Don Imus Back On TV, Defends New Fox Family

Don Imus returned to major television Monday morning, bringing his "Imus in the Morning" to Fox Business Network.

Imus spoke to the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz before the launch, and many of his comments indicate he's already feeling at home in the Fox Family:

"The perception is that even their news is skewed toward opinion -- not when I watch it. It's a fair news organization. It's not my job to defend them. But I'm more likely to believe Shep Smith than Katie Couric or Brian Williams. Their news is advertiser-driven."

And Fox's isn't? "We're better people and have a much closer relationship with our Lord," Imus deadpans.

Regarding the difference between Fox Business Network and RFD-TV, which previously simulcast his show, Imus told Kurtz, "It's the difference between being on television and being on an Etch A Sketch."

Read Kurtz's full article here.

Comments

[Watain]

He is pretty good. Too bad libs don’t have someone to listen to on the radio. It is such a good medium.

[SteveDenver]

Imus looks like a shrunken old lady

[royevatom]

This another example why not to watch TV.

[Gmoney1]

he's lost his .....

[LiamMunny]

Imus, you suck.

[sidewinderliberal]

pssh screw imus howard stern for life

[Okieborn]

Don Imus is nothing more than a bigot and a grumpy old man !!

[20090120]

...and for all of us who forgot just how bad this man really was and is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF8iIeOVEo

[ramblingjohnny]

"Don repeat after me I am not a cowboy! I am a radio host and that hat make me look even more ridiculous than I really am!"

[Izzyizzntzee]

LOL

[Yellowstonedemocrat]

The cowboy hat is so he can play to the good-ole-boys.

[jimmygee]

His contributions to children causes deserves great praise but he's just another over paid pompous a$$ for the neocons to add to their" fair and balanced" mantra.

[dax49]

his contributions, like o'reilly's, is to off-set his tax bill- get a clue

[doctorwang]

and he also gets a Mew Mexico ranch (that he can take advantage of whenever he wants to) out of the deal....

[heal57]

He still doesn't have to do it; give him credit for what he does for kids; you don't have to love him.

[JohnnyChristmas]

Can anyone LOOK more ridiculous?

[Izzyizzntzee]

that would be hard.

[eniobob]

As long as he was on the radio he was an"equal oppurtunity employer" now that he's back on TV,I read where he didn"t renew the contract of the 'SISTA" and the "BROTHA" will "CALL" in from time to time.

That didn't take long.

[Izzyizzntzee]

well you know

[mapmaker515]

When did Cloris Leachman start wearing cowboy hats?

[Grulg]

It's weird, all you ever heard him do last couple of years was praise RFD TV to the skies and talk Rodeo etc w/ people on there, now it's suddenly 'the Cow Channel' and he refers to the 'Cattle Auctions'. Now, what exactly did Imus think he Was simulcasting on, anyways? Ingrate.

I don't listen to him nearly as much as I used to--they also bounced Karith Foster I see. Hmmm.

[Cogs]

Has Imus fully recovered from "foot in mouth" disease?

[MedinaM]

Funny he threw Shep's name out there. He's the only legit person on Fox, so maybe it makes sense to use him.

[ptgkc]

When does Shep jump ship? He used to be one of the conservative cheerleaders, but as Hannity booted combs, O'Reilley continues his lock on prime time, the new guy Beck has every senior watching before the early bird special - all moving further right - Shep is left hanging in the wind. As a career move, he can't tack right of the stars of the network, so for now he becomes the moderate agitator. Which will last until hate mail or ratings losses force him to another network and a more friendly environment. CNNs lineup is simply unwatchable.

If it were baseball, at CNN I'd trade Lou Dobbs to Fox for Shep straight up.