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What if Don Imus commented on Sanjaya's hair instead?

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Don Imus is obviously old school in his thoughts and prejudices. If he were more in tune with popular culture and current social mores, he might have realized that you can only get away with making disparaging remarks about one person's hair. And that is Sanjaya Malakar.

It would have yielded Imus equal amounts of publicity for his show and his name would not be on the tip of Al Sharpton's tongue. He could have also been a foil for the tone-deaf Jennifer Lopez, who couldn't get enough of her Spanish-singing crooner, Sanjaya, on American Idol last night.


So we all feel a certain way about Don Imus, we know how Al Sharpton feels, but who knew what Matt Lauer was thinking? In this clip, he points out another racist comment Imus had made in the past.

As usual, it's Jon Stewart who is able to really nail the situation on its head. In this clip from The Daily Show, Imus' actual comment is followed by a hysterical montage of the news coverage surrounding a "lovely offensive comment, the kind of thing you never want to hear again."

Why is it that Jon Stewart seems to get everything right?

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