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Imus flap exposes long running feud with Howard Stern
By Stone Martindale Apr 11, 2007, 16:49 GMT
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Truthfully, they are both foul-mouthed losers.
Revenge is tasty fruit that is sweetest when savored over a long time. Just be careful Howard, public opinion is moved in minutes by whims. I am glad someone has the memory to castigate the author of the Tawana Brawley hate episode, I'm sure more sh_t will fly before this storm is over.
Like I value anything that that Ho-ward stern says. it takes one (piece of trash) to know one. so ho-ward is an expert on the above matter. but this is what the world likes nowadays, imus and springer and stern and stern and the ho anna nicole smith who did nothing to make the world a better place. while your at it what use is jesse jackazz or not so sharp ton. I will take my dog over the whole lot of the above refuse.....
Sharpton and Jackson are jokes. I pity the fool that thinks either of these monkeys have mo-jo.
come come now, how can you insult monkeys like that....
Both Imus and tern have been absolutely irrelevant for years. And Sharpton is one of the foremost racists in the USA.
How exactly do you measure relevance? you can dislike the content, but Howard Stern still exerts great influence over many many people.
First, at the very least he has greatly increased the pace of adoption of Satellite radio. He has millions of listeners as evidenced by his ability to impact topics that have nothing to do with the show - for example the current American Idol.
You can call him foul mouth, you can dislike his show but Howard Stern is far from irrelevant.
When people like Howard Stern and Imus are so popular - what does that say about the American public!!! Rush 'Lumpbaugh' and Bill O'Reilly come in close behind. They all are egotistical maniacs, so in love with their own voices they can't begin to understand intelligence if it hit them in their ugly faces!!!!
Stern has million's of listeners? No way! Back in the day he did, but no one went with him to Sirius. Look at their growth before and after he joined. It's pretty much the same with XM killing them 2 to 1 and O&A killing boner nose.
Right O and A are killing Stern? Those two are bigger losers than Sanjaya. You live in a fantasy world.
Imus is a fossil. Hope he's flushed down the sewer.
Sirius is buying XM you loser. O and A will be the first to go if the deal goes through. Imus is done in radio for sure.
I'd never heard of Imus before this mess, I've never listened to Stern, and I've never seen a dead horse beaten quite as badly as this so-called Rutgers flap. Quit whining already. Sheesh.
Hey Baba
It's interesting that you compare O&A to Sanjaya since they're still on terrestrial radio as well as XM, and Sanjaya is still on American Idol.
Where's boner nose? Oh that's right, on the little doggie company Sirius who was ruined by Stern and his ridiculous salary with his 600,000 or so listeners. And according to Stern, he's responsible for Sanjaya still being there....hmm. So what's your point?
O+A Like Sanjaya are jokes who have Howard Stern to thank for their success (though with clones O+A, I use that word loosely). First, they get kicked off terrestrial for their dopey catholic church sex stunt, then resurface on XM and fail to gain any audience comparative to their listener base on the station they were on. Then sell out the few fans they do have-The O+Gay Army-by going back to free radio to do 3/5 of their show. Stern is a legend in radio, whether you like him or not. He made radio something other than a forum for cartoon-like cookie cutter top 40 disc jockeys and button down narcoleptic political windbags spewing their partys' agenda. O+Gay won't ever influence anyone outside of two jerk-offs who want to have sex in a church, and if the Sirius/XM merger is approved by the Feds, its game over for free radio. Then again, with the FCC silencing any semblence of provocative and controversial talk on the radio and television, free radio is already in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and no one on base.
Stern does have millions of fans. Have you checked the subscription numbers sense he signed up with SIRIUS. Remember, its SIRIUS trying to buy XM, not xm buying sirius. Who thought that would ever happen. Ever sense Howard came to SIRIUS, they've beat xm every quarter on subscription totals. Thats a big deal.....Oh, and Imus is horrible radio. And just the fact that we're talking about satellite radio right now says alot about the Stern effect.
Howard Stern is wrong about Imus not being funny because like I've said a thousand times before-Racism is hilarious and Howard Stern knows this from first hand experience.Sexism is almost as funny.
imus is a hero! congrats to him for calling it like it is. ugly, monkey, nappy headed hos!
Imus and Stern should date and do each other, they both lick and are both just plain and simple stupid.
Stern is right. What Imus did was stupid and he should be fired. But Sharpton is a waste of skin too. All he does is dump gasoline on a fire that will never burn out. He's not out to help anyone. NBC Universal did the world one favor already. Now Sharpton needs to be silenced too.
