NBCUniversal is a major media company; in 2007 its MSNBC cable channel simulcast Don Imus’s morning radio program.
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NBC News canceled MSNBC’s simulcast of Imus in the Morning after the “nappy-headed hos” comments, citing an internal review and employee concerns. The move came a day before CBS Radio fired Imus. NBC’s receipt is the simulcast platform, not authorship of the slur.
MSNBC dropped its Imus simulcast on April 11, 2007, after he slurred the Black Rutgers women’s basketball team and NBC employees and advertisers revolted.
MSNBC simulcast Imus in the Morning when he attacked the Rutgers Scarlet Knights with “nappy-headed hos.” The New York Times reported NBC News canceled the simulcast on April 11, 2007, after internal review and rising demands—hours before CBS Radio completed the firing the next day.
Concern. Cable news that rebroadcasts the slur owns a piece of the platform. Dropping Imus after the revolt is accountability under pressure. Pair with the Don Imus and CBS files.
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April 11, 2007: NBC/MSNBC dropped Imus simulcast · Apr 11, 2007
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