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.
Mike Huckabee, the former Governor of Arkansas and current radio and television host, did his best today to get Imus to become un-annoyed with him. "When you were running against McCain, you didn’t stop running!" Imus said, referring to Huckabee’s 2008 presidential bid, which went on until McCain finally accrued the necessary number of votes to secure the Republican nomination.
Fresh off yesterday’s Congressional hearings with Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda, Imus spoke with Rep. Darrell Issa today, and expressed a sense of relief at Toyoda having taken responsibility for the safety concerns in a number of his cars.
On a morning of hypocrites, Imus was no exception, telling Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Minority Whip, that his hair resembled Lyle Lovett’s, and not in a good way. "You’ve got a nice head hair," Imus commented. "But we’ve got to get somebody to work on it for you."
Chris Wallace waited patiently this morning until Imus, who was busy extolling the virtues of his glorious bosses, realized Wallace was on the line. But Imus is rarely as concerned with his guests as he is with himself, which was evident in the previous interview he conducted this morning with Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Chris Wallace If John Thune is bitter about sharing the title of hunkiest United States Senator with Scott Brown, he didn’t show it today, telling the I-Man he thinks Brown is "a rock star." He wasn’t terribly surprised that Brown voted to pass the Democrats’ jobs bill, because he has a different constituency than many of his Republican peers.
