Savage defends his autism comments by claiming Media Matters hates ‘families and children.’
Savage defends his autism comments by claiming Media Matters hates ‘families and children.’
Last week, Media Matters caught right-wing radio talker Michael Savage claiming that autism is a “fraud” and “a racket” where “99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.” Parents of autistic children are outraged, saying Savage’s comments were “way, way, way over the line and cruel.” But Savage refuses to apologize. On Larry King Live last night, he told guest host Glenn Beck that he had simply been “taken out of context” by “men who specialize in hating families and children, namely Media Matters.” Watch it:
Though Beck said he was sympathetic to someone being taken out of context, he told Savage that “as a dad with a child with special needs,” his baseless attack on autistic children “cuts right.”
Transcript:
BECK: It seems pretty clear you don’t really believe autism exists?SAVAGE: No, no, no, no. Again, you took what they gave you but you didn’t take the entire preceding material. Preceding this, Glenn, was a discussion of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which has had the nerve to say that children as young as two years of age should be given anti-cholesterol drugs.
BECK: Right.
SAVAGE: There’s been not one study about the damage this would do or potentially do to two year-olds, and yet you have had doctors come out and say these drugs should be given to the children. This was in the broader context of the over-medicalization, the over- diagnose of disease, using our children as profit centers. I’ve spent all day saying what a shame it is that I, as man who has spent his entire life defending the defenseless, mainly children, should have to defend myself from charges leveled at me by men who specialize in hating families and children, namely Media Matters who probably come after you as well, by ripping me out of context and making me look like the monster that they are.
BECK: Michael, let me ask you this, I am a guy who has been taken out of context. I am a guy who has been called a monster and everything else. I understand context. Talk radio is extremely difficult to do in sound bites because it is a three-hour running monologue, especially with somebody like you. But when you say 99 percent of the cases are brats who should be told to cut the act out and not act like morons, as a dad with a child with special needs, boy that cuts right.
Effective immediately, Michael Savage and his Savage Nation Radio Show has been canceled on all Super Talk Mississippi stations. Michael Savage's comments about Autistic children were beyond inexcusable and are unacceptable. Super Talk Mississippi and the Gallo Radio Show have assisted numerous Autism organizations on the air in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Autism is a serious condition affecting children and adults in Mississippi. We appreciate our many listeners who notified us of Savage's comments, especially those listeners who have autistic children. Steve Davenport, CEO Telesouth Communications, Inc.
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F uck you, Savage.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmSince I’m making it a point to completely ignore CNN lately, I wasn’t aware that Beck had Savage on as a guest. Talk about a match made in heaven…
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmBut when you say 99 percent of the cases are brats who should be told to cut the act out and not act like morons, as a dad with a child with special needs, boy that cuts right.
It appears that Beck sponsors need a shit storm from parents as well.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pmSomeone close to this guy needs to splatter his nose all over his face – repeatedly.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pmNice parenting skills demonstrated here by a knuckle-dragger.
This is a good reason why people like this should be “neutered” to stop the extreme stupidity that exists in Reichwingers.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pmNot sure what context you can place remarks claiming that autism is a “fraud” and a “racket” and that 99% of autistic children are brats into that would come off as positive or even defensible.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmAFLAC has already pulled its advertising, and word is that one other very large advertiser is also dropping the Savage ‘Weiner’.
If the right side gets hit in their wallets, then they pay attention – otherwise, not so much.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmBeck’s kid has special needs.
Here’s his IEP: Tell him to cut the act and quit acting like a moron.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmSavage joins Limpdick in the Hall of Shame(Remember Rush’s mockery of Michael J. Fox’x Parkinson’s disease?)
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmnofltwlt Says:
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Someone close to this guy needs to splatter his nose all over his face – repeatedly.
I volunteer! Repeatedly!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmOff the top of my head, I always thought that autistic children were engaged in a sort of personal passive resistance to participating in this absurd and nasty world created by adults.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmmen who specialize in hating families and children, namely Media Matters.
