Just announced:

Talk show host Don Imus’ situation worsened Wednesday, when MSNBC announced that it would no longer simulcast the “Imus in the Morning” radio program.

I’ve been reading the commentary on places like HuffPo that claim that we need to tolerate Imus’ kind of speech, but for me, what was the real issue here was that Imus didn’t just make a comment using slang from some hip-hop song, he targeted it at a group of young women who were completely undeserving of the statement in question, and were clearly hurt by it.

So I’m glad MSNBC made this decision. It would have been nice if they had done it before the advertisers had started peeling off in droves, but hey, better late than never.

Update, 4/12: So now it’s buh-bye from CBS. For all those who worry (like David Shuster Gregory on Hardball right now), whether or not the punishment fits the crime, all I can say is, if Opie and Anthony are an example, then being fired for offensive, hurtful on-air behavior may be temporary at best.