“The flap over Don Imus’ racist remark is so telling … about cable news. What is this fellow doing on MSNBC, a cable news channel?,” Hal Boedeker blogs. “He is putting up big numbers, that’s what.”
He uses the Imus furor to criticize all of cable news, calling it “another reminder that cable news channels don’t have enough news to fill their schedule..” And he believes “Imus bolsters MSNBC financially, but drags down its journalistic standards.” More…
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