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Article: New York lawsuit accuses broadcaster Don Imus of badmouthing sponsor
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- January 24, 2008
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A radio broadcaster temporarily tossed off the air for racist remarks is now being sued for more than $4 million (2.73 million) by an advertiser who says he badmouthed the company and called its commercials for a book by the late President Gerald Ford "cheesy."
Flatsigned Press Inc., a publisher based in Nashville, Tennessee, says Don Imus insulted the company last year in ads it paid for to promote a book by Ford on the Warren Commission's investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
On his "Imus in the Morning" show, the talker told WFAN listeners the publishers "have been waiting for (Ford) to croak so they can unload ...