It seems the bounty keeps growing higher for racial and cultural insensitivity.
ForDon Imus, a clause in his contract saying he was hired by CBS for "irreverent" and "controversial" programming won him a lawsuit against his former employer and a new gig at FOX, a multi-year deal, where he earns more than ever, on the backs of teenage girls -- stand-out basketball players and scholars -- who were reduced to nappy-headed prostitutes.
Juan Williams' fear of turbans and hijabs lost him respect with intellectuals at NPR, but won him top dollars over at FOX News.
And now, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who spilled more N-words in five minutes than sympathy fans at a Bristol Palin dance-off, has scored a contract with Sirius XM to conduct a daily 3-hour radio show. The terms of her contract have not been disclosed, but you can bet your bottom dollar she's not losing sleep over her black friends she lost after her rant.
This is a new climate in media altogether. Where Tea Party organizers without a focused platform, other than "taking back our country," are given legitimacy by continued coverage, celebrity weddings and gossip are the top stories on morning national news coverage, and a hip-hop star feuds with a past president about semantics rather than his bungled effort, or lack of effort, in saving lives in one of the country's most devastating disasters.
Didn't anyone listen and learn from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity?" It's a shame when two sardonic comedians are the best source of hard news in this country.
16-Nov-10 - Forty-five years after he was killed by an Alabama State Trooper, Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death lead to the first civil rights march on Selma, he is finally getting a small measure of justice.
12-Nov-10 - In a case better suited for Judge Mathis, Paula Cook is proceeding with her civil suit against Fantasia Barrino for an antiquated legal cause of action called "Alienation of Affection" in a North Carolina court.
