When was don imus fired

It lets the cleaning woman cover the White House? Imus sidekick Sid Rosenberg once made racially charged remarks about tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams, saying they should pose for National Geographic magazine. Media Industry News Updated. By Mark Egan 4 Min Read. Furor over Imus puts heat on other broadcasters. He didn't elaborate. He acknowledged again that calling the Rutgers women's basketball players "nappy-headed hos" a day after they had competed in the NCAA championship game had been "really stupid.

Sharpton and Jackson emerged from a meeting with Moonves saying the corporate chief had promised to consider their requests. While Imus' dismissal may seem like a huge story, it is not the first time something similar has happened, reports Jeff Greenfield , CBS News' soon-to-be senior political correspondent. Bob Grant, a popular New York radio host, was put off the air for calling the African-American mayor at the time a "washroom attendant.

Throughout all of this, Imus has said he wants the chance to apologize to the 10 players face to face, adds Cordes. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers' coach. She said she had called Moonves to urge that CBS cut all ties with the veteran radio star, and was worried that what he said could hurt women's sports.

Imus made a point Thursday to thank one sponsor, Bigelow Tea, for sticking by him. Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham said the magazine's staffers would no longer appear on Imus' show. Imus has complained bitterly about a lack of support from one black politician, Harold Ford Jr. Ford, now head of the Democratic Leadership Council, said Thursday he would leave it to others to decide Imus' future.

Imus' troubles have also affected his wife, author Deirdre Imus, whose household cleaning guide, "Green This! Imus still has a lot of support among radio managers across the country, many of whom grew up listening to him, said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade publication Inside Radio.

Yet he's clearly became a political liability for a major corporation — CBS. On April 4, , a dirigible crashes in New Jersey, killing 73 people in one of the first air disasters in history. The Akron was the largest airship built in the United States when it took its first flight in August In its short life of less than two years, it was NATO stood as the main U. After the successful siege of Boston, General George Washington begins marching his unpaid soldiers from their headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, toward New York in anticipation of a British invasion, on April 4, In a letter to the president of Congress, General Live TV.

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