Is it a necessary part of the skill set for a right-wing hate-radio host that he be well versed in the strategy of projection?
‘Cause Savage Weiner is steeped in it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 pmOval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:
Off the top of my head, I always thought that autistic children were engaged in a sort of personal passive resistance to participating in this absurd and nasty world created by adults.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
You don’t have to be saddled with the hell of autism to do that. :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 pmI’d like to see just one example, JUST ONE, of Media Matters indicating that they hate families and children! C’mon trolls, post a link. Anything! I’ll wait patiently. Michael Savage is just that, a savage!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pmAh, the old “taken out of context” gambit. Another one of the last refuges for scoundrels.
You know, OTHER people manage to criticize unnecessary medication of children without dissing real conditions such as autism. You’d think Savage could do the same.
As much as I hate to say it, in a true “even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile” moment, Beck is correct about the impact of Savage’s remarks. Furthermore, what “context” could Savage have possibly packaged these insane remarks in where they would sound rational?
And why does Savage accuse Media Matters of hating families and children because they criticized Savage’s loony comments, which were hateful to families and children? WTF?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 pmHi Man of Action
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pmSavage is a loathesome, evil POS. I hope that the parents of autistic children hammer this stupid barstid straight into the ground.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pmWho’da guessed that the beckster would have had weiner-boy on as his guest?
Couldn’t have handles someone like, Oh, maybe John Dean or maybe Al Gore.
They are both weinies and not fit for ANY prime time exposure.
Guess the 23%ers will still listen, no matter what they say, though.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 pmMan of Action Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Only in the tiny pea brain of a troll….
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 pmFor someone in the unique position like Beck who has a special needs child that is advocating “brats who should be told to cut the act out and not act like morons” just shows his complete ignorance once again. It is this kind of backward thinking that does so much damage to children with disabilities and Autism.
Their hateful opinions are then ingrained into their children that bring it to school. Which causes these wonderful children and teenagers to get tormented.
It also perpetuates the myth that Autism is caused by bad parenting skills. Many of us that have older teenagers and adults have put up with that misguided and evil belief long enough.
Beck in the future if you can’t speak intelligently on a particular subject just STFU.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pmThese ‘conservatives’ are just raging with compassion, aren’t they?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pmThe reich has yet to explain how the left hates families and children, when the fundies and non-fundies alike are quick to throw their teenage daughter(s) to the street if she gets pregnant. “Well just have another kid and see if it ‘turns out right’, though we suck as parents.”
Never, ever consult a neonut on parenting skills.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmThere’s NO effing context on the planet that would come anywhere close to excusing this moron from his just desserts.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmHere’s hoping that ALL his sponsors, their families, customers and the general public SHITCAN this idiot.
wow.
this “man” of action kid is more scared than the usual piss-soaked troll
right wingers are such sissies.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pmMoA, does he bash Bush as well as he bashes undocumented workers?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pmIt’s fair to say then, that Weenie boy hates everyone equally.
MoA, was that you who beat the crap out of him daily on the schoolyard?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmFreedom Rebel Says:
Beck in the future if you can’t speak intelligently on a particular subject just STFU.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
That pretty much shuts him up forever. :-D
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmMan of Action = Desperate Trajan
Nov 4 Nov 4 Nov 4 Nov 4 Nov 4
Your response, Trajan? ErARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmbesides being an ugly person all ’round, it’s a good chance that he confused autism with ADD and is too stupid to know it AND/or admit that he f’d up… and even then, i know…
hard to understand why some idjits just keep on diggin’…
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmTroll of Action hits on something I said on a Savage Weiner thread recently — Savage hates everybody, most of all himself.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pmhey, boy of inaction, his name is WEINER, not savage.
I know you are all impressed with his man package, but at least get his name right.
Add FACTS to the long and ever-growing list of things that right wing pansies are scared of.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmMan of Action,
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmMaybe you’ll post something remotely interesting on your stalk site and, who knows, Mr P will drop a comment.
