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Past incendiary Imus remarks

Don Imus

Don Imus, who was criticized for a racial remark about NFL player Pacman Jones, appears at New York's Town Hall at the beginning of his return to radio Monday morning Dec. 3, 2007 in a file photo. Imus returned to the airwaves Monday eight months after he was fired for a racially charged remark about the Rutgers women's basketball team. (Richard Drew, Associated Press / December 3, 2007)


Some of Don Imus' on-air transgressions

-Famously described women of Rutger's University basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" in April 2007.

-When asked by Alan Colmes why Hillary Clinton was re-elected as a New York senator, Imus replied, "'Cause her fat, stupid husband was getting -------- from the poor little intern there in the Oval Office."

-Described Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post as a "boner-nosed... beanie-wearing Jewboy"

-When discussing Republican candidates, Imus asked radio host Jay Severin, "Why don't you like Huckabee? Because you're gay, or what?"

-Described New York Knicks as "chest-thumping pimps"

-In 1998, told "60 Minutes" that he hired an African-American producer to "tell n-----r jokes"

-Called black journalist Gwen Ifill "a cleaning lady" after she declined to appear on his radio show

-Said that the "Jewish management" of CBS Radio were "money-grubbing bastards"

-Referred to Hillary Clinton as "that buck-tooth witch, Satan"

All from Media Matters and Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

Related topic galleries: Washington Post Co., Elections, Don Imus, CBS Corp., Political Candidates, New York Knicks, Minority Groups

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