Coach: Imus' remarks point to bigger issue

April 11, 2007 Appearing live on "Today" (and simulcast on his syndicated radio show and MSNBC), Imus said he didn't think he was getting away with a slap on the wrist for a racist on-air exchange with executive producer Bernard McGuirk and sportscaster Sid Rosenberg against the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Late Monday, CBS Radio and MSNBC announced that it wouldn't air Imus' radio show originating from WFAN-AM in New York for two weeks beginning next week. [...] Lauer noted that it wasn't the first time Imus' remarks have been considered racist, pointing out a skit during the 1980s where then-New York Times White House correspondent Gwen Ifil was referred to as a cleaning lady.

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