Viva Stern!
First of all to say that Howard Stern, is Irrelevant is preposterous. Second, to say that he doesn't have millions of listeners, is just absolutely ridiculous. He single handedly put Sirius Satellite on the map. In a little over a year, since Stern came, the subscriptions went from 600,000 to almost 7 million. If that isn't growth then you do not understand economics. Don Imus, is a idiot, and it wouldn't matter if he was off the air tomorrow, no one will miss that want be cowboy. Howard Stern have revolutionized Free FM, and now he will take to the forefront Satellite radio. Four more years to go, and with growth of 6 and a half million people a year, well you do the math. Howard Stern is our generations Larry Flint. He stands for free speech, and rights to voice our opinion as many men, and women have died for in wars. This man should be given a wing of the white house. Howard Stern is truly the king of all media. Now you want to talk about numbers dealing with O&A? Let's talk about that 0 share that their ratings got. Enough said.
I believe that all this has happened to IMUS because he deserved it. I have listened to his show and it really does SUCK...I do listen to HOWARD on SIRIUS all the time, but it was not by influence of him that I think IMUS SUCKS...I think HOWARD is KING and he should say what he wants when he wants and guess what he can...
You mean we won't have to listen to Imus self flagellate about his 'ranch' anymore? I stopped listening to him YEARS ago because I just got so sick of hearing about it.
Stern, Sharpton, Imus, Limbaugh.... and all the rest, both big and small have one thing in common. They found a niche and exploited it. They made millions doing it because the american public is willing to pay to hear it! Simple as that. If people would quit listening, the advertisers would see it and changes would be made (witness MSNBC pulling Imus, due - not to the outrage of the public over what he said - but to the fact that the advertisers started pulling out.)
Like it or hate it, american opinion is formed, shaped and controlled by advertising.
I am think that the Mr. Stern looks very very old and find it quite amusing that he would be pointing his leathery finger at the Imus fellow. He looks very out of place with that young girl in the picture with him. You have a very silly country. Why do you argue over words? You are acting like the the people that would kill for the things that someone might say. Are you crazy? What is wrong with you people? I cam to this country for freedom and I see insanity.
Welcome to America, Bolla!
Is that trick question? You people. ha ha
I listen to both Stern (Internet) and Opie and Anthony (car). O and A have their heads
Who is Howard Stern? Does he realize 99% of America doesn't know who he is. Good move going to satellite.
How come you never see Howard and sideshow Bob in the same place? coincidence?
I once saw Imus on TV and was completely fascinated by him.... It was like watching a dead-lizard-alien thing lick a microphone. It was soooo gross I had to watch for at least 2 minutes.
brad0930 -- you've never heard of Howard Stern? Haven't you been following the Anna Nicole Smith debacle? Howard Stern (shockjock) said he didn't want to be confused with the shyster Hoawrd K. Stern (lawyer who might have been father of ANS' kid, but who knows?) so he was going to start going by the moniker The Howard (taking after The Donald - Trump). Even if you didn't know who he was prior to that, you had to have known afterward!
Bimmie: Oooh! That was Funneee! Har Har Har! (Not real original but, hey!)
But I did like the part about the lizard licking the mic thing!
The key to this whole thing is that Imus isn't funny. We all often hear racial humor that we forgive because when it makes us laugh, it actually diffuses racial tension rather than creating it. Imus is not funny, hence he should stay away from attempting racial humor. From him, it just sounds like hateful racism, as there is nothing clever or humorous in his remarks or their delivery.
O & A Suck dude.
Alice - I know you are but what are they? O&A all the way - that's what I say
Alice is a lizard licking ho
Men are know as much by there enemies as by their friends. To have Jesse 'Himey Town' Jackson, reckless blowhard Rev. 'white interloper' Al and Howard 'I invented everything' Stern as enemies raises Mr. Imus in my mind.
I have tried to listen to Imus a couple of times to see if he was the bore Howard said he was. He was actually worse. Howard has entertained me for years. His show might not be for everyone, fine don't listen that is what Stern has said for years. You don't like it turn it off. To suggest that Howard is what is wrong with America makes you look like a stewing little whiner. Get a life. I don't like many shows, I just don't listen. Viva La Howard.
Scott Kilowatt, are you on drugs?? The Stern clones called O&A have only managed a weak 2.2 rating in their hometown of NYC (less than Imus and Whoppi Goldberg), and only have 9% of XM listeners in a recent study. By contrast, Stern has a full 33% of Sirius' listeners.
