Station nixes 'Savage Nation' over Autism Comments

Source: Clarionledger.com - Mississippi's #1 Web Site

Station nixes 'Savage Nation'
Radio host called autism a 'fraud, a racket'
Gary Pettus • gpettus@clarionledger.com • July 22, 2008

Super Talk Mississippi radio network has canceled The Savage Nation because of comments syndicated host Michael Savage made about autistic children last week.

Steve Davenport, president and CEO of Super Talk's parent company Telesouth Communications, confirmed The Savage Nation had been dropped from the network's lineup as of Monday.

"It was just horrible what he said," Davenport said Monday.

"When you talk about people in politics, business people, that's one thing. But when you talk about defenseless children, that's another."

Savage, a controversial conservative commentator, said during the July 16 broadcast of his show that autism is a "fraud, a racket. ...

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This is encouraging.

That was way out of line.

this is beyond even that - it is inhumane

.........over the fucking line every damn day and no one in the MSM blinks an eye or gives a shit. It does look like that this may be changing and I hope to hell it is.

The ability to be cruel. There is no cruelty in nature.

Cruelty is a part of nature. We're just not as far removed from nature as we like to think. We like to think we're above it all, and in many ways we are. In many ways we aren't.

AND

If radio stations and sponsors were held liable for comments these clowns make, it would shut them down real fast!

IS there another side to the story? Savage is a shock jock. He doesn't believe his own hyperbole. I read he's doing a show tonight to "answer" and allow the other side to get their point across.

These faux outrages do nothing but make people like Savage and Imus more famous and more rich. In Savage's case, this is only going to help his career. A lot.

But back to the fairness doctrine. How does this illustrate we need it? It wouldn't silent Savage. It would take him off the air. to be "fair" it couldn't and wouldn't stop him from saying or doing whatever he wants. Any retort issued under the fairness doctrine would be ignored by right wing radio listeners, and would simply take away from PSA's that the station already plays(since the fairness doctrine would constitute a public service in giving someone a response).

Frankly, the fairness doctrine is a back door effort to censor people. Looking at your comment, I feel like you want to silence someone through the fairness doctrine, or your interpretation of it. Am I wrong?

People like Savage should be allowed to speak to whoever wants to listen to them. Period.

Oh, and welcome to DU.

And if the public feels that he's not fit for them, they make known that they want him off.

This station owner was looking at his bottom line, and clearly the pissed off listeners have more of his sympathy than the idiotic asshole, Savage.

The idea that any fuckface like Savage is entitled to be listened to on the radio is ridiculous. It's a privilege. And clearly, he violated it.

And your idea that he's disingenuous about his own hyperbole is an interesting one, especially since he spews the same bullshit every fucking day and writes books full of the same crap. Of course, he believes that shit and he feels that its his job to get other people to believe it too, that's why he has a radio show and a call in line so he can convince people to join in with his idiotic positions.

Savage was never fit for public consumption... And I guess a few people are just now figuring this out.

is another's treasure.

http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34

He's the third most listened to talk show in the country. The public obviously wants him on the air. If a station wants to take him off the air, it's strictly a business decision. The public has little do with it since the public barely listens to the radio. Radio station's are private enterprises that have to follow FCC guidelines to broadcast on the airwaves. These guidelines include and are primarily providing news, weather, local coverage, and PSA's. The other times consists of content used to keep listener's listneing in between ads. As long as a station meets those basic requirements, you could mic a baby giggling and it would satisfy the public interest.

The public doesn't have a right to determine content. That's left to the market place. The government allots a certain amount of dial space to NPR, but the rest is free market. Since radio is an old medium, and a small one compared to the net and television, it's ridiculous to presume that since the majority of people don't want a personality on the air is enough to get him off the air. The highest rated show in the country has 14 million listeners. To yank him off the air would actually subvert the will of the people. If people didn't want to listen to him, his numbers would drop.

And no, I don't think he believes half of the shit he says. I don't think most political entertainers do. People find a niche, ring the cash register, and stay put. Christ, Savage is a botanist who was selling herbal remedies before he got into the radio biz. The only thing that I think he's sincere about is his homophobia, but everything else is a careful niche filler that keeps his pockets lined.

