Imus-Does NBC "Think This Is Going To Have" The Same Impact As Cronkite?

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

This morning on radio and MSNBC, responding to NBC's decision to characterize Iraq as a "civil war," Don Imus said:

"He and Brian Williams and all those other nitwits and Griffin, they all sit around and they make this command decision, and Zucker and all of them, and maybe bring ol' Wright in there?"

More: "Do these nitwits at NBC News think this is going to have the impact of when Walter Cronkite came back in Vietnam and said we can't win, and Lyndon Johnson famously said 'well if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country?'"

[Wickerman]

1. Does Imus think his saying this has any impact at all?

Yes, sadly he does. What if Don Imus spoke and anyone actually listened? :shrug:

[cornermouse]

2. I don't know.

I never listen to him. :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. LOL

[BlueManDude]

3. Imus is for whatever Lieberman and McCain are for.

[DainBramaged]

4. Imus should stick to helping sick kids and get off his pulpit

Wrinkled old bastard.

http://www.americanprofile.com/article/4870.html

[Radio_Lady]

11. That a very interesting article, and I'm glad you posted it.

Maybe something good has come of all that effort!

He sure is a broadcasting nightmare. I watch his show for 1/2 on Fridays between 5:30 -- 6 AM while getting ready for my radio show. I'm glad he's off by 6 AM Pacific Time. I couldn't take him during drive time!

[monmouth]

5. I used to watch him all of the time in the a.m. then he

started his "fantasizing" about how beautiful and wonderful Nora O'Donnell is and that did it for me. I also had to turn him off on Thursdays when his wife was on, and then turn him off again whenever that guy Bo Diezel (sp?) comes on. Who is that guy anyway, a mobster wannabe? and the kid.He used to be funny and still is only when Terry Bradshaw gets him going. MSNBC bends over backwards to make him happy, he disses them and the execs constantly on the air.

[wain]

10. Does he still get his brother Fred on?

Haven't listened to him in years. While I can't take his self-centeredness, he can laugh all the way to the bank.

[dave502d]

6. I can't watch him, someday they will come and take him to the funny farm. n/t

[SaveOurDemocracy]

8. Yup

the sooner the better. I have trouble even looking at him ... there's something about his mannerisms that just creeps me out.

The bizarre thing is this self-important radio DJ is considered a legitimate source, and never seems to have a shortage of politicians willing to prop him and his self-deluded ego up. I guess any corner will do.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. If a tree falls in the forest, or a guy who looks like a tree, and no one watches its show,

does it make a sound? :shrug:

[williesgirl]

12. Fuck Imus - he's soooo last century!

[UTUSN]

13. Does sL-imus think *he* has ANY impact beyond REPULSIVENESS

and whatever disgustiveness? Deidre, Charles, Bernard-----what a choice.

[thatsrightimirish]

14. He works for NBC

Do you think anything will happen to him because of this?

[haydukelives]

15. I don't get Imus

Why does anybody care what he thinks?

[Catherine Vincent]

16. About Don Imus...

A DUer said it best:

"Imus look like someone who was buried and dug up."

LOL!