Imus to CBS -- You Wanted "Irreverent," Now Pay Up!

76. They should not have fired him in the first place, so either give him the job back or pay up. He might have stepped over the line, but the were nudging him in that direction with a contract term like that. People make mistakes. I hope he gets all the $ he is owed.

Posted at 7:29PM on May 3rd 2007 by AmandaA

77. yur benton:

Quote: "Are you all nuts. NOBODY deserves $40,000,000. How much are you earning???????? "

What entertainer should be getting the obscene amounts of money they are getting paid these days? I agree with you on that. But that is not the issue here. He signed a contact with them, and they said they would pay him that much. The point is not what his income is, but if they did indeed breach the contract. If so they should pay-up.

I personally think many entertainer and athletes (& CEO's) are getting way too much money. But again, that is not the issue at hand.

Posted at 7:38PM on May 3rd 2007 by AmandaA

78. Imus should get the 40 mil, and more. He should also sue CBS for punitive damages because they acted in bad faith.

Posted at 8:17PM on May 3rd 2007 by Susan

79. Don Imus got caught in the intersection of change.
A settlement will be made and this will all go away. I do hope he has taken this opportunity to reflect on the way he has chosen to make a living and the people he has hurt along the way in the name of humor. It is time to move on.

Posted at 8:32PM on May 3rd 2007 by Curious

80. Please go for it all and Put your nose up to the people that have talk about on TV and I don't watch msnbc at all we are all pray you win I had to go to FOXS NEW .thank you for all the morning you gave me and the help KIDS and service one that are coming Home you never gave up on anything you put your mind to

Posted at 10:03AM on May 18th 2007 by Patsy Dinkins

81. go imus, they should not have fired him, its ok for the blacks to talk like that on tv,radio, music, the white people are the ones discrimated against now, and we can't say anything or there is hell to pay, but its ok for the blacks, grow up its only words, i wish imus the best, peggy in florida.

Posted at 10:13PM on May 3rd 2007 by peggy

82. he should not have gotten fired, its ok for the blacks to talk like that in there music, radio, tv, where-ever, but not a white person? thats where we learned it , from them, get over it , its only words, and the blacks are no different than the whites they say things and talk also, it all goes both ways to a extinct, sorry but thats life, it was only words, go imus i hope you win, win, win, wish you the best, peggy.

Posted at 10:12PM on May 3rd 2007 by peggy

83. Lost my posting, hope this doesn't duplicate.

For really interesting stuff on Sharpton and Jackson get these books. Bernard Goldberg's "110 People Who Are Screwing Up America". It has stunning details on the other 108 too.

"Enough" by Juan Williams (an African American).

Go to Larry Elder's website (it's his name) and all his books are great.

I'd also recommend Michelle Malkin's "Invasion" and Pat Buchanan's "State of Emergency". Both on the illegal alien situation and they will both make your hair stand on end.

You can get all these books at your local library.

Posted at 10:13PM on May 3rd 2007 by coolbreeze

84. Good Lord a bunch of hypocrites! Sharpton the worst one of all. Dont' particularly like Imus, but if he goes.... all of them should go... including Sharpton.

Posted at 10:30PM on May 3rd 2007 by Demi

85. ooooooh he is so scary. be lookin like the crypt keeper y'all. does he have cataracts?

Posted at 11:05PM on May 3rd 2007 by Stephen Hawking

86. Ok, most of you people don't understand business. I'll make this short so you don't explode... CBS and Imus both got what they wanted. CBS made millions off of selling ad space around his mouth. Imus made millions being a lazy-minded jackass on the air. Imus put advertisers in a bad position, which forced CBS to fire him because CBS makes money off of advertising and nothing else. They also both got what they asked for - a jackass got fired, and a greedy media company will have to pay out some of the money they made off their jackass. If what I just wrote doesn't make sense to you, keep shopping at Wal-Mart while thinking you're buying American.

Posted at 12:44AM on May 4th 2007 by TJ

87. everyone in support of Imus go to SupportImus.org & sign the petition &blog your thoughts....also good info site regarding this mess is Imustruth.com...I HOPE he gets every DIME as that is the only thing corporate HO's can relate too....BOYCOTT MSNBC/CBS

Posted at 12:47AM on May 4th 2007 by MS. M

88. i hope IMUS READS TMZ......... dont let 770am settle............demand this goes to court IMUS . rev al needs t be held accountable for all the hatred and he is a fraud PLEASE DONT LET HIM get away weith setting back the civil rights era IMUS YOU ROCK ITS TIME THIS MAN IS EXPOSED hes a fraud and he needs to be investigated by everyone the IRS,especially hope you read my blog EMCGURK63@AOL.COM go i mus

Posted at 2:24AM on May 4th 2007 by aunt cool moose

89. While i dont uphold what Don Imus said. They should never have fired him over it and i think that now that Al Sharpton and Jessy Jackson have moved on to their next big thing I think CBS has to realize what they have lost. Its just not the same on Msnbc. I for one have gone to Cnn.....Its a shame all the other people that were put out of work....

Posted at 9:23AM on May 4th 2007 by jck

90. CBS knew exactly what they were getting with IMUS. You are right #15 - the junk they attempted to replace IMUS with is pathetic! IMUS should start his own "IMUS in the Morning" streaming telecast on his IMUS website - I'm sure he will get the following!

Posted at 10:58AM on May 5th 2007 by Kunta