On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote:
Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com
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The 2-week suspension starts on Monday 16. There was an earlier report
that Al Sharpton would appear on Imas' program on Tuesday 10th. Jesse
Jackson has entered the fray in Chicago: Jackson is very good at
getting corporations to "pay up" as atonement and protection so the
stakes are getting higher. The National Organization of Women (NOW) is
demanding his firing or else.
The whole thing reminds me of "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by
Wolfe, a book well worth reading in view of the Imus brougha.
I don't know about US law, but British and Canadian law allows
lawsuit for slander. The only defence is that the defendent spoke the
truth. Imagine the detective work that would be needed to prove that
Imus' slander was true.