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Article: Culture of trash; Public, media encourage Imus-like outrages.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION
Don Imus's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team were not only sickening, but almost unbelievable in this day and age. The hypocritical grandstanding and media hype that have followed have been almost as stomach-turning as the radio talk show host's comment.
It's not just about the racist, sexist spewing of one individual. He's part of a proliferating culture of trash in which crudity, bathroom "humor," cruel jokes at others' expense and cheap shots at ethnic groups (or any other target that presents itself) are the kinds of fare that pass as entertainment.
Unfortunately, there are all too many people who evidently ...