PSoTD

Proof: Here, Here, Here, Here, and elsewhere...

Unfortunately, Imus can't do the prideful thing and disappear from public view. Exposed as beyond insensitive and suspected of being quite racist, he can't see the damage he's caused and continues to cause.

I'm not talking this time about the Rutgers basketball team, or black women. I'm talking about the television pundit class. He's accidentally exposed them for what they are - hypocrits. They sit and verbally judge and lay down moral judgements all the time as part of their job, but they don't seem to see themselves as part of that same spectrum, subject to the same pressures, and targets of the same blame industry that they worked so hard to create.

In this respect, Imus is doing us an unintentional favor. This hypocrisy - the "judge others by my words, but not me" approach to infotainment has long sickened the national debate. The practitioners of it need to be excised from that debate, for the health of discussion. The lineup of people supporting Imus are the people supporting, and benefitting, from this hypocrisy. So, in a way, it's good for them to stand up, and proudly proclaim their solidarity with this cancerous punditocracy. We now know more about who deserves a speedier exit from the public eye - and this includes the programming management at MSNBC.