Sunday, October 7, 2012

Podcast notes


  • How the media blew up Don Imus' quote "nappy headed hoes".  
  • The media, mainly ESPN focused on the quote and the man who said it more than the story itself.  ESPN is a sports channel and they barely reported that the quote was describing the women playing in the national championship game.  
  • Quote is without question out of line, but Imus is a shock jock, its what he does.  
  • Many shock jocks say outragous things simply to get airtime. 
  • Rush Limbaugh said racial comments on tv and continued to have a successful radio career.  
  • Wendy Williams says most outragous comments and career has benefited from it
  • Shaquille Oneil made fun of Yao Ming using racial slurs and there were no problems
  • Media got him fired, NAACP and other organizations raised concern and then decision was made

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