Each were at the center of a media firestorm which came at a suspiciously convenient time for the MSM
Emmanuel Goldstein is always a red herring
Remember that the Imus scandal happened right after the Duke hoax fell completely apart. But the Imus story was SO IMPORTANT that the MSM did not have time to discuss the mistakes they made in Durham or the lies they told about the lacrosse players. As i wrote at the time:
See also here.
One story allows talking heads parade their noble moral sensibility in front of the cameras. The other one highlights their intellectual shortcomings and moral corruption. Which one is filling the airwaves?
And it is worth noting, that hateful speech by media figures (both before and after the Imus imbroglio) did not elicit the same around the clock talking head outrage:
So now, the most important story in the world is the crude antics of some frat boys on a bus.
Some one owes Don Imus and Nancy Reagan an apology
Awfully convenient that the SAE story "broke" just after the media-generated hoax in Ferguson, Misouri came crashing down around their heads.
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Imus recovered and is still doing his morning show, though on a different channel. He seems to have learned his lesson, though, and no longer strays from the path of political correctness.
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