This was not just a racial slur. It was degrading to all women. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is calling for him to be fired, also. You can go here to join in their call to dump him. I have to say, his apology isn’t enough. I don’t know that a two week suspension is enough. Someone today called him a “serial apologist.” At some point, it’s just not enough. Did he apologize the day after he said it? No. The next day? No. I don’t believe he apologized until the public uproar really sunk in and he knew his ass was grass.

The I-Man has been shelved.

Both CBS and NBC Monday slapped a two-week suspension on Don Imus‘ popular program amid a gathering chorus of calls for his resignation or firing in the wake of the now-notorious comment about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.

“Due to the events of the past week, CBS Radio will suspend Don Imus and the broadcast of his show for a period of two weeks, effective Monday, April 16,” according to a terse statement released late Monday by the radio broadcaster that owns “Imus in the Morning.” The CBS announcement came a little less than an hour after NBC’s — which was effectively rendered redundant when CBS pulled the plug.

Indeed, NBC tried to get out in front of the fast-growing controversy by announcing the suspension on its highest-profile broadcast, “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” which opened Monday night’s program with its own announcement.

Both broadcast giants Monday suddenly found themselves in the crosshairs of increasingly vocal critics who were calling for Imus’ resignation, including among the harshest the New York State NAACP and the New York Chapter of the Coalition of One Hundred Black Women, which will stage a rally Tuesday morning at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to demand his firing.

“We want to make sure he’s no longer on the air,” said Hazel Dukes, president of the New York State NAACP said in a phone interview Monday before the suspensions had been announced. “He’s outlived his usefulness.”

She added that Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, will request a meeting with the presidents of both NBC and CBS. MSNBC simulcasts his CBS-owned radio show, “Imus in the Morning,” which originates from WFAN’s studios in Astoria.

In its statement, NBC said Imus’ program was pulled “after careful consideration in the days since his racist, abhorrent comments were made. Don Imus has expressed profound regret and embarrassment and has made a commitment to listen to all of those who have raised legitimate expressions of outrage,” while adding that “our future relationship with Imus is contingent on his ability to live up to his word.”

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