Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 18, 2008. Bob Grant is one of the godfathers of incendiary right-wing talk radio and has been an inspiration for figures such as Sean Hannity.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 5, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Too bad ABC executives don't take the advice of their own shows more seriously.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2007. Melissa McEwan: Chris Dodd should fire whoever told him that was a good idea, because it really, really wasn't.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. November 19, 2007. It didn't take long for Don Imus' Big Media and Big Politics enablers to crawl out of the woodwork and embrace the shock jock all over again. With a list of Imus's top 10 enablers.
Rachel Sklar, AlterNet: Video. October 16, 2007. Rachel Sklar: MSNBC pop culture contributor Courtney Hazlett said in reaction to the report: "In related news, Media Matters is hiring."
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. September 5, 2007. Adam Howard: CBS replaces Imus with another racially insensitive "shock jock". I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. May 16, 2007. Other than the desire to shock listeners -- and thereby create controversy, grow audiences and sell advertising -- the current spate of repulsive shock-jock gibberish all share something else: a salary from CBS.
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. April 19, 2007. People say that Don Imus isn't funny, but let's face it, there is a joke in all of this -- a joke on the black community.
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. April 18, 2007. People say that Don Imus isn't funny, but let's face it, there is a joke in all of this -- a joke on the black community.
Robin Morgan, Women's Media Center. April 18, 2007. Many Americans still seem to think that racism, sexism, and other bigotries are myths -- a staggering feat of collective denial. How many times have you heard someone start (or finish) a diatribe with "Well, I'm no racist (sexist, homophobe, etc.), but ... ?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 13, 2007. Civil rights leaders should protest Snoop Dogg's forthcoming album. Imus demeaned a basketball team but Snoop has demeaned a generation of young blacks.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. April 11, 2007. The corporate overlords at CBS and NBC won't fire Imus unless they have to for financial reasons. So let's support the sponsors who have pulled out, and lean on the ones who haven't ... yet.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 10, 2007. Not only has Mr. Imus stolen a moment of pure gracefulness but he has brought us to the harsh reality...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 10, 2007. Why do so many blacks storm the barricades in fury against a Richards or an Imus but are stone silent, or utter only the feeblest of protests when blacks bash and trash?
