I think that the point that Glockfan is trying to make is that we have all these little special interest groups that scream and shout about things that they don't like and get their way because its "offensive" or "dangerous". Although you might not agree with things that O&A and Imus said, the fact is that you have these groups that are throwing a big stink about things and because everyone keeps trying to be politically correct, they yank the programming. It's just like the people who throw a big shitfit about 'assault weapon features' and all the politicians hear/listen to are the ones complaining about things that don't really matter.
Imus and these other two nobodies broadcast reprehensible content, and deserve to lose their jobs.
There are quite a few people who find gunowners reprehensible, and if they were in a management position, would it be right for them to fire people under them because they found out they were gunowners? What if we applied it to religion? Fire people because because they don't believe in the same gods/goddesses, etc because you find it reprehensible that they would want to do that? -- Please don't imply it's different because its religion or guns, people are offended by everything, its just in a different form there.
Also those two nobodies may have said something that offeneded people, but it was only when a re-run of their broadcast was done in the wake of the whole Imus incident, that they were fired. It's not like they went back on the air and did it again, they just happen to have a re-run of the broatcast go on and then the *expletive deleted*it hit the fan for them.
I'd rather live in Glockfan's world, where hosts can talk freely about raping women, shooting all the darkies, or just sexually molesting the children of their audience members. And since it doesn't really hurt anybody, the ones who pay the bills just have to like it.
They should be able to talk about whatever they want, and if people didn't want to hear the *expletive deleted*it, they wouldn't be listening to it. (Just like when Rosie O'Donnel shows up on TV, I CHANGE THE FREAKING STATION) However, there have been mass cancellations because of this incident, meaning the ones who pay the bills want to hear the programming offered on the O&A show. There's a reason its on the channel that constantly has a warning of explicit language on the breaks.
And Mike, O&A actually didn't broadcast sex on the air during that contest, and they weren't fired for it. The phrase that the FCC decided was offensive was "the balloon knot" which was some kind of reference to anal sex. How it makes any sense? I have no freaking clue. But last I checked Infinity broadcasting refused to pay the fine as "the balloon knot" is hardly offensive and barely makes any sense when you compare what the definition was. They were just taken off the air and sat around until their contract was up, being off the air and getting paid for it.
What I'm trying to say is, letting all these little special interest groups get their way all the time to the point where companies are scared of them without even a threat uttered, is a very bad thing. Things just seem to be going downhill with all these little groups in control of everything. All of this crap in the name of "political correctness".
