http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1983649 I listen to him every now and then when I'm in the car at night. I knew he was off the wall but I think this crosses the line: MSNBC fires host Savage for wishing AIDS on caller Reuters News Service LOS ANGELES -- Cable news channel MSNBC today fired Michael Savage after the controversial talk show host wished AIDS on a caller whom he dismissed as "one of the sodomites." Savage had been under fire from gay rights groups since February when the network announced it had hired the conservative commentator to host a TV version of his popular talk radio show. Saturday's episode of "The Savage Nation," his 15th since the program's debut in March, featured Savage discussing air travel with callers. One caller began discussing his experiences, and after an unintelligible part of the call, Savage asked him "So are you one of those sodomists?" When the caller said, "Yes I am," Savage, reclining in a chair with his arms folded and wearing dark sunglasses, responded, "Oh, you're one of the sodomites! You should only get AIDS and die, you pig!" in a clip of the show hosted on the Web site of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation . An MSNBC representative was not immediately available to comment, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed that the show had been canceled. GLAAD, which from the start campaigned against MSNBC's hiring of Savage, cheered the cancellation. "Michael Savage's latest rant made the clearest possible case for why this kind of behavior has no place on any reputable news network," GLAAD spokeswoman Cathy Renna said in a statement. In addition to his radio and TV show, Savage founded the Paul Revere Society, which advocates closing the U.S. borders, eliminating bilingual education and ending affirmative action programs. A message left at a number listed for the Paul Revere Society in the northern California city of Mill Valley was not immediately returned. Savage, who according to his biography on a network Web site holds a doctorate in epidemiology and nutrition science, hosted his unabashedly conservative show from the well-known liberal bastion of San Francisco. A network source said the show had averaged 347,000 viewers through its first 14 airings, not including three weekends when the show was preempted by news coverage. It had aired Saturdays at 5 p.m. ET. Savage was hired around the time the network canceled liberal talk-show host Phil Donahue, who in turn reportedly accused MSNBC of trying to "outfox Fox," a reference to Fox News Channel, often characterized as being conservative. MSNBC is a partnership of the NBC unit of General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp.
Brilliant. The show is based in San Francisco, and he gets on the air and bashes gays. Not a good career move. -- droxford
One station in San Fran had already dumped him but another had picked him up. I heard him b****ing about that last week.
"Looks like I'm going to" going to respond to this thread just because i want to have "Looks like I'm going to" in my post. sorry... i'm tired. will most likely go to bed after this one. what a lameoid (whatever that is). i remember jackie chan saying something in rush hour like this... "i like to let people who like to talk talk. that way i can see how full of $hit... they are." yepperz... that just about sums up the article. people just need to learn how to shut their f'ing mouth sometimes. sigh.
As a moderate conservative, I can say that Savage is a complete jackass. He spends more time talking about himself than any actual issues. I swear his show sounds like a Phil Hendrie bit! Plus, he talks in 3rd person. ima_drummer2k hates it when people talk in 3rd person!
I haven't really heard much about this guy and I am glad about it. I hope his radio show goes down in flames too.
He broke rule number one, never ever let them see you sweat. I'm not surprised about him losing his composure like that, being he does get kind of tempermental on his radio show. I don't like it as much as I did at first, he yells at people far too much for my liking and he is a constant Gen-X basher.
I am a huge libertarian with conservative economic policies and very liberal social policies and my three least favorite talk show hosts are: Savage, Michael the Idiot Reagan, and Shawn the I have no idea what I am talking about Hannity. Rush is the S Bomb though and I would wax Laura Ingram like a Yankee candle. I love Houston local conservatives too in Pat Grey and Chris Baker.
Sorry but can you restate this for me. I don't understand what an S Bomb is nor do I understand what "waxing like a Yankee candle means." I have ideas but I want to get them out of my head if I'm wrong-- especially the thing about Ingraham.
Savage, Ivins, Hannity, Moore, Dowd, Coulter...the list of factually challenged dumbass commentators on both sides of the political spectrum is mindboggling. How or why anyone pays attention to anything these assclowns say is beyond me.