All this manufactured outrage is going to do is increase his ratings. A station may drop him, but others will pick him up.

It's an old move. It's worked for Stern, Limbaugh, Coulter and Imus. We all know people that are autistic or have family members that suffer from this condition. Savage is just a jackass with a "shocking" opinion, no more no less. Who cares? Do we need to worry that he's going to mold the thoughts of others? And if so, isn't the idea that he can do such a think)and that it must be stopped) lending a lot of power to the idea that he influences anyone?

His show is impossible to listen to. It's pure bile. Anger and hate thrown in with some politics. Whatever. I don't like jazz music or the Eagles. I could care less if other people do. We're entitled to let other people say what they want. We can always turn the station. Think about George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Randi Rhodes, and other people that have been censored, sued, or thrown off the air that you may agree with.

Censorship is censorship. If you disagree with someone, go after their statements, not their ability to make them.

maybe a slight step up, but not much of one.

and I doubt he'll pick up many new listeners to his show.

Like every other show he's done over the past decade, it'll die an ignoble death with only a handful of people remembering he was ever on the air.

or at least libertarian and believed in human rights.
BUT ... I've read (heard) his books, and really this is no surprise to me.
He has always been honest, he does whatever his paymasters say to do.
I'm disappointed BUT I also know it's an act.
I don't blame him because he has a family to support, and he's never been dishonest about that.
Besides... he sucks as a conservative LOL.

Just about anyone's an improvement over that bottom dweller.

Weiner's been saying shit like this for years, and every so often an occasional station drops his show. He soldiers on, nonetheless. I don't imagine this is going to hurt his career much, either.

cable TV show. And don't even get me started on Rush.

We must speak out when we hear this hate speech. If you listen to them much they rant on and on about 'politically correct' speech and how it is ruining the country. They want even more leeway to call minority groups disgusting names. Nazi Germany all over again. It was the Jews then.

This is nothing like Nazi Germany. It's people saying things that you disagree with. What leeway are you talking about? There are certain words no one can say on the radio, and no one does.

Can you not compare banal political shit to the persecution and murder of six million people?

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/06/25/winner-4/

The brownshirts didn't start out beating up the political opposition. Over time it became more acceptable to say disparaging things about jews. Just as Rush Limbaugh does against 'liberals' and others today. These radio hate mongers want the right to say 'nigger', 'spic' and 'fag' and other hate words. Listen to Limbaugh. They want to be able to say these things without being attacked for it.

Yes, I hate them, for they are Nazis.

miller has been a proponent.

if the media had spoken the truth, do you think the bushites would have dared invade iraq on false pretenses? never, they would be terrified to face the consequences.

there is no nobility in any of these repug hacks. they will show us or anyone in the world no mercy. they should receive no respect of any kind. they are deviant animals that will hopefully end up in prison some day when their crimes are aired.

people don't change radio stations the way they flip tv stations.

It's hard to roll the dial without opposable thumbs.

He may be an asshole, but he's a pretty well-read asshole, and I can't see the fucking idiots who listen to The Wiener even understanding Miller.

As Stewie on Family Guy would say, "You think you're clever? Spewing lost references like that? Hmm? You, you, think that's funny, do you?"

station or movie he's in within seconds. i've totally boycotted him and never felt better.

i can't stand his voice or whiney little ugly face.

Glenn Beck actually substituted for Larry King last night. He is every bit as disgusting as Limbaugh. I think he is even more insane.

Stewart refuses to call Herr Mueller (Miller) on his BS

So I figure "Why bother?"

like all of Dennis's other project

At some point it will be him decorating the inside of a closed as a "studio" so he can relive his glory days with cardboard cutouts of his producer and board operator pinned to the walls.

Lottsa twoubles for the Savage Weiner who was dealt a hardy Blow from Decency...he is now in full Salvage Mode.

:)

I really think that although Imus does say horrible things and did deserve what he got if he wasn't going after Bush at the time I don't think he would have lost his job a couple of years ago, Savage is ten times worse.

The Savage Nation has been replaced by The Dennis Miller Show, Davenport said.

Yeah dude, really slick. Give it a little while, Miller will say something equally stupid. Then what?

