US disc jockey Don Imus has been suspended for making racist comments on his morning talk show that appears via CBS Radio and MSNBC. Public protest led to a disciplinary action after he recently referred to mostly black members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos". Imus has already apologised several times, but has also said that he is not prepared to resign over the incident, despite US-wide calls for his sacking and a boycott of his sponsors.
The renowned shock jock said during his programme on Monday: "I'm not a bad person. I'm a good person who said something bad. Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody, because some people don't deserve it." Appearing on a radio programme hosted civil rights activist the Reverend Al Sharpton, he admitted that the comments were "repugnant" and "repulsive", and added: "Our agenda is to try to be funny and sometimes we go too far, and sometimes we go way too far."