Don't Buy the Hype
It's obvious to me and to most free-thinking individuals that the Don Imus controversy is a load of hype and garbage. Whenever I see a media storm like this I start wondering what they're diverting my attention from. When they are trying to make an issue out of something that isn't really an issue at all, then you know that something foul is afoot.
Okay so here's my theory, which interweaves three premises into a rather obvious conclusion.
Premise #1: Al Sharpton protests all the damn time and nothing happens as a result. He's as much a joke to the corporate community as he is to the political community, perhaps even more so. CBS and MSNBC could have easily waited out the "crisis," and everyone would have forgotten within a few weeks. No problem. Just look at the Amadou Diallo case. Sharpton protested that and many others but no fitting punishments resulted.
Premise #2: There are rascists all over the radio and TV. I present exhibit A--
Okay so here's my theory, which interweaves three premises into a rather obvious conclusion.
Premise #1: Al Sharpton protests all the damn time and nothing happens as a result. He's as much a joke to the corporate community as he is to the political community, perhaps even more so. CBS and MSNBC could have easily waited out the "crisis," and everyone would have forgotten within a few weeks. No problem. Just look at the Amadou Diallo case. Sharpton protested that and many others but no fitting punishments resulted.
Premise #2: There are rascists all over the radio and TV. I present exhibit A--