Imus Just Won’t Go Away
Don Imus just won’t go away… ABC News reports that the recently jetisoned shock jock is expected to sue former employer CBS next week for $120 million after he was fired for his racist and sexist insults of the Rutgers Women’s Basketball Team.
A draft copy of Imus’s lawsuit says that the network expected him to be controversial and irreverent under the terms of his contract. And he claims Imus’s show was on a five second delay that allowed the network to censor him if they wanted.
The draft points out that Imus wasn’t fired for two weeks after the remarks were made.
Meanwhile, four former FCC commissioners contacted by ABC News say they do not believe that the speech was actionable under current federal guidelines that prohibit profanity or indecency on public airwaves.
Of course, CBS will fight this, and believes they can win any legal action. Whether we want to or not, we’ll soon find out.
