Radio host Don Imus was apparently misunderstood when trying to make people aware of the unfair treatment of blacks, while commenting on the case of Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones aka Pacman.

The actual dialogue between Imus and sports announcer Warner Wolf was that they were contemplating the high number of Pacman's run-ins with the law. Imus asked Wolf what color Adam Jones is, to which the announcer answered that the cornerback is African-American.

"There you go. Now we know," Imus replied, which he says was a means to point out that blacks are often arrested for no reason. Imus' black co-host, Karith Foster, also backed her boss and said people criticizing Imus did not hear the whole conversation and do not know Imus and what his show is about.

Jones, as well as Al Sharpton, have criticized Imus. It seems that people were apparently jittery due to his 2007 precedent.

On Wednesday, April 4 2007, he called the Rutgers University women’s basketball team "nappy headed hos" on his "Imus in the Morning." Imus and McGuirk described the black members of the team as  "jigaboos and wannabees," making a reference to filmmaker Spike Lee’s movie "School Daze."

Imus subsequently apologized on his radio show, saying his remarks were "insensitive and ill-conceived." Mr. Imus suggested that everyone needed to relax and should not be offended by "some idiot comment meant to be amusing." He described himself Monday as "a good person" who made a bad mistake. "We were kidding around, but that doesn't change it. That doesn't make it any less repugnant," he said at the time.

In 1997, Imus was named as one of Time magazine's "25 most influential people in America"; he was also on the cover of Newsweek in 1999. Imus was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. He also won three Marconi Awards, two for Major Market Personality of the Year (1992 and 1997) and one for Network Syndicated Personality (1994).