I keep reading all the beautiful condolences that people are writing about how much a part of their lives were effected by listening to him over the years.
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Children’s Health Defense joins parents of vaccine-injured children and advocates for health freedom in remembering the life of Don Imus, a media maverick in taking on uncomfortable topics that most in the mainstream press avoid or shut down altogether. His commitment to airing all sides of controversial issues became apparent to the autism community in 2005 and 2006 as the Combating Autism Act (CAA) was being discussed in Congress. The Act, which was ultimately signed into law by George W. Bush in December of 2006, created unprecedented friction among parents of vaccine-injured children and members of Congress; parents insisted that part of the bill’s billion-dollar funding be directed towards environmental causes of autism including vaccines, while most U.S. Senators and Representatives tried to sweep any such connections under the rug.
Don Imus, Divisive Radio Shock Jock Pioneer, Dead at 79 - Imus in the Morning host earned legions of fans with boundary-pushing humor, though multiple accusations of racism and sexism followed him throughout his career By Kory Grow RollingStone
Don Imus Leaves a Trail of Way More Than Dust
By Michael Riedel - The one and only time I had a twinge of nerves before appearing on television was when I made my debut in 2011 on “Imus in the Morning” on the Fox Business Channel. I’d been listening to Don Imus, who died Friday at 79, since the 1990s as an antidote the serious (bordering on the pompous) hosts on National Public Radio. I always thought it would be fun to join Imus and his gang — news anchor Charles McCord, producer Bernard McGuirk, comedian Rob Bartlett — in the studio, flinging insults back and forth at one another. And now I had my chance. I was invited on to discuss to discuss “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the catastrophic Broadway musical that injured cast members daily.
Anthony Mason, the business correspondent for CBS News, listened intently this morning as Imus complained of his inability to breath. "I’m sorry for your suffering," Mason said. So he’s the one.
Anthony Mason As Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, spoke with Imus on the phone this morning, he kept one eye on the television, where the Fox Business Network showed Dow futures up 157 points. "I think if we had not reached an agreement, you would have seen that arrow in the opposite direction," McCain said. "And pretty steeply so."
In his inaugural appearance on this show as the chief congressional correspondent for Fox News, Mike Emanuel provided some back story, beginning with his earliest memories of listening to Imus from the back of his parents station wagon in New Jersey.
Mike Emanuel Just prior to engaging in an interview rife with tension, Imus played a clip of Rep. Peter King wailing on the New York Times for having no "intellectual honesty" because it compared the attacks in Norway to potential attacks in the U.S.
Blonde on Blonde kicked off today with talk of the demise of Jesse James and Kat Von D’s relationship, during which Deirdre and Lis decided that Kat tattooing Jesse’s face on her boob is a sign of true love (or the only inkless spot on her body), talk turned to news that cancer-stricken first responders would not be covered by the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
