It is a sad day when Sponsors have the right to tell us what we can watch on TV or hear on Radio.What happened to Freedom of Speech? Imus has Raised a lot of Money for Charity unlike Al Sharpton that has Raised a lot of Money for Himself. And Sponsors Let Rosie say what ever she wants. We need to Boycott MBC and CBS and all the Sponsors that did this you know who they are! If not you can get a list!I myself will never watch any of there shows again. Or Buy from the Sponsors! –Mc Minville, TN

It is time for We The People to run this Country again not Advertisers! I bet they will not even put this up! –Mc Minville, TN

There's no argument Imus said some thigns he shouldn't have siad. But if Chris Rock, Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy stands up and says "nappy headed ho's" at a comedy club, a TV show, no one ever cries foul. Blacks can say crude and rude things about their own race and get away with it. Can we have a Miss White America Beauty Pageant? Nope. But we DO have a Miss Black America Beauty pageant. Television has BET -- the Black Entertainment Television network. But can we launch something similar like: WET (White Entertainment Television Network?) Oops. You'd have African Americans picketing the streets outside WET's TV studios, CNN would be filled with Rev. Jackson and Sharpton denouncing the new TV network. The NAACP would be filing lawsuits... I think you get the idea here. There's no argument a double standard clearly exists in America -- you just have to know the rules so you don't stick your foot in your mouth. Imus got nailed to the cross for a stupid remark, he inserted both feet into his mouth and he got fired for it. Nuff said. Let's move on. –SANTA FE, NM

You know what? Donny's right. Enough nasty, mean spirited yelling and screaming. Talking heads, celebrity fights, reality fighting scenes, fear- oriented newscasts, and then violence-oriented shows. It's no wonder today's consumer would rather sit at the computer. At least then, they control the content. Trying to watch TV for enjoyment and relaxation is a thing of the past. So, advertisers are moving their money to where it should be: online. Karen Tripi President, Karen Tripi Associates –NEW YORK, NY

I agree with the advertisers why should we have to listen to garbage? I would worry about the extremism of allowing everything and then controlling it all, isn't there a middle ground? Maybe something called intelligent criteria is missing from all of this mess. What is good for the goose is good for the gander, next time we hear this garbage again no matter if the originator is black or white we should be just a strict, including the music we listen to. –MIAMI, FL

First off...never a big fan of Imus and I don't care much if he's on the air or not. But, I hate to see the likes of Sharpton & Jackson looking triumphant over something that really was not that offensive given the nature of today's pop culture. Sharpton & Jackson have made a business out of fabricated race issues. And neither of them have always been shining examples, (Tawana Braley, Hemi-Town). In a media culture swimming in hip-hop lingo and gangsta types being celebrated...the use of the term "nappy headed hoes" could easily be seen as a white guy trying to sound hip or spoofing his own race, (maybe not in Imus's case). But one of the best ways to get a laugh these days, if you are a white man, is to parody your whiteness by purposely delivering hip-hop phrases with overwhelming "white-bread" tones in your delivery. I think sometimes as we gain diversity in this country, we also gain oversensitivity and misinterpretations of intent. I would like to have seen Imus dismissed over declining ratings, not a poor choice of words. –Springfield, MO

Donny, I couldn't agree with you more. Whether nice may or may not be becoming the new black, I think most of us are just plain weary of "celebrities" being given a forum to sprew forth whatever pops into their minimally sized brains. Imus, Rush, Stern, Pryor, Murphy, "gangsta" rappers and the rest of this classless class of juvenile delinquents we've had to endure in recent years -- I hope you're right that Imus' demise means the beginning of the end of this assaults on society. Of course, we'll always have the ACLU to contend with. . . . since when did "freedom of speech" morph into "freedom to deliberately and pointedly denegrate others for the sake of entertainment and self-promotion"? Speaking of the latter, I've long considered that the only reason the shock jocks and do what they do is some pathetic need to be in the spotlight, at any cost. Why do children act up? One reason: To get attention. –Elgin, IL

I think that if advertisers really wanted to be positive, they would have forced IMUS to do community service or donate to a scholarship fund for African American women at Rutgers or something that would affect positive change. Let's face it, many advertisers don't buy advertising for programming content, they but advertising for the listeners, readers or viewers that the program attracts. This is just another way to squelch our first right ammendment - turn it off if you're turned off! And, trust me, I hate what he said, but make him do something positive to offset it! –Needham, MA

Marshal Sandler marshal sandler EX marshal.m1@gmail.com Royal Oak Mi USA ? I watched with great interest the recent trial of a very popular talk radio host on MSNBC and WFAN ! Mr Don Imus insulted A University Woman,s Basketball team! Mr Imus used a very Vulgar Term to describe the woman as Prostitutes ! The term was created by the Rap Music Community and is Broadcasted hourly as accepted content to the Rap Audience ! Rap music producers have developed their own semantic jazz and it has been adopted by many African American as well as white Teen's as acceptable speech ! Mr.Imus has apologized to his audience as well as the Woman's Championship basketball team of African American and White Student's ! Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson the acknowledged world wide Watch dog's for the African American Community lit a fire as they usually do and have claimed victory since Don Imus was fired from both Networks ! One African American reporter described Jackson and Sharpton as fire fighters who after the fire is over then pick the victims pockets! To be honest I think that what got Mr Imus fired was Advertisers pulling out of the show ! Not the flame kindled by Sharpton and Jacksons Diarrhea of the Mouth ! Imus was of course wrong since what lives in the gutter should stay in the gutter ! Until what walks in the street , decides to clean up stand up and walk proudly on the sidewalk! The Team from Rutgers have chosen to walk as the best of our American Youth and commented on the incident as Adults ! The Coaches wined the School Officials winded but the students exhibited adult behavior. I am sure that in the future Mr.Imus will Pop up on the WWW, as the Imus in The Morning Video Cast , supported by a fantastic Blog and Social Network Site and we can all enjoy him for 99 Cents ! This will restore his freedom of speech and give some great content to I Podders ! –royal oak, MI