Man of Action Says:
upside99,
Get your talking points straight. Savage is anti-Bush. He was the 1st on the right that called out Bush for being a fake and a Globalist stooge. He hates rush Limballs and Sean Vannity. He bashes Bush better than any on the Left.
My main point was beck’s lack of courage to have someone on that would challenge him in any way. weiner-boy isn’t a challenge, just a dog turd dropping on the sidewalk.
And I wasn’t talking about weiner’s politics, I was talking about his asinine and hateful persona. He can’t have an intelligent dialogue, he just rants and spews acidic and inflammatory and racist comments.
Anyone that would listen to him would have to believe the same crap that he blows out of his arse.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmWow! Michael Savage bashes Bush and everyone in between all the way to autistic children. So this makes him acceptable? This makes him right or righteous? No, and HELL NO! It only makes him a self absorbed loonie that only loves to hear himself speak.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmMan of Action Says: I want to lick Savage’s balls
Yeah, there was no hate in the rants from the Right before Savage hit the scene. Anger and hate I can take, action boy, it’s the lack of truth and facts that make right wing radio/tv intolerable. Their slimy tactics and lack of common sense and morals don’t help either.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm#29 Zooey Says:
Freedom Rebel Says:
Beck in the future if you can’t speak intelligently on a particular subject just STFU.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
That pretty much shuts him up forever. :-D
LOL Only in a perfect world would that be possible. I know it is wishful thinking on my part.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmLive by the rant; die by the rant.
RIP, Michael Weiner. Your days are numbered.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmAnd what we find is the trolls moving out of the woodwork to defend the indefensible. Absolutely defending the indefensible: making fun of autistic people.
Now the trolls are trying to distract this by claiming that Weiner doesn’t like Bush! That’s the best they can do. They don’t even speak to the topic of this post – just throwing shiny objects in the way.
Since Bush seems mentally ill anyway, why not make fun of him?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmboy of inaction,
if he dealt with FACTS, why does he get his OWN NAME WRONG?
he must be AFRAID that adolescents like you wouldn’t be able to get past their homophobia long enough to be a fan of Michael WEINER
why are you guys such sissies?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmMan of Action Says:
“He’s a straight shooter.”
Well MoA, that explains that stuff dripping off of your chin.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmMan of Action Says:
He has more credibility than hacks like Rush or Olbermann. You guys need new talking points.
More credibility than Rush isn’t saying much, if anything at all. More credibility than Olbermann? Never in a million years!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmWhy don’t you take your demented lust for Savage (Weiner) and go elsewhere. And get on some anti-psychotic meds too!
Yes, you are Trajan. Unless you think Trajan is grand enough for you to take after his posting style, in which event I feel sorry for you.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmA Patriot Acting Says:
ROTFLMFAO!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm“Savage defends his autism comments by claiming Media Matters hates ‘families and children.’”
So Sausage insults children with a life long, intractable and grave illness as brats, and their suffering parents as soft an inept, but are others the ones that hate families and children?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmWhy would the troll think that we “fear” Mr. Pee? Has anyone said anything fearful about out favorite sock-puppetmaster?
It seems like the only person who would project fear onto any comments on trolls is either very fearful himself, or IS Mr. Pee, seeking to create an aura for himself.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmMoron of Action Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmBlah blah blah blah, peed my pants again, blah blah blah….
boy of inaction is afraid of freedom
that’s why he clings to authoritarian style philosophies like ‘nationalism’
he’s just another right wing frightened little coward that wants big govt to protect him from the ‘evil libruls’ that he thinks are hiding in the shadows
what a sissy
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pmY’know — I take it back. Troll of Action doesn’t sound like Pee. It sounds more like Trajan the more it blathers.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pmReally? “Facts” like autism is a “fraud” and “a racket” where “99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.”?
Those kind of “facts”?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pmCan we PLEASE get a list of this joker’s sponsors posted?
I f**cking LOVE boycotts.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmMan of Action,
Are you one of those undergrads from a 3rd tier N. Va school?
Sure sounds like it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmTrajan has a little bit of a problem with the gang mentality.