And Sirius has twice XMs market share. TWICE. Since Stern came to Sirius, they have outsold XM in EVERY SINGLE QUARTER. The gap is closing rapidly, and the position of dominance is why Sirius is effectively taking XM over in the proposed merger.
Stern is doing some of the best radio of his career, and it drives the jealous clones and their sheep-like fans nuts.
Imus apologizing to Sharpton.......one racist apologizing to another.
What Imus said was a big no-no, it was wrong. I'll bet he knew it as soon as the words flew out of his mouth. But, I used to listen to Imus every morning on the way to work. No, I am not a bigotted racist or empty headed. I know more about Don Imus than, I'll bet, all those talking heads on TV's and radio's these days pause to even question; Who is this guy, anyway? The media feeding-frenzy is portraying itself as just what it is-empty headlines about the same old stuff over and over with no delpth or intelligence at all!
Does anyone know what Imus does other than host radio land? For one he raises millions every year for Tomorrow's Children Hospital. He built a working horse ranch for children with cancer and those afflicted with trauma due to SIDs, ect. This was built from his own money, his wife and he run it. They go with the children, are by there side's every step of the way-they grow food in organic gardens, raise chickens for their eggs (meat is not part of the menu). The kids learn to care for and ride horses, and Imus is with them throughout their entire stay. The purpose is to give these children a sense of 'being a normal kid', enhance self-esteem and dignity.
Anyone who wants to read about it, search for 'Don and Deidre Imus's Ranch', This is only one of the things he does that is honarable.
I believe the whoe thing is hypocrical; look at our comedians, sit coms, movies, other news punits and radio hosts, and Music...come on. Imus is the fall guy for the whole lot of them. He made a mistake, yes. But does not deserve to be hung for it.
Mathew, I just read your little empty statemnt '...One racist to another...' referring to Don Imus and Al Sharpton. I do agree that Al Sharpton is a racist and has ulterior motives for what he does. But c'mon. How many times have you heard people in movies, TV, music, and just plain old everyday folks talking in urban slang like Imus did. But Yes, he is on the radio and he choose the wrong words to say that he thought the Women's Basketball Team were a group of 'tough girls..' In fact, that is what he also said, '...they've got tattoes and everything..they a bunch of tough nappy-headed ho's..' I honestly don't believe he said that with racist thought behind it. He has a bunch of people he banter's back and forth with during the show, comedy mixed with real news and interviews with politicians and writers. I agree, that statement was way over the line, and he should be punished for it. But this feeding frenzy from all media sources is way over the line too. It's about ratings, dude, and people like you are the nodding-bobble-heads they target, Use your own mind.
Howard Stern Rulez and anyone that thinks hes a piece of crap has never listened to the show and just goes by the opinion of others, in other words your a moron. Howard has very powerful influence just look at American Idol's Sanjaya. Howard knows imus on a professional level and worked with him, so he has inside knowledge that other dont. 10 years ago in private parts Howard exposed imus for the scumbag racist he truly is and now finally it comes out. You dont have to like or listen to Howard Stern but calling him irrelavant just makes you sound like an idiot. Smarten UP.
What ZiggyApr wrote:
11th, 2007 - 17:54:49
Truthfully, they are both foul-mouthed losers
Yeah...man Howard is a Loser?!? A $500.00 million worth - is a Loser?!?
Dude, You need to dig a sand put your head in it!
Howard Stern rules. He is funny and entertaining, plain and simple. This, coming from PhD scientist. If you just listened to him instead of what the media says about him, you'd know.
O&A have done nothing, and will be nothing. The proof is in their ratings.
However, there's an entire laundry list of things Howard has accomplished and continues to accomplish.
(doing my best Dean Wormer impression)-'Zero.....POINT....Zero'
Sirius and Stern rock!
Imus makes those kids work hard on the ranch and HE reaps the benefits. You said that he is out there with the kids all day. That's BS. He sits in an air-conditioned radio studio and does his show. He then writes off the whole ranch.
Check on Answers
'In March 2005, Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank authored an article that was critical of the Ranch and the amount of money that it spends on each child. Accusations of accounting irregularities and personal use of the charity’s assets were investigated by New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. No charges have been filed in New Mexico. New York closed its investigation on March 24, 2005.'
Check on Freenewmexican:
'Imus and his wife, Deirdre, opened the 4,000-acre ranch between Santa Fe and Las Vegas, N.M., in 1999 as a summer camp for sick children.
