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Article: Imus gets two-week suspension.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2007
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Byline: Nick Madigan
Apr. 10--The uproar over talk-radio host Don Imus' racially charged remarks about a women's basketball team prompted NBC News and CBS Radio yesterday to suspend Imus in the Morning for two weeks, starting Monday.
The action follows Imus' reference last week to members of the Rutgers University women's team as "nappy-headed hos." CBS, which oversees Imus' daily broadcasts to more than 70 radio stations, said yesterday, "We are disappointed by Imus' actions last week which we find completely inappropriate. We fully agree that a sincere apology was called for."
NBC News President Steve Capus said in a statement that his ...