Exactly, Dahoss, that's the point that Mushnick was trying to make. I agree, Imus is a jerk, and he should not have been fired. For some reason, I remember hearing similar "Jayson Williams" phone call bits, but never that specific one. This one was both vulgar and viscious, far worse than what he was fired for.

that's for his employer (now former) to decide. that business is dictated by ratings and advertising, they lost the advertising, so they let him go. it's business. had they not pulled out their ads, he'd still be there. it's the $$$$$. nothing else, certainly not a sudden rush of good taste!

thats the another wrong thing in this story, lost advertising. advertisers threatened to pull out. most did not. they actually lost more advertising AFTER he was fired, because most sponsors backed the I-man and were ticked off that he was fired.