But the New York-based charity’s multimillion-dollar annual budget and the Imus family’s use of the ranch’s well-appointed facilities have drawn scrutiny from government officials.
Sam Thompson, spokeswoman for New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, said Thursday that one concern is “the amount of money that’s being spent to the fairly small portion of children being served.”
The nonprofit ranch spent $2.6 million last year while hosting only about 100 children, The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page story Thursday . The newspaper said experts consider that an unusually high dollar-tochild ratio for a charity.'
Kids are only there for 10 weeks out of the year, yet he writes the 14,000 square foot mansion off year round.
2 best selling books, a great movie, #1 rated show on E for 10 years, #1 rated morning show in NY, Philly for 20 freakin years! 20 years, that's unheard of! #1 in over 30 markets in the country including LA. He's better than ever on Sirius, Sirius has killed XM in subscriptions since Howard came aboard...300,000 to 6 mil in 2 years! O and A brought 35,000 listeners to XM. they're a joke. they rip Howard off but somehow they figured out a way to do it in the most boring unfunny way i've ever heard. I love the King goofing on the I Man. Howard rules. 0.0.
I hate uninformed people. Howard is the only one of all of these jocks who will even be mentioned 100 years from now. Sirius wasn't even known before Howard came on board and whoever said XM had double the subscribers is insane. Sirius was down 3 mil to 300,000 when Howard signed on. Now they're almost neck and neck and Sirius has outsold XM every quarter since the King arrived...gee I wonder why. They didn't pay him 500 mil because he's unfunny. The King of all Media is why! He left radio as the number one morning show in NY and countless other cities. He's been #1 in NY and Philly for 20 freakin years! That's unheard of. O and A have never and will never get close to the ratings he's achieved. They grew up listening to him, completely ripped off his show and somehow made there show unfunny. He's the original, he's funnier than ever and I love hearing him goof on Imus, that old racist codger.
Lawdy Lawdy look at dat old ugly man they be calls Howras Sterns. Whey he get dat wig hat on his haid? Dat man is ole as Imus and look like that chile he done gots to go wid him to da shos wid is gwine be glad when he be daid an her fine white boody done be has all hissums money dat hissuns ole wife Allison ain't done did got de lass time he tied up a knot wid a ho. Dat mans is dunna gwine be talkin bout ebbybody and he's ain't gots no rooms to be talkin. Das whut Issum thanks. Ummhum.
Howard Stern is right, Imus, Mcguirk and Charles have been cracking on all kinds of good people for too many years, just to hear themselves laugh. Imus,it's over, you pompous jackass.
'The nonprofit ranch spent $2.6 million last year while hosting only about 100 children, The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page story Thursday . The newspaper said experts consider that an unusually high dollar-tochild ratio for a charity.'
Wow! That's.. how much? $260,000 per child??? Show me any version of 'Save The Children' or any of the related 'charities' that can claim to spend that much on their mission.
THAT'S why he's being investigated. He does it better than all the rest combined!
I don't think CBS and MSNBC should have fired him because of opportunitist like Jackson and Sharpton are threatening anything: have some balls and stand up for your employees. Things like that are said everyday at schools, the workplace, and at home. People are still prejudice and there is nothing that neither one of these idoits can do about it. Who cares! They (CBS & MSNBC) could have gave Imus the diginty to resign on his own. Like it or not, he had a somewhat success career and made his company money. How much money has Jackson/Sharpton made for anyone but themselves? That is how we are really valued in our soceity, isn't it?? And as far as Howard Stern; I am a fan and anyone that says that he and his show isn't revelent does not listen and just aren't intelligent enough to understand. When is the last time you made millions of people laugh, get mad, cry, vote on a meaningless reality show, or anything?
Revenge is like a comb. It's long, straight and has some teeth.
If that was the case SCOTT KILOWATT, then why would XM agree to merge with SIRIUS? And why would OTIS and ANDY pen a letter to MEL KARMIZAN asking him to keep them on the payroll if the merger does happen? Before Stern: 600K and AFTER STERN: Over 6M.
I hear Opiss and Asshole had 0.0 ratings this past quater in Las Vegas.
Too Bad!!!
Stern has made racial and misogynistic jokes for years without repercussion. Imus says three words, the media goes nuts with it, and now his lengthy career and charities are done for. This is abusrd. The man's life is ruined for three words.
Considering that Stern hasn't been funny in nearly ten years, it's quite a thing to hear him talk about Imus. Stern and Imus should both take off.