Now, if we could get his program canceled nationally it would be tremendous. And add to that some of the other hate mongers on the right.

How dare he! How dare that pompous windbag say that! My brother has struggle all his life, just want to be like others his age. When he was very young, they tried to tell us he was retarded. At the time little was known about what Autism really was. However my parents knew that wasn't it, they had seen children with retardation and the two things weren't the same. So to make sure he got a real chance my parents home schooled him. They studied books and did what the special education classes that were offered by the public schools here couldn't.

Now at the age of 22, he can function by himself to an existent. He can;t work a regular job, but he could live in an assisted living area with need of little help. He so much wants to be his own man. I keep telling him he already is. And a hell of a lot more of a man than that big mouth Savage!

...I hope all the best for you and your family.

Savage is an asshole and I hope he does lose his job over this.

Normally I am a non-violent person, but I think it would be sort of neat to let the victimns of all these hateful rants, on what used to be our airwaves, have a shot at the hate mongers. Give them a taste of their own medicine, so to speak.
And I hope your brother leads a long and happy life. Good for your parents and good for your brother for trying like hell. With your help, he may just make it. He certainly is more of a man than savage. Truer words have never been spoken.

Also not a big advocate of violence, but sometimes the only way to deal with a bully is to punch them square in the mouth.

it would shut up more of the haters like Savage, and educate those who know nothing about autism.

My son who is 24, has autism and has dealt with the same
struggles as your brother.

I fought to keep him in programs where he could learn to the
best of his ability.

He works part time now and has come much further than any of
the "experts" predicted when he was younger.

Your brother is indeed a man-those with autism have to deal with
enormous hurdles on a daily basis!

More power to your great parents.
You are one fantastic sister, dear lady.

:)

:hug:

I've worked as a TA in special ed ELEMENTARY school classrooms for autistic kids. Just the very idea that somebody could think these 5 year olds were just acting up as part of a ruse to gather taxpayer dollars betrays a stupidity that is simply horrifying. But there it is, in all its naked ugliness. I hope everybody gets a chance to see this, this appalling ignorance...because MOST american's lives have been touched by autism in some way, if only in knowing the struggles of the family members.

dedication, and support our kids.

I agree with your well worded statement 100%!

:) :pals:

And to your family for being his support system.

When I worked in a group home, one of the residents was a 50 something man with autism, and other disabilities. Jerry was a pleasure to work with. He was just about completely self sufficient and even held a part time job in the mail room of a large company. The other half of the day, Jerry went to a Day Hab program, taking buses by himself to get where he was going.

At the house Jerry had his own room, cleaned it himself, cooked his own food, did his own wash, etc., etc. In fact we called him our "shadow" staff since he watched over all the other residents, and helped them also.

He didn't socialize very much with his peers though. In fact that was part of his IEP to communicate more with his peers. Jerry seemed to prefer taking with staff, but any communication on his part was encouraged.

I have also worked with young autistic children. That was cruel beyond belief what Savage said.

My oldest is autistic. We have doubts about him being able to work or live independently, but we still have some time. He is 11. The school system has done well, but he needs more. We may have to move to get him what he needs.

.....clip by his Houston Clear Channel station, and played over and over.


When he said Sen. Durban should be "drug out of the Senate in chains" for sedition (for quoting from a military investigation in a Senate debate), its turned into an "Encore broadcast."


When he calls for destroying a Muslim city in retaliation for every beheading, when he called for "raising the temperature" in the skies over the Sunni triangle to #!*#!*#!*#!*#! thousand degrees . . . . . he is treated like a star.


As a general rule, the more openly fascist his rhetoric becomes, the more the station runs his ads.

That fool actually said that telling the kids to "stop acting like an idiot" was the key to their recovery. There's no redeeming someone like that.

One down, several thousand to go....

