Imusgate.

CBS decided to sack Imus no doubt because of advertisers bailing out.

Moonves is a piece of shit; he proved that with the sacking of Dan Rather and the hiring of Katie Couric. He's scoring perfectly in the asshole department.

A suspension was appropriate; this was ludicrous considering how many pundits and talk show hosts are far worse.

Somehow

I don't think the punishment fits the crime here, especially considering critics include the likes of Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton.

Imus screwed up, but a suspension would have been appropriate. Meanwhile, truly vile people like Ann Coulter are allowed to spew their trash all over the place.

As the World Turns.

MSNBC has canceled its simulcast of the Imus program. This has just been reported. There are calls for his show to be canceled outright.
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Lee Iacocca just loves our dictator:

Lee Iacocca, author of the original business management bestseller, is giving President Bush an "F" in leadership.

In a book to be released Tuesday, the former Chrysler CEO -- who supported Bush's first campaign in 2000 but backed Sen. John Kerry four years later -- accused Bush of leading the nation to war "on a pack of lies" and lacking the basic components of good leadership.

"I think our current President should visit the real world once in a while," Iacocca writes, according to excerpts from "Where Have All the Leaders Gone" released on the Website of publisher Simon & Schuster.

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Ex-father-in-law of Geraldo Rivera, Kurt Vonnegut, 84, has died. He suffered from brain injuries as a result of a fall several years ago.

Vonnegut was also an obscure writer who was seldom noted in the media.
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As the World Turns.

Poor Imus is truly sorry, but not sorry enough to give up his lucrative gig.
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