NBC, CBS Radio suspend Imus simulcast for two weeks
 
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:53:03 -0400


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<p><b>NBC, CBS Radio suspend <em>Imus </em>simulcast for two weeks </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704100002?src=item200704100002">http://mediamatters.org/items/200704100002</a></p>

<p>In the wake of comments host Don Imus made on the April 4
edition of MSNBC&#39;s <i>Imus in the Morning</i>
-- in which Imus referred to the Rutgers University women&#39;s basketball team as
"nappy-headed
hos" -- NBC News <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704100002&http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/news-20070409000000-statementfromnbcn.html">announced</a>
that "[b]eginning Monday, April 16, MSNBC will suspend simulcasting the
syndicated &#39;Imus in the Morning&#39; radio program for two weeks,"
according to a statement posted on the NBC Universal Media Village website. Additionally,
CBS Radio announced it will suspend <i>Imus</i> for
the same two-week
period, according to an April 9 Associated Press <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704100002&http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/09/AR2007040901008.html?hpid=moreheadlines">report</a>.
That report asserted that CBS made the suspension "without
comment."</p>

<p>On the April 9 edition of NBC&#39;s <i>Nightly News</i>, anchor Brian Williams made
the announcement his top story, noting that "NBC news called his remarks
racist and abhorrent and said Imus has agreed to take action to change the
discourse on his program."</p>

<p><i>Media Matters for America</i> noted
Imus&#39; April 4 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040011?src=item200704100002">comments</a>
at the time, as well as his subsequent <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060003?src=item200704100002">apology</a> two days later. However, as <i>Media Matters</i> noted at the time of
Imus&#39; apology, his remarks about the Rutgers
team are just the latest in a long history of racial slurs made by him, his
guests, and regular contributors on the show.</p>

<p>From the April 9 edition of NBC&#39;s <i>Nightly News with Brian Williams</i>:</p><blockquote>

<p>WILLIAMS: Good evening. Tonight, NBC
News has announced radio host Don Imus, whose national morning show is
simulcast on our cable network, MSNBC, is being suspended. He will not be seen
on MSNBC for two weeks beginning Monday because of comments he made last week.</p>

<p>For many years, <i>Imus in the Morning</i> has been among the
most influential of all nationally syndicated shows. Many of us at NBC News are
guests on the <i>Imus</i> show. Don Imus
spent this entire day apologizing under withering fire for the remarks he made
about members of the Rutgers women&#39;s
basketball team. </p>

<p>

Tonight, in making the announcement,
NBC News called his remarks racist and abhorrent and said Imus has agreed to
take action to change the discourse on his program.</p></blockquote><table width="100%" style="background: #e8e8e8; 
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</b> Contact: <br />
<b>Don Imus</b></td>
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</b> Contact: <br />
<b>CBS Radio</b></td>
<td valign="top">Karen L. Mateo
<br />Vice President, Communications
<br />(212) 846-7638
<br />
<br />Whitney Pray
<br />Communications Coordinator
<br />(212) 846-3906
<br />
<br />Dana McClintock
<br />Senior Vice President,
<br />CBS Communications Group
<br />(212) 975-1077</td>
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</b> Contact: <br />
<b>Imus in the Morning</b></td>
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</b> Contact: <br />
<b>MSNBC</b></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="mailto:viewerservices@msnbc.com">viewerservices@msnbc.com</a>
<br />MSNBC TV
<br />One MSNBC Plaza
<br />Secaucus, N.J. 07094
<br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303518/">MSNBC contacts</a></td>
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</b> Contact: <br />
<b>NBC</b></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/435157.asp#nbc">NBC News</a>
<br />NBC News
<br />30 Rockefeller Plaza
<br />New York, N.Y. 10112</td>
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