FLAGGED, as per Dr. Matt’s orders.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmYeah, I don’t think I have much to fear from a sissy that can’t even spell when making death threats on his mommy’s PC.
If you happen upon any weapons, it is much more likely that a moron such as yourself would suffer self-inflicted wounds than actually cause damage to others.
Besides, I’m not the hippy-type you seem to think I am. Maybe if your brain wasn’t stuck in neutral, you could see past the black and white thinking of a coward
why ARE you such a sissy?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
No being mean to girls. :(
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pmMan of Action Says:
I’m an older enemy, think back to 2005/2006.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Yeah? I guess you’re just too chickenshit to use your old name.
Typical.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pmMan of Action Says:
tom,
Bad news Savage is going no where. If he does, his fans will go after a prominent Leftist, legally or otherwise. We will go tit for tat with you guys. It could get bloody. So think before you unleash a series of events in which many people can get hurt.
Many members of the Savage Nation are ready for political violence if needed. Do you Leftists what to take it to that level?
Think aboutit.
Hey bud, I’m down if you are, and unlike you, I know how to use my ruger mini-30. So let’s take it to the next level, I’m begging you, make my god damned day.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmMan wants some Savage Weiner Action Says:
The Left is master of hate. Michael savage represents and new Anti-Globalist right that is emerging in the underground. The New Right wants the Republicans to lose so we can purge the Corporatists. Then once we are done with them our guns will be aimed at you. It will be National Sovereignty vs. Transnational Marxism. Nationalism wins everytime!
How is the left the master of hate? Give a provable example. So what is it exactly do you want America to be? Some sort of twisted Anglo-Fascist-Christian-Neo Nazi-dictatorship where we are all man-loving servants like yourself?
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmWho is silencing anyone? Would that be the same RIGHT WING company that owns the station and is replacing him with another RIGHT WING sh!t spout?
He has to right to make an a$$ out of himself, and we have the right to make fun of him for it (and of you while we’re at it)
DEAL with it, sissy
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmMan of Action seems to be a pussy. All words and threats, no action. All hat and no cattle, as they say out west.
He defends the indefensible, then labels progressives with the hate tag. Did you get that? We are angry that Weiner insults our fellow Americans, but we are the ones with the hate – not the group actually saying the hateful words.
That is how the right side operates with their brand name lying in the gutter. It is sad in that I believe the right side can do better, but they are devoted to the Weiners and Limbaughs of the world. Low Information Voters, to be sure.
They are not Americans any longer, they are consumers of hate.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pmlol, boy of inaction thinks that OUR speech shouldn’t be protected, but HIS speech should
typical right wing coward
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmAdvertisers making the voluntary decision to withdraw business with Mr. Weenie isn’t ’silencing’. MORON.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmthe brown acid Says:
Be careful there, brown acid,
MoA will rip you up with his M-79 Keyboard/Mouse 40MM grenade launcher combo. It can be deadly!
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Would ripping his head off be a bad thing? Right now I’m sure it would be judged justifiable if he did.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmMan of Action Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Again — typical.
Savage can say any damn thing he wants to — in fact, he does. One consequence of Free Speech is facing the fallout from said speech.
Go back to your compulsive masturbation, the adults are talking.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmIt is time, once again, to send our emails demanding better moderation of this site. Every single thread is tainted by troll dung.
See you folks after the purge, or when our trolls get put down. For nappy time.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmEven Mark Levin dislikes Savage, takes the ‘Michael Weiner’ poke as well.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmMan of Action Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Unlike most of your national sociali…errr sovereigntist butt buddies, many progressives have served in roles regarding the military beyond being a yellow ribbon toting cheerleader.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmIf all you people would stop taking Trajan’s new sock-puppet seriously and just enjoy his rants, I think you’d find it quite entertaining.
From the whining about “attempts to silence us” to threats of violence, without stepping on the clutch — you gotta love watching a troll strip his gears and wind up stranded in the middle of the highway, trying to shoot spitballs at progressive ideas whipping past him.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmYou guys and the Bushes have much in common. You are both Transnational Globalists.
