Imus

Michelle Malkin writes on the Imus flap and the silliness of it. What Imus said was stupid, but there's a whole industry out there that routinely spews far worse language, and those who run that industry aren't getting fired. CBS head honcho Leslie Moonves fired Imus out of concern for "the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society." But how many of CBS' radio stations across the country regularly play music like that Malkin quotes? I visited the website of one of the "urban" stations CBS owns--Power 98 FM in Charlotte--and found them advertising an exclusive interview with R. Kelly, who makes a fortune for himself and CBS regularly using language worse than Imus' single comment. Can I assume Moonves' announcement was followed by a statement committing himself to clean up the rest of CBS' operations, for the sake of the "young women of color trying to make their way in this society" he cares so much about?

Oh, right. Sorry. Crazy thought.