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Monday, April 16, 2007

WFAN without Imus

I turned on WFAN this morning to find out who would be filling in for Don Imus. It was Mike Francesa and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, who will be doing their own afternoon sports show, as well as subbing for Imus, for the next two weeks. Much to my surprise, Charles McCord - Imus' "Straight Man" - also was on the air. I figured he'd be gone along with Imus out of loyalty to his longtime partner.
Francesa and Russo spent much of the show teeing off on Imus' friends and guests who refused to rush to his defense. The list is long. They rightly slammed "60 Minutes" for its repeat of an interview with Imus about 10 years ago in which his racist tendencies were exposed. The segment was introduced by Mike Wallace, a frequent guest on Imus. Wallace, whose employer, CBS, fired Imus, neglected to mention that, or the fact that many "60 Minutes" reporters appeared frequently on Imus' show. It was an embarrassing hatchet job.

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