Sounds like Dick of Action doesn’t have a clue.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmEXCELLENT, FR, AND A LATE GOOD MORNING TO YOU!!!
THANKS FR FOR GIVING US THE NEWS!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmBuh-bye, troll.
See you in your next incarnation.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmFire Michael “Autism is a Fraud” Savage
Here is a link to an online petition to fire Mike Savage:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-michael-quotautism-is-a-fraudquot-savage
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmOnce again , I find myself with Ralph. This is just kooky
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmMan of Action says: Nothing. His posts have been zapped.
Soooooo sorry. Well, not really LOOOOOL!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm“Do you Leftists what to take it to that level?
Think aboutit.”
Considering that the “Savage Nation” thankfully consists of such a tiny warped little slice of malcontented Repukes I can’t seem to muster more than a chuckle regarding your threat, man-boy-action. It’s funny that progressives get labeled “peace and love tree huggers” and “hate filled” by the same mentally shallow group of projectionists. If they posed even the slightest of threats to the Bush Administration that they so oppose they would have been rounded up by now. If scaredy-cat Bush isn’t concerned about their “threat”…jaut sayin’
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pmerrr beverage*
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pmFreedom Rebel,
Thanks for the contact info, I sent emails to AB and RS, and it did feel good.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm#79 McWars Says:
EXCELLENT, FR, AND A LATE GOOD MORNING TO YOU!!!
THANKS FR FOR GIVING US THE NEWS!!
Good to see you McWars. I’m happy that AFLAC won’t support him anymore. Just got the great news from the Autism Network. They are such wonderful people that will make sure he is put in his place. They won’t stop til he gets kicked off airwaves and fired.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 pmCAN WE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GET A STICKY POST OR SOMETHING WITH SAVAGE’S SPONSORS LISTED
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pmupside99 Says:
the brown acid Says:
Be careful there, brown acid,
MoA will rip you up with his M-79 Keyboard/Mouse 40MM grenade launcher combo. It can be deadly!
I audibly lulzed at that, thanks for lightening my mood a bit!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:03 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
:-)
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pm#87 upside99 Says:
Freedom Rebel,
Thanks for the contact info, I sent emails to AB and RS, and it did feel good.
Thank you so much upside99. :) It is much appreciated.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmJoe Cantwell Says:
Let’s silence Savage. Once we take him down, let’s take down the rest of them! No more Rightwing Radio!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Name hijacking. Flag it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm“No more Rightwing Radio”
talk about hindering free speech!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pmdisclaimer: I make typos, I have a low IQ, and I hate arabs, gays, and blacks, oh, and I’m a troll.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pmBrown Acid,
Looks like you scared the little tyke off.
Vietnam, 69-70 II Corps
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmDoesn’t seem to have been updated in some time, maybe we can revive interest?
http://www.savagestupidity.com/boycott.html
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pmThanks, moderator folks. Acting like a sissy is no way to go through life, troll.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pmupside99 – Vietnam vet? Consider yourself saluted sir!
USAF, Iaraqi Freedom Vet – 2005
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pmWell thanks for sharing dandbrew. Mind returning below and sharing your thoughts re: media political biases?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pmRight on, Freedom Rebel, and today is a much needed good day for tolerance. Would be even better if he’s removed entirely; I will keep you and the children you work with in mind to see that it’s done!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 pmBeck and Savage = proof that two half-wits don’t make a whole.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 pmupside, I Corps, Phu Bai & DaNang Feb 69 – Feb 70!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 pmdandbrew, consider yourself saluted from this vet!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pmdandbrew = Trajan = pathetic self loathing coward.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:19 pmnanlichi Says:
dandbrew = Trajan = pathetic self loathing coward.
Sure he’s not a parody?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pmRU,
USAF SARS (Air Sea Rescue) Central Highlands, Cambodia and Central Coast. Spent some TDY at Monkey Mountain and also landed a few times at Phu Bai for refuel and armament.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
All Talk and No Action Says:
“Bad news Savage is going no where. If he does, his fans will go after a prominent Leftist, legally or otherwise. We will go tit for tat with you guys. It could get bloody.”
