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No More Whining Excuses
by Joe Conason

salon.com

Excerpt:
It doesn't matter whether the journalists and politicians who appeared on the Imus show think he should
be forgiven. Special pleading by anyone who has benefited from airtime with Imus is obviously not worth much.
Every celebrated bigot has friends and sycophants who will vouch for his purity of spirit, so why should we
believe the Imus posse any more than the cronies of David Duke or Louis Farrakhan? The proof is in the
transcripts, where the vicious evidence is overwhelming. His friends' impulse to defend him may be understandable
as a matter of loyalty. As for the preening suggestion by his guests that the Imus show provided serious political
discussion available nowhere else on the airwaves, that scarcely requires contradiction. All of these fine minds
-- and their great thoughts! -- can be found quite easily in other venues. Which may be where they will explain
why they went along with Imus's sickening act for so many years.