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Why Did C-SPAN Blacklist Savage?
TBP | Now | Moi

Posted on 06/12/2007 12:42:17 PM PDT by TBP

Michael Savage, the #3 most listened to talk-show host in America, was honored by Talkers Magazine, the "Bible" of talk radio, with this year's Freedom of peech Award.

Recently, Talkers held a bash at which they presented the award. C-SPAN, which claims to be nonpartisan and nonideological, was there and carried most of the speeches. But for some reason, it blacklisted Savage's speech accepting the award.

Why would a nonideological network do this? More liberal media bias, obviously. C-SPAN has now willingly made itself part of the liberal effort to suppress freedom of speech in this country.


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KEYWORDS: blacklist; cspan; hisnameisweiner; liberalbias; quisling; savage
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To: TBP
Borders; language; culture


41 posted on 06/12/2007 1:07:23 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: middie

ditto that to the maxxxxx...........I make the life threatnin’ mistake of visiting a Savage thread here and well.........barely survived.......


42 posted on 06/12/2007 1:07:32 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: Loyolas Mattman
Rush and Stern have to be some combination of #1 and #2.

According to Talkers Magazine, the top 5:

1. Rush
2. Sean
3. Dr. Savage
4. Dr. Laura
5. Laura Ingraham

43 posted on 06/12/2007 1:08:08 PM PDT by TBP
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To: lormand; brivette

over here


44 posted on 06/12/2007 1:08:14 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: PeterFinn
Last I checked the liberals were trying to revive the Fairness Doctrine with an eye to banning talk radio so it’s no surprise they’d start by denying publicity of any kind to Savage.

Apparently, O'Reilly has banned him too.

45 posted on 06/12/2007 1:09:31 PM PDT by TBP
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To: leadpenny
Did they not show part of the Talker’s convention?

Substantial parts of it, yes, but not the featured speaker receiving hsi "Freedom of Speech" Award.

46 posted on 06/12/2007 1:10:38 PM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP
Freedom of peech Award

Is that really what it is called?
47 posted on 06/12/2007 1:10:51 PM PDT by elizabetty (Perpetual Candidate using campaign donations for your salary - Its a good gig if you can get it.)
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To: TBP

It’s the best thing to happen to television since television was invented. You’re just looking for something to complain about, imo.


48 posted on 06/12/2007 1:10:58 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: middie
Because he’s as crazy—I mean pathologically, as a loon

So is Al Gore. Have you seen C-SPAN blacklisting him?

49 posted on 06/12/2007 1:11:56 PM PDT by Spiff (Rudy Giuliani Quote (NY Post, 1996) "Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.")
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To: Spiff

I always call it C-Span(ning for democrats)


50 posted on 06/12/2007 1:13:17 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: BMC1

You sound like some of the unhappy callers. Can you imagine how tough the job would be with open phones?

C-SPAN is not there to take sides.


51 posted on 06/12/2007 1:13:48 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: TBP

Did you know that Savage recently had photos of the severed heads of AMERICAN SOLDIERS on the homepage of his website?

I have no idea why Cspan doesn’t like him- but his decision to do that is good enough for me to never, ever watch or listen to him. (I haven’t for several years anyway..but still..)


52 posted on 06/12/2007 1:14:20 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: TBP

I thought Glenn Beck (who I think is awesome) was the 3rd most listened to Talk Show ?


53 posted on 06/12/2007 1:14:37 PM PDT by pacelvi
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To: leadpenny
However, NONE of their hosts tell the left wingnutjob callers that call President Bush a liar, Hitler and every other nasty name they can come up with to stop.

If you were a real C-SPAN watcher you'd know that that is not their job.

But it IS their job to cut off a caller because he calls Jimmuh........Carter "the worst President ever." That's unacceptable, but callign Bush a liar and other over-the-line things is tolerated? And tehy have no bias, right? Just like CNCBS and PMSNBC (More Socialist Nonsense By Creeps.)

54 posted on 06/12/2007 1:15:18 PM PDT by TBP
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To: Silly
Agreed. Savage is popular because people are stupid.

Savage does not carry the water for the GOP like Rush, Hannity and Levin.

Savage sounded the alarm bells for borders, language and culture many years ago. Other talk-show hosts are only recently echoing the same sentiment.

55 posted on 06/12/2007 1:16:51 PM PDT by eekitsagreek (Dear God, please let me bowl a 300 game just once....or achieve a 200+ average!!!!!)
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To: TexasCajun
Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder! Obviously the work of a liberal.
56 posted on 06/12/2007 1:17:00 PM PDT by TBP
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

He tried to make his show national but somehow he was doing too much Boston/New England stuff, and maybe it didn’t
necessarily translate to other parts of the country. While
Howie’s show is heard all over New England now, at one point
it was on stations in places like Seattle, Hagerstown MD,
Newark (Columbus area) Ohio, Albany NY, and Salt Lake City.

Thanks to WVMT being back, Howie can be heard on the NY
side of Lake Champlain (Montreal, too) again...


57 posted on 06/12/2007 1:17:02 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: AU72

I agree with you totally. My dad was listening to Savage and he was doing some bizarre poetry song and i’m like “You have to turn this freak off.. i can’t stand”

Now I listen to him every night and he’s dead on about almost everything.


58 posted on 06/12/2007 1:18:09 PM PDT by pacelvi
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To: rockabyebaby

Borders
Language
Culture

Three words that Bush cares nothing about!!


59 posted on 06/12/2007 1:18:15 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: leadpenny
C-SPAN is not there to take sides.

Then it shoudl stop doing so.

60 posted on 06/12/2007 1:18:17 PM PDT by TBP
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