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MSNBC Cans Imus Show After Racist Comments

By David Folkenflik,  Renee Montagne
Published April 12, 2007 at 3:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Shock jock Don Imus has been removed from his regular slot on cable television. The president of NBC News announced that cable's MSNBC would no longer carry the simulcast of Imus's CBS radio show. The move came after Imus recently made racist comments on-air about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

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