Laureen Stiller Rikleen: How do we spell relief: I-m-u-s

Don Imus should be put back on the air because he has served a long punishment and if listeners tune in to him again, then he is forgiven and there is not any legitimate reason to keep him off the air. I also agree with the author because she says he apologized for the incident in this phrase: "He immediately took ownership of his horrible comments, expressing repeated embarrassment for what he said. In fact, it may be one of the few public apologies in recent time not steeped in the “mistakes were made” sobriquets relied upon by so many public figures to deny responsibility for their own actions." Imus made a mistake, took full responsibility and now will be back on the air, because he should be. By examining the article, many more reasons to put Imus back on the air exist, and few reasons to keep him off the air remain. In my opinion his remarks were poor , but he should not have been taken off the air for making them.

To most effectively prove her point that Don Imus needs to be placed back on the air, media watchers should react "with great relief the author uses the example of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. By using Clarence Thomas as an example she is able to show the necessity of Don Imus on the air . Without Don Imus, "the tough questions" don't get asked and people are able to dodge the questions they don't want to answered. Clarence Thomas never had to answer for attacking Anita Hill, so he did not have to take responsibility for his words. The author effectively proves her point by showing the need for Imus so that cases like Clarence Thomas cannot slip away unnoticed.