Shut the fu(k up, punk! You’re too busy masturbating to internet porn to take it to that level.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pmRUCerious , thanks!
dbadass – as far as media political biases, yes, it’s there. It is America. an eyebrow raised when NYT refuses to print essay from a republican. an even bigger eyebrow raised when someone wants to shut down a radio station.
Also, as for Savage making such a crazy statement – not cool.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pmdisclaimer: I make typos, I have a low IQ, and I hate arabs, gays, and blacks, oh, and I’m a troll, and also a Trajen?
thanks nanlichi, anything else?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pmdandbrew:
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pmThanks for that. Now about my question. Which do you feel lean left? Which right? Whereas you are concerned about bias I assume you select sources in the center, which might those be?
It sounds to me like it’s Savage that “hates families and children.” If they’re the least bit different than the Aryan model Hitler was so enamored with anyway.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pmFreedom Rebel – thanks for the link – Signed… 8-)
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pmdandbrew Says:
disclaimer: I make typos, I have a low IQ, and I hate arabs, gays, and blacks, oh, and I’m a troll, and also a Trajen?
anything else?
You forgot the part about being 12 years old, you didn’t mention that part.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pmPlease tell us something that we don’t know.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:38 pmdbadass -
as for which lean right/leaft? I’m not entirely sure, really I’m not. It does seem larger cities’ newspapers lean left, non-larger towns lean right.
Sources in the center? Hard to find, eh? I stick with the basics. cnn.com and has some leftish articles. The articles and pollls on their website lean left. Surprising, the poll currently on cnn.com:
Did The New York Times act appropriately in rejecting Sen. John McCain’s op-ed piece?
47% said no, 53% said yes.
I’d expected it to lean more on the “yes” side.
oh, and I frequent foxnews.com. Yes, they lean way right. I roll my eyes when they too pick on leftists too much.
Today is my first day checking out thinkprogress.org. wow, so far left it’s crazy!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:42 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss – “tell us something we don’t know”
I was leaving that up to you. I didn’t know I hated blacks and arabs until you guys mentioned it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pmBuckie Boy – thanks, ok, I’m 12.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pmdandbrew:
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pmThis really belongs one thread down. So would you say that the “Liberal Media” myth is exactly that and bias occurs in both directions?
disclaimer: I make typos, I have a low IQ, and I hate arabs, gays, and blacks, oh, and I’m a 12 year old Troll from Trajanikistan.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pmThe lameness is here. What up? I am not really sensing the paranoia. Maybe you’d better try a new strategy or something.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 pmdbadass – yes, sorry for not being in the right thread.
it’s obvious that bias goes in both directions. Would that be covered in Media 101?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pmAlways found it funny that one of Trajan’s aliases is “Death to Islam” and another is “Liberals are filled with hate”
Interesting juxtaposition, no?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pmDr. Gauis Baltar Says:
dandbrew,
Hello, This website is Stalinists. it is a hate site. My Minions though have this place is a state of paranoia.
They think you are one of minions named Trajan!
Ha ha ha!
It’s more like a state of jaded disgust and indifference. Try again sonny boy.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 pmbeck is a typical republican horse’s ass: an issue is only real if it affects him personally. Otherwise he would have only been too happy to pile on with the idiot savage.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pmMedia Matters does not hate families and children. When it comes to hate Savage is the prince of hate. For him to tar anyone with that brush is hypocrisy of the highest order.
It is said that Savage used to be a liberal before he got his show. I wouldn’t know about that. What I do know having heard him, is he is a disturbed individual. The hate simply boils out of him daily. Every day. I cannot understand how he can sustain such anger. And the more outrageous he is the more controversial he is, the more money he makes. His price goes up. And there will always be someone willing to hire this man. Clear Channel is the organization that put him on the air. These media conglomerates have almost no ethics. They do not provide a public service. They do not support intelligent discourse. They do not educate the public. And truth has nothing to do with the people they hire. It is money. Money and money. This is all they know or understand. They don’t provide a public service. They provide people with the lowest common denominator, hatred and prejudice.
