There were two articles I read about the whole Imus fiasco that I highly recommend.

The Wall Street Journal’s Friday April 13^th cover article “Behind the fall of Imus a digital brushfire” is the best blow by blow coverage of how the entire story started and how it exploded. Without taking sides they give an absolutely fascinating hourly and day by day account of the complete story and how it progressed from an unplanned comment and simmered for two days before it exploded. Frank Richs column in the New York Times Sunday April 15 Week in Review is also worth reading. And Finally Sheckmagazine.com has an in depth and powerful take on the whole episode.

“Rise Of The Takedown” a cover article written by Alex Williams in the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times (April 8th, 2007) is an important and interesting article all about heckling. The article was inspired by the release of Jamie Kennedy's movie “Heckler” which opens April 26th 2007 at the Tribeca film festival. The one part of the article that I have a slight problem with is that Williams lumps heckling at a comedy club with heckling at a political event. There are a lot of distinct differences in those two very different venues. However, the article is definitely worth reading.