Bullies are usually selective and careful in choosing their targets. These targets are usually safe where there is no resistance, no likely chance of sympathetic intervention or challenge by third parties. They can be wiped out summarily. Like Liberals. (Just saying we've become acclimated to being attacked and we don't stand up to our bullies like we should.) Why Savage chose 1) children, and 2) autistic children is beyond me. He wasn't going to get a majority of listeners to readily agree with his premises just because he said it. He wasn't going to persuade any listener to change his/her/their mind (save for the abject ignorant). He wasn't going to get Congress to slash funding for autistic children. He wasn't going to be hailed as a bold protectorate of the FCC and the First Amendment. He wasn't even going to be admired for having the balls to say such an outrageous comment without fear he would be held accountable by either the public or the stations that buy his syndicated show.

I don't get it. Is it as simple as he was talking without thinking?

have loved ones who are autistic. That's why what he did doesn't make sense to me--he was ticking off his audience.

like Phil Graham in his the Americans are just "whiney". This is who they are - heartless and cruel to the bone. And they're so sure of themselves - they can't even begin to see what was wrong with their statements.

People like him have been getting away with saying outrageous shit for so long they figure "what the hell is anyone going to do about it".

James Dobson's attitudes are echoed by a lot of lesser-known "child experts" in the extreme Christian right. Since they don't believe in science or medicine, for the most part, they dismiss any diagnosis or treatment that veers from "spare the rod and spoil the child." They're dangerous.

There have been some horrible abuse deaths in my area recently directly attributable to radical right-wing Christian extremist ministries.

I imagine that it's where Savage heard this stupidity.

Rather than making intelligent comments, he gives broad sweeping statements. When taken to task on them, he refuses to back-pedal because he's too arrogant. I absolutely cannot stand the sound of that man's voice, so I don't listen. That seems to solve the problem on it's own. I have no desire to "get him fired", though I must say that would bring a silent smirk to my face.

and actually thought all the above would ensue upon his bold statements. hell if i know, i just hope he goes away now.

If Savage would have repeatedly said something horribly racist or sexist, the station's management would have likely just shrugged it off.

Don't split what he said up into racial camps.

Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it???!!??111!!

Parents of Autistic kids are incredibly involved in their children's lives. The condition is misdiagnosed, mistreated, and incredibly hard to deal with. It would make sense that these parents are exactly the sort of people that would react to Savage's comments. So certain groups that opposes savage alerted every Autistic organization(support group) in the country, and they reacted. As they should. This is going to do three things.

Raise awareness about autism.

Raise Savage's ratings.

Raise awareness about certain groups that really don't care about autism but really hate Savage.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170005?f=h_top

SAVAGE: Now, you want me to tell you my opinion on autism, since I'm not talking about autism? A fraud, a racket. For a long while, we were hearing that every minority child had asthma. Why did they sudden -- why was there an asthma epidemic amongst minority children? Because I'll tell you why: The children got extra welfare if they were disabled, and they got extra help in school. It was a money racket. Everyone went in and was told (fake cough), "When the nurse looks at you, you go (fake cough), 'I don't know, the dust got me.' " See, everyone had asthma from the minority community. That was number one.

Wonder how hard he had to work to remember to say "minorities"? :eyes:

If you don't like white people maybe you should start your own board.

His conservative roots are apparent. Sickness is on the same level as money. That is the root of the Republican problems; it is all about money.

You see, if you're a Loyal Bushie, you can spew all the hate you want.

When you're a right-wing conservative leatherfaced douchebag who does NOT support Bush, you get kicked off MSNBC.

good point - and Savage picks on people who for the most part cannot defend themselves

Don Imus made a stupid, ignorant remark.
But Michael Savage's remark was cold, cruel and bullyish to the core. He partook in the most blatant "blame the victim" attacks that you can think up. Most fascists of 70 years ago would probably be jealous of his success with hate rhetoric.

Many with real bad Autism don't even comprehend what he has said about them! Savage is dung!

Old men need to just snap out of it and start acting like grown ups. They just say they have Alzheimer's in order to get extra money from Medicare. They need a wife to tell them to quit acting and snap out of it. They need to act like men and quit faking it. Reagan was faking it in order to get out the Iran-contra scandal. Old men need to suck it up and act like adults.

In 99 percent of the cases, Alzheimer's an old man like Reagan, who hasn't been told to cut the act out.

:sarcasm:

...heart of gold.:sarcasm:

What would it take to get rid of this fat pedophile?