I don’t believe in censorship. What I do believe is turning off the radio or television. Since the bottom line is money, if you stop listening he will be taken off the air.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pmMedia matters deserves our thanks. They serve a vital function where the majority of the fourth estate has failed miserably.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pmSavage is a despicable human being who has profited from hate mongering. I’m hoping that a change in DC by way of the GE will effect a change whereby Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, Beck, Ingram, Coulter, et. al. experience a downturn in support. What could be better than Clear Channel and similar media outlets suffering financially for enabling this culture of hate as a form of payback.
Freedom Rebel,
Thanks for the info. I phoned here:
Buckley Broadcasting/WOR Radio
General Phone Number: 212 642 4500
111 Broadway 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
(press #3 for programming) and gave them another piece of my mind (only 2 left). Maybe if they got complaints all day it would have influence.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmSavage adored beatniks, swam naked with Ginsberg, and was Timothy Leary’s gatekeeper. He must be full of self-hatred now:
http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-07-19/news/inside-the-savage-nation
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 pmBeing a parent of a child with autism…The remarks are ugly and down right mean!
He is not a medical doctor
He is not a licensed Child Psychologist
He is not a expert in Child Development
Regardless of his statements….he needs to be educated on the signs and treatments of Autism.
His office should be flooded with information on the topic in order to inform him and next be FIRED!
Since the rise of diagnosis’s of children are rising… maybe he should think about “WHY IS THAT”? There is not just one simple answer or solution to the rise of diagnosed children/adults…
He is just ignorant!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 pmhttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm
Read the signs…knowledge is POWER!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:48 pmNow, even our own government has information on the topic!
Put out ($$$$$), or shut up!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:54 pmKeith Says:
Freedom Rebel,
Thanks for the info. I phoned here:
Buckley Broadcasting/WOR Radio
General Phone Number: 212 642 4500
111 Broadway 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
(press #3 for programming) and gave them another piece of my mind (only 2 left). Maybe if they got complaints all day it would have influence.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Thank you, Keith. And my son thanks you as well. :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:06 pmWhat does that mean, “cuts right”?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 pmpmav,my nephew is autistic, pretty high-functioning, but textbook autistic. My sister-in-law had to fight tooth and nail to get the services that the California Public School System offered to its handicapped students. And believe me, it wasn’t because the system was flooded with misdiagnosed autistic kids.
He graduated high school and is struggling through college, but he will never be able to function normally in society. His career options are severely limited by his condition and his social skills are practically nonexistent. (By the way, he’s a staunch right-winger now. Something about the ideology appeals to his lack of empathy and distaste for nuance.)
So i have to say I find your defense of Savage absurd and I’ll match your anecdote with my own.
As for Savage Weiner being “taken out of context”, how much context is required? Media Matters publishes extended transcripts for all their stories, and accompanies them with video and audio recordings when applicable.
Please share with us what that missing context would supply that would make Savage Weiner’s diagnosis that “99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.” sound less hateful than the actual words convey?
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 pmI think I understand what OUT OF CONTEXT means, but I’m not sure if it means the same thing to you. That’s why i asked for clarification from you. I can’t tell if you ignored my question of how much context is sufficient, or if you think you answered it with “I listened to the entire show”.
If that’s the case, then you seem to be trying to tell me that this isn’t enough context:
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.
Now, the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? I’ll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out. That’s what autism is.
What do you mean they scream and they’re silent? 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.”
Autism — everybody has an illness. If I behaved like a fool, my father called me a fool. And he said to me, “Don’t behave like a fool.” The worst thing he said — “Don’t behave like a fool. Don’t be anybody’s dummy. Don’t sound like an idiot. Don’t act like a girl. Don’t cry.” That’s what I was raised with. That’s what you should raise your children with. Stop with the sensitivity training. You’re turning your son into a girl, and you’re turning your nation into a nation of losers and beaten men. That’s why we have the politicians we have.
