# Jesse vs. Imus vs. MSNBC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-vs-imus-vs-msnbc/399782>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-vs-imus-vs-msnbc/399782 "2007-04-12T11:22:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-vs-imus-vs-msnbc/399782/61 "2007-04-12T22:15:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]  
I’m not surprised given the firestorm it’s created. It’s sad in a way, because he has done a lot of good. But sometimes that’s simply not enough.  
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Very true. I’ve got a couple 60-something uncles in Arizona that are probably cry-in right now.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-vs-imus-vs-msnbc/399782/62 "2007-04-13T04:57:49Z")

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> **Mr. Moto** : 1991. Crown Heights riot. Sharpton whips up the crowd with rhetoric about “diamond merchants”.

I understand that the term _diamond merchants_ most often refers to Jews. But I would have to hear it in context. What was actually said? In what way did he “whip them up”? You will have to be a little more specific before I blame these deaths on him or refer to him as a criminal.

I find that he gives straighter answers than a lot of politicians and is often very insightful. He will never be President, but he certainly makes a difference.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-vs-imus-vs-msnbc/399782/63 "2007-04-13T13:49:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Zoe]  
I understand that the term _diamond merchants_ most often refers to Jews. But I would have to hear it in context.  
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[Here you go.](http://www.slate.com/id/2089153/)

That’s a pretty evenhanded treatment of the controversy. Even it, though, is damning.

Far worse is the Freddy’s Fashion Mart debacle, which really can’t be defended in any way.

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