Sharpton and Jackson are a couple of stupid niggers. Yes, I realize that is a somewhat redundant term. Nappy headed hos? Try filthy ghetto bitches. Street apes is another appropriate term.
Imus is such an old moron!! im glad this happen to him. I only listened to him one time and i wanted to throw my fucking radio out the window!!! He looks like Death!! he's a real dick licker, and i hope he dies a lonely sad man.
Ever notice how really ugly men wear their hair long???
If you don't like what you hear or see there are neat features on TVs and radios such as channel changer and the on / off button. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson need to be taken down for the 'Duke' boys case as they were all over that until the s''t hit the fan. They are as Racist and ignorant as they come. Tell them to turn on some of these rap stations, MTV and HBO 'Def Comedy Jam'. But that's right reverse racism does not exist.
Here's one of the stupid comments of Al Sharpton:
BILL O'REILLY, HOST: Two Duke lacrosse players have been arrested and charged with rape among other violent crimes. They are free on $400,000 bail. As you may know, the students attended a party where a stripper hired by the lacrosse team said she was raped. With us now civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton. Is this a racial issue?
REV. AL SHARPTON, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: I think that there are certainly a lot of racial factors. Whether it is directly in the case, we'll see, because some reports said that there was racial language used. But I think that when you look at the racial atmosphere, when you look at the fact that there again were the allegations of racial statements, when you look at a lot of people feeling that they have been treated differently, where this girl has basically had a character charged in the media, there is a lot of racism that's in the air. Having said that, I commend a lot of the blacks and whites who stood vigil and to come together in that community to stand up for this girl. So I think in the midst of this, there is some good.
_______________________________________________________________________ ____
The 'Duke' boys were guilty before their case was presented according to Al Sharpton.
Does this sound familiar?
1987: Sharpton spreads the incendiary Tawana Brawley hoax, insisting heatedly that a 15-year-old black girl was abducted, raped, and smeared with feces by a group of white men. He singles out Steve Pagones, a young prosecutor. Pagones is wholly innocent -- the crime never occurred -- but Sharpton taunts him: 'If we're lying, sue us, so we can . . . prove you did it.' Pagones does sue, and eventually wins a $345,000 verdict for defamation. To this day, Sharpton refuses to recant his unspeakable slander or to apologize for his role in the odious affair.
I don't listen to Don Imus so I'm neither a fan nor a non-fan. He's just one more shock jock in a long succession of others since Joe Pyne's acerbic wit and humor hit the airwaves in the late 1940s. But make no mistake. Imus' fans didn't just go into a corner with their tails between their legs. They probably look at this incident as just a bump in Imus' road and otherwise like Imus who, after all, is a member of the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame and considered by Time Magazine as one of the most influential men in broadcasting.
The really odd thing is the disdain Howard Stern shows for him since, in my opinion, they are cut from the same cloth. Howard Stern had to flee to Sirius satellite radio due to his own questionable on-air demeanor. But he'd better look over his shoulder ... because I suspect that Imus will follow his lead. And as Stern's fans followed him to Sirius, so would Imus' fans.
I would not be surprised if Sirius and/or XM satellite moguls aren't already considering offers to Imus ... and not surprised if Imus didn't already know about them. I predict that Imus will be back on the airwaves before the end of summer. They may just be the non-commercial airwaves of satellite radio ... where there are no sponsors to pull their ads.
All of this brouhaha over a stupid comment. He said 'nappy headed hos'. Did he say 'filthy niggers?'
Blacks need to lighten up and they the cornbread out of their ears. This whole thing is stupid.
Is that actually Howard in that picture? Jesus, that plastic surgery didn't seem to work.
With the C-grade model on Howard's arm, is his transformation into Imus complete?
Imus did it on purpose wanted an out.You cant buy this kind of publicity. now all his fans will feel he got unfaily canned & tune in to his web cast.
THEY SHOULD JUST NUKE THE MIDDLE EAST,AND BUILD A BIG CAGE THERE SO THEY CAN THROW AL SHARPTON,JESSE JACKSON,AND ALL THE NAPPY HEADED HOES INTO IT.PLEASE IM TIRED OF YOU PEOPLE.THATS RIGHT I SAID IT YOU PEOPLE!
I remember when Stern was just as big of an a-hole when he worked at WWDC in Washington,D.C. when the Air Florida crash happened and that insensitive moron Stern ,mimicked the miget from Fantasy Island to forget those little facts when he picks on others in the radio industry.
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