Now, that seems to me like a lot of context. And nowhere in there do I read any kind of qualifiers like you suggest. Can you find some of the context you say we’re missing and post it here?
Because four complete paragraphs seems to me like it ought to be enough context to accurately gauge the tone, the mood and the intent of the speaker. Especially this speaker, who is so prone to excess, not so famous for nuance. .
Thanks. I look forward to your response.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:14 pmpmavrk would happily deny all children with disabilities proper funding — if he didn’t have a disabled child.
Even if a child is misdiagnosed, it doesn’t mean he’s a brat who needs better discipline. Savage wasn’t taken out of context — he said exactly what he meant. That’s why he won’t apologize — not that I’d accept it (as the parent of a son with autism).
Autism is a developmental disability, and for some reason DD gets higher funding than other diagnoses. Yeah, the school district gets more money for DD kids, but if you’re a knowledgeable parent who doesn’t let them railroad you, they will be spending every dime they get for your child — on your child.
Racket indeed — Savage & pmavrk can go f uck themselves.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 pmpmavrk says: Do you understand what OUT OF CONTEXT MEANS Ralph? He was saying that 99 percent of the cases that were MISDIAGNOSED, was a brat who needed disipline.
I saw Savage with Beck and the two doctors on CNN Monday night. They kept asking him about the 99% comment. He had plenty of chances to respond. He never said what you say he meant.
Someone go tell Dan Marino and Doug Flutie they have poor parenting skills.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 amHas anyone at all seriously considered Savage is suffering from being abducted by aliens too many times.?
Each time having that alien probe thrusted into you like that might have an enormous influence on his masculinity and sanity which is why Savage acts like he does.
He shows classic signs of definate alien abduction.
If you don’t believe me, ask Mulder and Scully to show you the X Files on Savage.
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:15 amYou’re welcome Zooey. You’re welcome Zooey’s son. Tweren’t nothing. Made me feel better afterwards. Can’t call any local stations that have Savage cause there aren’t any.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmI too am the parent of an autistic child. Savage is a sad, strange little man. My biggest problem with his comments is that there is just enough of a sprinkling of truth in what he says. Because autism is the disease du jour for children, it takes no effort whatsoever to get a diagnosis of “mild aspergers” from a pediatrician. I have seen parents use it to get services, to get money, free lunches from the school, you name it; and there really IS nothing wrong with the kid other than a hovering parent with a “mild form of munchausens by proxy”. These parents give some credence to jerks like Savage and make it harder for those of us who really deal with autism day in and day out to get what we need for our children. When Savage lives with a wordless 14 year old who is still in diapers, then he can talk to me about how I can get my kid to cut it out.
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:23 pmI haven’t heard anyone say he doesn’t have the right to sound like an idiot or not know what he’s talking about. As for being left wing, while I am certainly not right wing, I am definitely to the right side of moderate.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pmI listen to Savage. I heard the show, in its entirety, from beginning to end, so perhaps you need to make sure you know what you’re talking about before you start flinging left wing and First Amendment around.
His fans and followers would love everyone to say he’s been taken out of context for the last three shows, but the fact remains that it just isn’t true. That is stated by people who hope against hope that no one reading listens to him. I didn’t disagree with what some of what he said about autism. He exaggerated, spoke about things of which he knows nothing, got called on it and refused to back down. Why? Because even negative publicity is good publicity. It really is just that simple. He’s done it a lot, he just doesn’t usually choose such a topic that crosses every social and economic barrier we have.
I am a teacher who spends six hours a day, seven days a week in a classroom for children with severe autism from K to grade 5. This savage guy is a moron. These children that I work with are beautiful and loving, and severely impaired. Most of them can barely speak, some of them have severe aggressive episodes every day. Some of them engage in self injurious behavior. And all of them are severely mentally retarded, and have a very hard time learning. But, they all do learn, and they come everyday and try their best, and they all have more integrity and character than that bastard ever will. How ignorant.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:47 pm