Posted on 07/24/2008 1:47:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Talk Radio Network, the syndicator of Michael Savage's "Savage Nation" radio show, issued the following statement today:
On Michael Savage's Autism Comments
There have been numerous calls in recent days for Michael Savage, who hosts “The Michael Savage Show” for Talk Radio Network (the “Network”), to be fired or suspended for his brief 84 seconds of commentary concerning autism during the July 16th broadcast of the Show.
Promptly after the Network’s management learned of the comments in issue, the Network commenced an investigation into the particulars and the circumstances of those comments. This investigation began with the Network’s CEO, Mark Masters, personally contacting Dr. Savage to address the concerns and obtain an explanation of the comments directly from Dr. Savage.
In that conversation, and other subsequent conversations between Mr. Masters and Dr. Savage, Dr. Savage explained the circumstances and intent of his statements in considerable detail. The Network also carefully monitored subsequent broadcasts of the Show, on Monday, July 21st and Tuesday, July 22nd, which were devoted to the subject of autism and further explanations by Dr. Savage of his views on the subject.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Good.
I don’t want Weiner fired, just moved to the 1AM time slot so we can here Mark Levin live.
PING!
TRN is target number 1 of the Dems....
From the article.....
>>Dr. Savage has clarified that his July 16th statements concerning autism were not directed at those who are in fact challenged by this horrible affliction, but were instead addressing efforts to broaden the concept of autism beyond those who truly are autistic to a broader “autistic spectrum” of behavioral symptoms which are also manifested by persons who do not suffer from autism, and his concern that many children are being misdiagnosed as autistic due to the subjective nature of autism diagnosis (due to the lack of known biomedical indicators, such as blood tests, to definitively confirm or deny the actual existence of autism).
Dr. Savage has also explained his belief that there have been efforts by certain professionals and professional organizations to expand diagnoses of autism more broadly, for various reasons, and his concern that this victimizes and stigmatizes children who are misdiagnosed as autistic. On multiple other occasions Dr. Savage has expressed his concerns that other conditions, such as ADD and ADHD, are overdiagnosed and result in improper medication of young children, which Dr. Savage regards as abusive.<<
I don’t often agree with Savage, but I do on this.
He probably put it horribly wrong as he often does.
Levin and Weiner overlap here in Portland. It’s an easy call who to tune in to. Levin is called “The Great One” for a reason.
You ever listen to Roy Master’s shows?
If you meant TSN, then I disagree.
The Savage Nation serves the purpose of the DNC so they can point out what liberals have always said about Conservative talk show hosts, which is that they are extremely obscene, say things they know nothing about, constantly scream into the mic, are horribly rude to callers...etc.
Good...screw all this talk of ‘censorship’. Let free speech reign....those who don’t like Savage? Turn the dial then and don’t listen. Let the leftist/stalinists be the freedom squelchers...smart move and the right thing for the network to not fire Savage! Free speech baby.....
No, who is that?
Savage is taking on the medical institution and has been for a long time. However, he has stepped on some new toes with this one.
I agree. But Michael should be more careful with his words...they’re out to get him.
It’s just a matter of time.
Ha ha Lormand, if only the world revolved around what YOU want. Did you ever stop to think that maybe the Savage fans in your area would prefer Savage ‘live’ over the guy with the soprano voice?
Everytime Weiner steps in it, I lobby the station to either dump Weiner, or switch times with Levin.
Maybe Weiner's pal Moonbeam Brown helped save Weiner's job?
Of course I have. I live in the Austin area, which is much like San Fransisco, i.e., full of whacked out libs and loosertarians.
Your "soprano voice" confirms what I think of many Weiner fans though. You guys are impressed by a tough talking guy with a NY accent eh? That's Weiner's schtick in a nutshell.
Haven’t listened to him in a long time. He wears a little thin after a while.
Savage is with the perfect syndicator for him, any lesser network probably would've folded before the pressure, Talkradionetwork owned by the Masters family surely understands the forces that they're dealing with here and promptly assesses the blame for this orchestrated controversy where it truly belongs, Media Matters, haters of all that is good, an organization led by of all things a Sodomite, how appropriate and symbolic.
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