The Power That Was
Newsweek, April, 2007
As he spoke, Don Imus had no inkling--none, he later told NEWSWEEK--that he had said anything that would cause him trouble. Wednesday, April 4, started and finished like any other day for the talk-show host. Enthroned in his high-backed chair in his New Jersey studio just outside New York City, Imus, cragged and cranky as ever, bullied and joked and cajoled his way through his volatile four-hour morning radio program, broadcast nationwide five days a week by CBS affiliates and simulcast on MSNBC. Always particular about his looks, Imus wore his hipster cowboy jacket with the collar flipped up, his studiously tousled hair grazing his shoulders.
Imus's show that day was supposed to be the usual mix of the high-minded and the profane. Among the guests:
Sen. Chris...
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