No Standards, No Peace

If my program director comes into the control room, and says a change or tweak is needed here or there, I try it, he only has the best intentions for the good of the show.
If a program director strides into Imus's studio with an idea, there is a good chance he might be told to get the hell out. No one tells Imus what to do. He brings millions of dollars to WFAN, and has been doing so for years, so if he decided to cross the race or sexual line, or if one of his minions said something vile, Imus would register disdain, and then repeat the behavior.
I tape the Imus show on MSNBC, and watch it when I come home. He is a great interviewer and gets big names. However, things come out of mouths on that show that make me wince. There is no reason to call Hillary Clinton a fat pig. There is no reason to call Serena Williams an animal. There is no reason to use the word jigaboo unless you make it plain what the source is, and in what context it is referenced.
So when Imus filled the air with his "nappy hos" crack,. it turned his world upside down. He has lost respect, he has lost days on the air, and he talks and acts like a broken man who doesn't quite get it. Saying that a lot of Black people listen to your show is another version of "some of my best friends...".
Having said all that, I do not think he should be suspended. It is a meaningless exercise. Either fire him or don't, suspension is wussy. Besides, from what I saw today, Imus appears broken, defeated, the show is dull and repetitive, and none of his sidekicks utters a word, since these middle aged communicators evidently can't speak without screwing up.
And by the way, how the hell did Reverends Jackson and Sharpton make their way to the moral high ground on this topic?
This is the same Al Sharpton who slandered Steve Pagones, perpetrated the Tawana Brawley fiasco, and referred to a store owner as a "white interloper", and is allowed to speak at the Democratic Convention. Yes, people can change,and he has,but his living in the now of racial politics is unfair. No one should have the breadth and depth of their life judged on a snapshot, or even a series of snapshots, and that goes for Imus.
Reverend Jackson has got to stop showing up at every party, or people will think he is freeloading. He is so used to speaking in vague platitudes, that I bet if you stopped in mid speech, he could not recall the last sentence he spoke.
Fire him, don't fire him, but if you want to be fair, fine him like you fined CBS over Janet Jackson affair, now that's justice and peace.