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- Title
Image Repair Rhetoric and Shock Radio: Don Imus, Al Sharpton, and the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Controversy.
- Authors
Kramer, Michael R.
- Abstract
In 2007, shock jock Don Imus, while on the air, referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” His initial apology did little to defuse calls for his firing, so Imus accepted an invitation to appear on civil rights activist Al Sharpton's radio show to address the criticisms. Following the interview, Sharpton appeared on CNN'sSituation Roomwith Wolf Blitzer to discuss his conversation with Imus. This essay performs a close critical analysis of both interviews to better understand the tensions between apologia discourse and political talk radio and the influence of talk and shock radio culture on mainstream news coverage and media culture.
- Subjects
RADIO personalities; RADIO broadcasting; IMUS, Don, 1940-2019; RUTGERS University (Camden, N.J.); SHARPTON, Al, 1954-; CULTURAL boundaries
- Publication
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 2014, Vol 21, Issue 2, p247
- ISSN
1937-6529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19376529.2014.950148