Howard Kurtz Takes Shots At Suffering I-man
Of all the places for Washington Post Media Critic Howard Kurtz to spend an afternoon, the Playboy Mansion would be about as likely a guess as, say, Osama Bin Laden’s cave in Afghanistan.
I keep reading all the beautiful condolences that people are writing about how much a part of their lives were effected by listening to him over the years.
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Children’s Health Defense joins parents of vaccine-injured children and advocates for health freedom in remembering the life of Don Imus, a media maverick in taking on uncomfortable topics that most in the mainstream press avoid or shut down altogether. His commitment to airing all sides of controversial issues became apparent to the autism community in 2005 and 2006 as the Combating Autism Act (CAA) was being discussed in Congress. The Act, which was ultimately signed into law by George W. Bush in December of 2006, created unprecedented friction among parents of vaccine-injured children and members of Congress; parents insisted that part of the bill’s billion-dollar funding be directed towards environmental causes of autism including vaccines, while most U.S. Senators and Representatives tried to sweep any such connections under the rug.
Don Imus, Divisive Radio Shock Jock Pioneer, Dead at 79 - Imus in the Morning host earned legions of fans with boundary-pushing humor, though multiple accusations of racism and sexism followed him throughout his career By Kory Grow RollingStone
Don Imus Leaves a Trail of Way More Than Dust
By Michael Riedel - The one and only time I had a twinge of nerves before appearing on television was when I made my debut in 2011 on “Imus in the Morning” on the Fox Business Channel. I’d been listening to Don Imus, who died Friday at 79, since the 1990s as an antidote the serious (bordering on the pompous) hosts on National Public Radio. I always thought it would be fun to join Imus and his gang — news anchor Charles McCord, producer Bernard McGuirk, comedian Rob Bartlett — in the studio, flinging insults back and forth at one another. And now I had my chance. I was invited on to discuss to discuss “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the catastrophic Broadway musical that injured cast members daily.
Of all the places for Washington Post Media Critic Howard Kurtz to spend an afternoon, the Playboy Mansion would be about as likely a guess as, say, Osama Bin Laden’s cave in Afghanistan.
Jerry Springer stopped by today to promote season two of the GSN dating show “Baggage,” which premiered last night. But it was Springer’s role as roaster of David Hasselhoff that Imus wanted to discuss first.
Ever conscious of his manners, Father Jonathan Morris, a Fox contributor, debated this morning over whether to refer to the host of this program as “Imus” or as “Don.” Either way, he wouldn’t be using one of the myriad more colorful names usually employed by those addressing the I-Man.
Following a weird soliloquy in which Imus detailed his courageous battle with cancer and then said that he didn’t used to sneeze while doing cocaine, Rosanne Cash (and probably the entire audience) was grateful for the transition to talking about her memoir "Composed."
Craig Crawford, who blogs for the universe at CraigCrawford.com, was on vacation this morning, visiting his folks in Orlando. Though the I-Man was not on the air last week, he certainly was not on vacation, and daydreamed about taking a trip to Florida to see the Crawfords.