...this Savage thing just goes after disabled children and adults for absolutely NO reason.

Why does this story refuse to go away? One suspects that there must be something to it, or else it would fizzle already...

his Senate seat, tossing the election in favor of stem-cell research backer, Clair McCaskill.

Savage is SCUM.:dem:

And they can him for THIS? I'm glad he's gone but this is kind of ridiculous.

BUT HE CAN LEAVE MY BROTHER AND OTHERS LIKE HIM OUT OF IT! I chose to be liberal, my brother did not chose to have Autism.

And we have CHOSEN to be liberals and Democrats. The children he attacked did not choose the condition with which they are afflicted, and are unable to defend themselves. We have an obligation to defend them.

Do you REALLY think it is "ridiculous" to be outraged over attacks on disabled children?

will follow suit.

He has pushed the envelope and now he busted it!

it is a COMMON conservative BULLSHIT that "they are self-made rich people --- that they did good deeds to get where they are---- that everyone who is WITH NEEDS is a crybaby and does not deserve help"

MICHAEL SAVAGE is, has been, and will ALWAYS be a DICKHEAD.... look up ANYTHING he has ever said about anything.

It must be ODD AS HELL to be a redneck NASCAR dad... and hear your HERO smackdown your OWN KID...
.....all them AUTISTIC FAKERS in REDneck WHITEskin BLUEstates....... must be having a tough time with this....
........................................IF YOU ARE, try AIR AMERICA for some FRESH THOUGHTS

His ratings must have been worse that we thought

He was taken off our local am station a couple months ago. But they replaced him with Neil Boortz. :puke:

I would say autism is over-diagnosed nowadays. It is a legit disease, but there is wiggle room in terms of how you diagnose it, which leads to the diagnosis for some kids when it does not warrant it. I think the same thing about ADD. It is a real disease for some, but over-diagnosed.

How is he going to explain this one?

spewing their stupid, hateful garbage, they always need to clarify, or re-explain their initial comments.

I think we understood you the first time dickweed! These neo-cons have such black souls.

What a moron!

is incalculable.

Today I listened to a jerk named Rick Roberts. The USA is facing huge probs but all he talks about is illegal immigration.

We need the Fairness Doctrine back.

People listen to pure fabrications and propaganda every day and accept it as factual. We, tactfully, call them the "low information" voters. These are the people who still believe the U.S. was attacked by Iraq, that weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, that Barack Obama is a practicing Muslim, Michelle Obama is a radical activist who hates America, and George W. Bush was a fighter pilot in 'Nam.
They rely heavily on anecdotal information which has no basis in fact. I've been told by co-workers that "Hillary knocked down a fireman in N.Y. the day of 9-11". "A guy called in and was at a luncheon when Michelle Obama repeatedly said "whitey"." And on and on.
For the radio blowhards, it's just a business. They don't really care. It's just about market share and huge pay checks.
Lying is just part of the job.

as I was listening to this R.Roberts character, it occurred to me that he probably couldn't hold a discussion on any subject that required some real knowledge, and by keeping to real lunkhead issues (like USA English Only!) he generally protects himself from having the discussion go anywhere he couldn't handle.

Just a thought. I could be wrong, since the call screeners tend to filter out anyone who would really challenge them anyway. e

But either way, these talkshows really shove a lot of manure into people's brains on a regular basis.

Very simplistic arguments with no valid opposition. It's a fixed fight. Callers are screened and put on delay. And rarely is there another on-air opponent. When one of my talk-radio lovin' co-workers starts in with some trash talk, I always counter with facts -- listing my sources. They can't counter. They only repeat the two talking points they can remember and then mumble "left wing media."

Why is it that conservative commentators are always "controversial" and liberals are always "radical far left loons"?

he didn't call them "little terrorists" and suggest that they be locked up in Guantanamo or something

Although who knows, that may have been the next foul thing to spew from his garbagehole of a mouth...

When Dennis Miller is an improvement, you know things are bad.

Now we just need to get Rush off the air.

