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Imus: Limbaugh a 'Fat, Gutless, Pill-Popping Loser'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:37:24 CST

Rush Limbaugh's not the only one who can call people names : Don Imus expressed his, shall we say, disappointment with the conservative radio host today, calling Limbaugh's Sandra Fluke apology "lame," particularly because it was not given in person. On Fox Business Network's Imus In the Morning , Imus also called...

Meghan Joined 'Dark Side' at MSNBC: McCain

Matt Cantor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:32:36 CST

John McCain isn’t a fan of his daughter’s new bosses. Taking a job at MSNBC , Meghan “went over to the Dark Side, I guess,” he told Don Imus on the Fox Business Network. Still, “I am very proud of her,” he added. “She's feisty. Being over there she is going...

Paterson: I'm Blind, But 'Not a Dope'

Harry Kimball — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:36:08 CST

Beleaguered New York Gov. David Paterson lashed out today at a mysteriously “well-orchestrated” conspiracy to run him out of office, but maintained that he wasn’t going anywhere. “I’m black, I’m blind, and still alive,” he told Don Imus on his radio program. A New York Times piece on Paterson is...

Imus Psyched to Join Fox

Kevin Spak — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:00:08 CDT

Don Imus is returning to TV today, and it doesn’t bother him at all that it’s on Fox Business Network. “The perception is that even their news is skewed toward opinion—not when I watch it. It's a fair news organization,” he tells Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post . “It's...

Imus Joins Fox Business

Nick McMaster — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:03:45 CDT

Don Imus has completed a deal to simulcast his radio show on Fox Business Network TV beginning Oct. 5, Mediabistro reports. Imus has gotten out of his simulcast deal with RFD-TV. On FBN, he'll add more business news, and Fox Business Morning hosts Jenna Lee, Connell McShane, and Ashley Webster...

Imus in Talks With Fox Business

Harry Kimball — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:52:55 CDT

Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” He now...

Don Imus Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Clay Dillow — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 CDT

Shock-jock Don Imus, best known for stirring near-universal ire with his "nappy-headed hos" comment, announced on-air this morning that he has stage 2 prostate cancer, WCBS-TV in New York reports. Imus, 68, voiced confidence that "his doctors will beat it," Fox News reports, and speculated that the disease was caused...

Why Liberals Like Joe Scarborough

Harry Kimball — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:19:52 CDT

Joe Scarborough was a conservative Republican congressman who gained office in the 1994 House sweep that launched Newt Gingrich. His MSNBC show Scarborough Country was initially devised as a like-minded answer to Bill O’Reilly. But, as Mark Binelli puts it in New York magazine, "Scarborough never quite mastered the voice...

I Was Being Sarcastic, Not Racist: Imus

Kevin Spak — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CDT

Don Imus was just making a “sarcastic point” when he asked “what color” oft-arrested cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones is, he said on his show today. When informed that Jones was black, Imus replied, “There you go. Now we know.” The rejoinder sparked complaints against the reformed shock jock, but Imus...