their 
>other employees, it all comes down to caving in when the right people push.
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>It's a sad day when the network which once defied Congress to protect 
>journalistic freedoms collapses so easily.  And all the more ironic when 
>one considers that CBS is still fighting the FCC over the Janet Jackson 
>and "Without a Trace" incidents. They might as well give up on those...
>
>I guess this truly was a "Bad Day at Black Rock"...
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>ak
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>Xmitters at aol.com wrote:
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>>Hello:
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>>I am rather confused about something and maybe you can help me sort this
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>>Imus was suspended for two weeks and _then_ his advertisers pulled their 
>>commercials. HELLO! I'm sure those advertisers were paying a premium price
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>to 
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>>advertise in the Imus show. If Imus is suspended, you would have to be one
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>stup
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>>id 
>>advertiser to continue paying those prices when the main draw for the 
>>demographic that you're paying for, is not on the air. The news coverage is
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>mak
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>>ing 
>>this removal of sponsors sound as it those sponsors are protesting to what
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>>said.
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>>Then MSNBC decides not to carry the Imus show. Same reasoning! Imus is 
>>suspended, why carry his show!!
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>>Today, CBS fires Imus because of the sponsor reaction supposedly to his 
>>comments. Does CBS have memory failure?? They are the ones that gave Imus a
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>>suspension. What did they expect the advertisers to do? Continue to pay top
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>dol
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>>lar 
>>for an Imus fill-in? Who would be dumb enough to do that?
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>>I just do not understand this part of the Imus ordeal. I have  my own 
>>opinions about what he actually said and respect those who object to the
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>commen
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>>ts and 
>>those who don't. I am not confused about the offensiveness of what he said.
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>>I AM confused about how CBS handled the suspension/firing; that's the part 
>>that makes no sense.
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>>Help me unravel this.
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