MSNBC fires Savage after anti-gay remarks

Associated Press ^ | Jul. 7, 2003 01:00 PM

[sakic]

NEW YORK - MSNBC on Monday fired Michael Savage for anti-gay comments.

The popular radio talk show host who did a weekend TV show for the cable channel referred to an unidentified caller to his show Saturday as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die."

[savagesusie]

The intolerant Homosexual lobby has been after Michael for a year (as they got to Laura Schlesinger) and MSNBC set him up. Of course, Michael was an easy target because he speaks his mind, but they set him up with a crank call--it would have been easy to do. It is WE who should be frightened if the fascist homosexuals are able to silence Savage. If you haven't noticed EVEN priests are not condemning homosexual behavior anymore (since they have been infiltrated). So-called Christian religions are ordaining lesbian ministers.

The sodomites have carte blanche in the schools--indoctrinating all of our children, and the Catholic schools are also on the "tolerance" bandwagon from what I hear. People like Michael Savage are the ONLY ONES that are speaking the truth about the sodomites and their nihilistic behavior. If he is silenced then we will have the Bible outlawed next (for it is full of the same "such vile hatred", so don't cheer for Michael's destruction. The slippery slope of moral relativism that the Supreme Court has forced down our throats is rapidly descending upon this God-forsaken country.

[sit-rep]

Been there. Op-4'd against them on several occassions.

[sit-rep]

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[El Conservador]

Either you mean it or you don't...

[Old Professer]

I hope that you die of a non-horrible disease.

[Calpernia]

I do know that hover option. FR is more than just a news forum. But only lurkers think it is a news forum.

Get that?

[Calpernia]

I seemed surprised at the amount of new posters. FR is more than just a news forum. But only lurkers think it is a news forum.

Get that?

[Burkeman1]

Thanks. That was a bit of a silly adjective.

[Spunky]

"Savage says this all the time on his radio show...MSNBC didn't think he'd say on TV?"

I think MSNBC knew full well he would say something like this and they hired him on just so they could fire him and make an example out of him.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

Your wasting your breath (or your fingers, as case may be).

They probably think Ann is "too mean" too and "makes us look bad".

These short-sighted, PC-line-towers would probably have strung up Sam Adams if they lived in the 1770's.

[OPS4]

Savage, is living up to his moniker.
I agree with him a lot, but this kind of anger
only makes the conservative movement look like the left!

Ops4 God Bless America!

[Doctor Stochastic]

I guess Savage is trying to top Julianne Malveaux.

...November 4, 1994 quote from then-USA Today columnist and Pacifica Radio talk show host Julianne Malveaux on Justice Thomas: "The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease...."

[Im Your Huckleberry]

For a minute there I thought you were trying to write a haiku...

[jbstrick]

Like the guy or not (I didn't), His career is over. No sponsor will advertise on his show after that remark. I surely would not.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Someone like that who calls Savage can expect to be, well... savaged. Did MSNBC expect anything else? It's the verbal equivalent of WWF (well, now WWE). OK for clowning around, couldn't tolerate it for a minute if it was in earnest.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I don't believe that Michael Savage wanted that caller to die of AIDS or choking.

Then why did Savage say so? Do you believe that he was just lying?

[Afronaut]

Go Jump in the Lake

[Michael Barnes]

Not sure if this was for me or not, but, personally, I don't care if some twinks get their feelings hurt by harsh talk. I still find the whole thing funny. MSNBC bit off more than they could chew with Savage, now they have the gay-stapo to deal with. LOL

[Doctor Stochastic]

That doesn't work absent the Queen of Diamonds.

[cyncooper]

Sorry, just was trying to be helpful. No need for the hostile tone.

What's the prob?

And frankly, no, I don't know what you mean about lurkers thinking it's a news forum but it's not.