Don Imus and the "Great Radio Stunt"
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Don Imus and the "Great Radio Stunt"
Let's throw this scenario out there....
(credit where credit is due, our president walked in to the om's office when he and i were talkin shop, we got on the subject of imus and o&a, he spouts the following idea)
Don Imus utters the, now infamous, phrase... he and his bosses realize he f'd up big time. fast forward to the end of the show...
closed door meeting: "boss": we've gotta find a way to spin this in our favor
*light bulb*
first of all you suck it up and appologize, then let's make a HUGE stink out of this, get advertisers to pull their advertising (they'll like it because they'll look like concerned Americans), we'll "fire" you (get a lot of media attention), you sue us (even more media), we'll get high profile subs to sit in while you're gone (more media and publicity),and then (here's the beauty) you start saying that you'd like to get back on the air, and eventually, after somebody else jumps in the "asshole chair" and America kinda forgets how bad your fuck up was, we decide to bring you back (HUGE NUMBERS)
everybody wins......
TAH... DAHHHHHHH
WE'VE PULLED A SHINY WHITE RABBIT OUT OF OUR STINKING ASSES
(credit where credit is due, our president walked in to the om's office when he and i were talkin shop, we got on the subject of imus and o&a, he spouts the following idea)
Don Imus utters the, now infamous, phrase... he and his bosses realize he f'd up big time. fast forward to the end of the show...
closed door meeting: "boss": we've gotta find a way to spin this in our favor
*light bulb*
first of all you suck it up and appologize, then let's make a HUGE stink out of this, get advertisers to pull their advertising (they'll like it because they'll look like concerned Americans), we'll "fire" you (get a lot of media attention), you sue us (even more media), we'll get high profile subs to sit in while you're gone (more media and publicity),and then (here's the beauty) you start saying that you'd like to get back on the air, and eventually, after somebody else jumps in the "asshole chair" and America kinda forgets how bad your fuck up was, we decide to bring you back (HUGE NUMBERS)
everybody wins......
TAH... DAHHHHHHH
WE'VE PULLED A SHINY WHITE RABBIT OUT OF OUR STINKING ASSES
I'm not an idiot, but I play one on the radio.
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Either your pres is really smart, or he/she reads the New York Post.
IMUS' LEGAL BLUFF
JOCKEYING RETURN TO AIR
By PETER LAURIA
May 18, 2007
IMUS' LEGAL BLUFF
JOCKEYING RETURN TO AIR
By PETER LAURIA
May 18, 2007
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05182007/bu ... lauria.htmImus is angling to get back on the air.
According to four sources close to the situation, Don Imus' lawyer, Martin Garbus, is trying to use the radio personality's impending lawsuit against CBS Radio, which hasn't been filed yet, as leverage for reinstatement.
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It could happen.
When Talk Radio UK launched in 1995, it unashamedly touted itself as an "American-style" talk radio station and had a variety of caller-insulting hosts talking about hot-button subjects. The overnight guy was by far the most dangerous - Wild Al Kelly, who swore like a sailor with the clap, claimed "I could shit on Nick Abbot" (a popular talker on Virgin 1215), called the Chicago O'Hare lost and found department looking for "my bollocks. They're sort of like two balls in a small leather bag" and called his PD "King Of The Dickheads" because the PD was trying to restrict content. I often wondered if he was an intentional sacrificial lamb to try and get publicity for the station. It would make sense for a station that was eager to prove it was 'dangerous' to have a fine fund so they could make a big deal out of firing someone for publicity.
Wild Al lasted a month, but the headlines were never written.
When Talk Radio UK launched in 1995, it unashamedly touted itself as an "American-style" talk radio station and had a variety of caller-insulting hosts talking about hot-button subjects. The overnight guy was by far the most dangerous - Wild Al Kelly, who swore like a sailor with the clap, claimed "I could shit on Nick Abbot" (a popular talker on Virgin 1215), called the Chicago O'Hare lost and found department looking for "my bollocks. They're sort of like two balls in a small leather bag" and called his PD "King Of The Dickheads" because the PD was trying to restrict content. I often wondered if he was an intentional sacrificial lamb to try and get publicity for the station. It would make sense for a station that was eager to prove it was 'dangerous' to have a fine fund so they could make a big deal out of firing someone for publicity.
Wild Al lasted a month, but the headlines were never written.
So sayeth His Royal Highness King Spike; greatest broadcasting talent of his generation.
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Maybe in continental Europe. Radio in the UK is faaaar more restrictive than it is here. I'm sure I've cited this example on here before, but one of my talk radio heroes, Scottie McClue, got fined around $5,000 for using the word "bastard". At 11 o'clock at night.
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Yep. And he was using it in its correct form, as in 'child born out of wedlock'. Now, admittedly he was saying "your child is a bastard" to get a reaction out of the caller - a single mother, a favourite target of his - but still... it's eleven o'bleeding clock at night.
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Update!!!
[putting on my tin foil hat and hypothesizing again]
could this:
OR
has it come around that HE made comments worse than Imus?
OR EVEN.....
could Sharpton's fingers be in this???
[takin this damn hat off before i get struck my lighting or some shit]
[/my thinking for the day]
[putting on my tin foil hat and hypothesizing again]
could this:
be a good sign to Imus that it may be too soon?R&R afternoon delight... errrr e-mail wrote:• With a protest being threatened by area African-American leaders, Entercom's talk WRKO/Boston has canceled scheduled appearances by fired Don Imus producer Bernard McGuirk. McGuirk was set to co-host WRKO morning host Tom Finneran's show Wednesday-Friday of this week.
OR
has it come around that HE made comments worse than Imus?
OR EVEN.....
could Sharpton's fingers be in this???
[takin this damn hat off before i get struck my lighting or some shit]
[/my thinking for the day]
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yah, brits are well known for their bad teeth, not their nappy heads...Kiddconley wrote:I Want to take a moment to apologize for an insensitive and ill- conceived remark I made just seconds ago, regarding the The British. It was completely inappropriate, and I can understand why people were offended. My characterization was thoughtless and stupid, and I am sorry.
Doesn't MSNBC stand for the Media that Spins the News for Barrack's Cabinet?
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Political Correctness is always having to say you're sorry. - Me
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Sorry. I can never keep all of the Racial and Nationality stereotypes straight. I did read somewhere that a good many of the British consider dental care frivolous and cosmetic. I also read somewhere that they were all gay. Or was that the Scottish? It was one of the British Isles..
I tried to ask Spike about it once, but he kept hitting on me.
I tried to ask Spike about it once, but he kept hitting on me.
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