tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post1683004818148691545..comments2024-01-23T13:41:41.463-05:00Comments on The Forager Blog: Victory for Po-Faced School MarmsJon Hastingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01030406521787423155noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-77304086741702683182007-04-16T22:09:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:09:00.000-04:00As I am neither po faced or a school marm, I suppo...As I am neither po faced or a school marm, I suppose I shouldn't find anything satisfactory about what was clearly a politically based firing. And by politically, I mean the Powers That Be finally had good reason to get rid of Imus.<BR/><BR/>That said, the lesson *isn't* never apologize. It's apologize like you mean it, and don't act you're entitled to people's understanding and forgiveness. Imus realised he was wrong, terrific. But that annoying, "I *said* I'm sorry already," subtext doesn't play any better as PR spin than with annoyed personal friends.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if he had better back-up in the media world he'd still be on the air to offend "everybody". Stern is around, after all.<BR/><BR/>KayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-25388442844916413802007-04-16T19:04:00.000-04:002007-04-16T19:04:00.000-04:00t - You're probably right. But the lesson ("never...t - You're probably right. But the lesson ("never apologize") is also kind of depressing.<BR/><BR/>beanu - sure, but just for the eggs.<BR/><BR/>John - I'm at the start of my third year here in NYC, which follows 3 years in VT, which, in turn, followed 2 years in NYC, and before <I>that</I>, 3 years in VT. In other words, my return to VT in the next year or so would be right on schedule, although this time I think it will be for good.Jon Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030406521787423155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-23480956486678891162007-04-13T18:18:00.000-04:002007-04-13T18:18:00.000-04:00Didn't you just leave Vermont?Didn't you just leave Vermont?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-17642246816617376612007-04-13T09:42:00.000-04:002007-04-13T09:42:00.000-04:00When can we move to the farm in VT? Can we have c...When can we move to the farm in VT? Can we have chickens too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-7015603452355731562007-04-12T22:50:00.000-04:002007-04-12T22:50:00.000-04:00I have never listened to Don Imus, so I don't real...I have never listened to Don Imus, so I don't really have any opinion on whether or not he is a racist or sexist (though it's easy to understand why people are upset). All the same, I do understand why you are discomfited by the mob politics and rush to judgment.<BR/><BR/>However, I also think Imus could have weathered the PR storm if he'd been a little smarter. No one forced him to go on Al Sharpton's radio show (a gigantic mistake). No one forced him to stay on the air, and make appearances on every talk show he could find, raising the scandal's profile higher every day. And with each tone-deaf, cliché-ridden public apology he made, Imus only dug his hole deeper. ("I've eaten in the same room as black children!", "I can't get any place with you people", etc.)<BR/><BR/>I think if he had been smarter, he would have made one simple apology, then gone away for a couple of weeks, and he almost certainly would have survived. So I understand your position, but I think it's only fair to take Imus's extremely bad crisis management into account.T. Hodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296600564968909959noreply@blogger.com