I’ll leave the Imus bashing to Bit. Shock jocks are not my particular cup of tea.
I come not to praise Don Imus. Rather I am here to dismiss him. Imus is what Imus is, to wit a shock jock. Shock jocks shock the audience. I’m shocked. There are far more talented [1] shock jocks to which I don ‘t listen, than Imus. If don’t like Imus, don’t listen to him.
Enough.
My point is what gives Al Sharpton the moral authority to criticize anybody, for anything [2]?
Before anybody fires Don Imus from the radio, Al Sharpton should be fired first. Imus refer to Rutgers’ basketball players as “nappy.” Offensive.
Yet the Reverend Al accused [3] Steven A. Pagones of raping one Tawana Brawley. Sharpton’s charge was false. Anybody with I.Q. above room temperature should have known Sharpton’s allegation were false. Yet Sharpton has never apolgized.
Crystal Gail Mangum [4] falsely accused Collin Finnerty, Dave Evans, and Reade Seligmann of rape [5]. Yet the Reverend Al, never saw fit to either defend Finnerty, Reade and Seligmann, nor did Sharpton ever criticize Mangum.
Sharpton is part and parcel in one effort to falely smear white males, and willfully silent in another smear job. As far as moral authority goes, I’ll take Imus over Sharpton anyday. Imus is the the one who is honest enough to admit what he is, to wit a shock jock. Sharpton is merely a race huckster, who refuses to admit such.
Michelle Malkin manages a calm look at the bigger picture, here [6].
Last, a rare video of Bill O’Reillly actuallly making sense [7].?