Needing to get Rush off the air, I mean. :)

Didn't mean to sound like I was contradicting you. I've been trying to shorten my posts lately, and I'm not good at it. I think I'll return to my long over-explanations, like "I agree, Dennis Miller is not an improvement. I'm glad to see that someone held Savage accountable for his irresponsible and offensive statements, and it warms my heart that those who did are from Mississippi, my home state. I agree with your point, that we will not have serious progress towards civilization in this nation until we replace the likes of Savage, Limbaugh, Boortz, O'Reilly, and the other hateful bigoted liars on the air with more neutral, fact-based commentary that attempts to educate and inform, rather than bully and frighten, listeners. Then maybe we can have a more informed citizenry who votes intelligently, rather than emotionally. That might not always result in liberal leadership, but it would at least reduce the numbers of Reagans and Ws we elect."

I wrote something like that first, figured it was too long, and shortened it. You got the Cliff Notes, and they weren't as thoughtful. Sorry. :)

I got the point of the OP, it's just that Dennis Miller is no prize either, but I will say he's not remotely close to Savage in terms of his obnoxiousness. His main failing, however, is that he's just not funny anymore, so maybe they'll lose listeners over that.

I am proud, however, that the station had enough sense to pull the show. I almost sense some altruism there, maybe even compassionate conservatism, or maybe just merely embarassed conservatism (most likely).

I wouldn't mind seeing O'Really gone either, but Rush is a bigger problem. Rush is very shrewd, and he's got his show on the radio in lots of places. You and I think we're informed because we belong to DU, read the news, listen to npr or whatever, and engage in critical thinking, but for many Americans most of what they know is what they hear on their car radio on their drive into work, and they never get an opposing viewpoint. Rush is also broadcast on VoA (Voice of America, which is what the troops get).

I'm just hoping the fat bastard will keel over from his cigars, oxycontin, and taste for little boys from the Dominican Republic. I'm not one to dance on graves, but I might make an exception in Rush's case.

This is very encouraging.

Savage should be off the air for good.

Thanks for posting this good news.

:)

And has been a paranoid recluse ever since. This is what happens when you don't come out of the closet.

But he's still on the air in those big, progressive cities north of here, right?

Mississippi gets one right!

Bake

...a 'jew-hating, war criminal, Hitler-like, communist, anti-American, anti-semitic bastard' doesn't bother these Mississippi pricks, but this does. And on top of that they replace him with someone as bad or worse. Georgia can thank the geography Gods that there is a Mississippi, and maybe even an Alabama, at least that way we won't be DFL (Dead Fucking Last) in everything.

You forgot Texas.

So this jerk gets taken off the air and rightfully so. Why not apply the same scrutiny to "Oxycontin Limpballs" and his attack on Michael J Fox's Parkinson's Disease?

Savage says he was speaking about the falsely diagnosed autism kids, not the real ones. :eyes:

-these people are a social disease-- they teach sociopaths how to be better at it, and encourage young people to emulate them--they are a VIRUS infecting our society!!

:puke:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:crazy:

regardless of political affiliation. There are plenty of them out there that solely rely on saying outrageous things. Many of them have questionable talent at best.

Savage, Beck, Limbaugh, the list is long. It is well known that Savage somehow despises himself for being Jewish. Glenn Beck's mother and brother both committed suicide and he has reported suicidal thoughts and he's a recovering substance abuser. Limbaugh is another classic case study in psychological problems that needs no elaboration here.

Why the hell is the USA subjected to headcases on a 24/7 basis?

:puke: i.e., the corporations buy advertising on the Limpball-type shows.

This is just a token gesture to get listeners back. "See we're not so bad. We got rid of Mike Savage! Gosh golly we're so progressive now!!"

To which I would also add the demon insurance countries. Once they get their claws in you, you're probably better off dead. I don't know what's worse, getting cancer or being eaten alive by the charges, co-pays, formularies, deductibles and health care decision made by business people. Since I've been ill, I haven't had a free dollar to do anything. And I supposedly have the best insurance available!

drugs, psycho-educational evaluations and specialists for kids. A lot more could be done with a healthy diet, lowering the stress level at home, ensuring a secure, stable environment at home and school, getting kids off the computer/video game addiction, and parents doing more with their kids besides sitting in front of the boob tube.

But of course, all that would not make the greedy medical/pharma establishment rich.

