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Originally Posted by Tommy

but.......
I know this is gonna be unpopular

Imus wasn't done in by the government
it was a reaction of the free market system in reaction to what he said. He had every right to say what he did and the advertisers had every right to say I don't want to be associated with those kinds of comments

also when you work for a company you are a represintive of that company so that company can and should expect you to act a certian way

Ok the part about Imus was a given..commercial AM/FM radio.. but the whole point of satellite is to give an open voice to many different genres that we PAY for to have virtually commercial free.. there is no giving into the sponsors on the part of XM.. it was totally because of the pending merger with Sirius and that the FCC-while it doesn't regulate it like it does for AM/FM radio--it does have a say if the merger can go through. The fact that it would create a monopoly would be a major factor in nixing it but now O&A's remarks about Condi have opened it up to politics..and trust me they have dogged worse about others.. she got off lucky .. so XM buckled to the pending FCC hearing.