Just an update on Day 5 of the Don Imus story. He was finally fired yesterday after 5 days of tortuous, wall to wall coverage. This of course presents a real problem for Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, namely how to keep both the story going and their faces in front of a camera. The Governor of New Jersey was seriously injured in an SUV crash while on his way to (you guessed it!) the meeting between Don Imus and the Rutgers women's team. John Corzine may have been critically injured but it was still a distant second to THE story, after a mention (second) at the show's opening, they didn't give details of his accident until a full twenty minutes into the Today show. I believe the direct quote was "MY LEG, MY LEG" But there are signs it may finally be coming to an end. It only occupied the first twenty minutes today, where the Imus had taken up a full hour every other day this week.
An interesting detail emerged from the Corzine story:
"Bobby Juska of Forked River, who was on the scene of the accident, said Corzine's legs were hanging out of the window after the accident. He said, "The governor was screaming 'My leg! My leg!'"
The governor does not usually wear a seat belt, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press, but it is unknown whether he was wearing one at the time of the crash.
Update!! I guess the trooper was going 91 mph, and was possibly reading his Blackberry.
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