As Hawkeye once commented, "He'd prescribe a laxative for a brain tumor."

This little station has now put hundreds of Blue State radio outlets to shame.

Of all the right wing nut jobs who have a talk show out there, this guy will likely be the one who motivates one of his followers to assassinate a political figure.

every time. kr

Yay! :woohoo: :bounce: :bounce: :woohoo:

There are lots of ignorant sons of bitches out there that spew hate and lies, but for this pig to be doing it on the airwaves with consent of other major networks is unconscionable.

Good for them for canning his show. Any other station that continues to carry this hateful pig on their networks needs to wake up as well.

"They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.' "

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I wonder if we just got a glimpse here of what helped create this dreadful person.

Not exusing him, you understand, but that just stood out to me.

i thought it was a vile snipe at single mothers.

It has seven stations:

WXRZ 94.3, Corinth

WTCD 96.9, Greenwood

WFMN 97.3, Jackson

WFMM 97.3, Hattiesburg

WKBB 100.9, West Point

WROQ 102.1, Brookhaven

WTMN 105.5, Oxford

http://www.supertalkms.com/index.php

suffer in his pocketbook. Familes of autistic children certainly have.

Saying its all an act for attention. Saying he doesn't even believe what he says.

Now hes making fun of his real name too.

and I don't post nearly as much as I used to

I used to never even get on the Latest Breaking News page, but now, i guess, nobody pays attention to radio as much as I do

I got two or three in about the sirius xm merger. Those aren't very interesting to people. They usually die after seven or eight replies.

:kick:

Filty RW hate mongers are feeling the heat lately.

When censorship is evoked because a part of the populace doesn't agree with it, than everybody here better be ready to have this web-site shut down too. Everyone has the right to voice their opinions, regardless if you agree or disagree with it.

:eyes:

No one's talking about charging him with a crime, for Pete's sake. But you know what? Even my republican stepdad asked, "If Imus got fired for what he said, why not this guy?"

Us working stiffs pretty much surrender many of our rights in the workplace as it is: drug testing, surveillance cams, searches and the like. Why should Savage Weiner be given special treatment?

It's censorship.

Until then, it's people telling him to shut up.

Go and look up the word "censorship" in a dictionary, please.

The First Amendment guarantees people the right to say whatever they want without government interference. The government didn't keep him from saying anything.

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:rofl:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/07/21/2008-07-21_radio_host_michael_savage_incites_protes.html?print=1

On the air last night, Savage said his comments were "ripped out of context" by "far left Stalinists."

He said he was talking about kids who were "misdiagnosed," but repeated his contention that most children who are called autistic aren't really sick.

99% of people are misdiagnosed? And now I'm a Stalinist? :eyes: I'm a left libertarian, dammit!!

I guess prominent supporters of funding for autism research treatment, such as Dan Burton (R-IN) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), are Stalinists, too. :sarcasm:

fuck him!!

racist spew, but this was over the line?
Okay.

Picking on special needs kids? WTF kind of person would do that? I feel like slapping a republican.

he s a total piece of shit!!

Question: How do you make Dennis Miller look good?

Answer: Compare hin to Michael Savage.


Here's a comment from one of the bloggers at the paper:

"I agree about the ADHD. A lot of the ADHD could be cured with a good old fashioned spanking or as the preacher once said "apply the board of education to the seat of knowledge".

Who are these fools?

should this get its own LBN post?

If more companies pull their advertising he may get the point that America can not and will not put up with his kind of behavior. In other words "Don't act like a moron" Savage!

. . . that Governor Haley Barbour uses our tax dollars to subsidize it. The primary advertiser on Supertalk is the Mississippi state government. Rather than allow the legislature to cut the money being spent on these ads (in a venue whose listeners are actually hostile to the ads' content) Barbour threatened to cut off unemployment benefits. So Right-wing radio in Mississippi is funded by the tax dollar.

For more, see http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/no_money_to_fund_partisan_radio_democrats_say/

Barbour is really the worst of the worst Republicans. Want to know what he's doing right now? Cutting $375 million from Medicaid and Medicare because
Democrats in the Legislature wanted to tax cigarettes to fund a $90 million Medicare/aid budget deficit.