Black Journalists Want Professional Death Penalty for Imus

When word got out the some media companies were interested in putting Don Imus back on the air, the usual aggrieved parties got into the act:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Black Journalists urges Citadel Broadcasting chief executive Farid Suleman and
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to halt negotiations to return former radio
personality Don Imus to the radio and television broadcast airwaves.

Recent reports that Imus is in informal talks with Fox Chairman Roger
Ailes and is finalizing contractual details with Citadel Broadcasting are
unimaginable.

Imus was fired last April after the shock jock called members of the
Rutgers women's basketball team 'nappy-headed ho's.'

"NABJ remains outraged after the racially inflammatory insults made by Don
Imus last spring. He used his free speech to broadcast hate speech. To put him
back on the air now makes light of his serious and offensive racial remarks
that are still ringing in the ears of people all over this country," said
Barbara Ciara, NABJ president.

Oh grow up. The only people suffering "ringing in the ears" are those whose heads are too empty to stop the echo. The beauty about radio is that you can turn it off. Nobody is required to listen to Imus, and if he fails to draw an audience, this show will go off the air on its own without the help of the black "journalists". If there's a market out there that wants to hear him, then he has the right to pursue his career.