ADL Commends MSNBC's Dismissal of Michael Savage Following Anti-Gay Comments

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[xm177e2]

Savage was yelling them repeatedly at a gay man, while he called him a Sodomite. You do the math.

[Jhoffa_]

I don't like Michael Savage and I have said so (and been summarily flamed) many times on FR, AND I don't approve of what he said.

But, I don't like the ADL sticking it's nose in here either.

If I were Jewish, I would want no part of the ADL anymore than I would want to be associated with Jessie Jackson if I were Black.

[Jhoffa_]

He's a mouth foamer.

It's a shame too. IMO, if he would just take a lesson from Rush and try to educate instead of putting the focus on saying outlandish things to get noticed, he would do allot better.

As it is, if someone doesn't agree with him, he screams things like this "aids" comment in their face, SLAMS down the phone and then spends the next 30 minutes ranting about what an idiot they are.

It's 100% emotional and it does not sound like a recipe for continued success to me.

[gcruse]

Interesting, though, how some people think
that what is on the media can influence others.

Other than every social conservative on Free
Republic, I can't imagine anyone thinking that.

[weegee]

Does one get trichinosis from eating a penis? He told the caller to get trichinosis.

It is a parasite found in undercooked meat (like pork).

Get your mind out of the gutter.

Just because the "journalists" neglected to mention it does not change what he actually said.

[Fred Mertz]

Savage got the raw end of the deal.

[Pro-Bush]

It is hard to like Alex Jones if you are Pro-Bush. He keeps going on about the Bush's involvement with Skull & Bones, Illuminati, NWO, Carlyle Group, etc. Tin Hat material, pretty out-there, although he has some pretty good points withsome of his rants!

[Pro-Bush]

Bump to that!

[Dataman]

But, I don't like the ADL sticking it's nose in here either.

They're expanding their mission:

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of hate through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry

Having the ADL chase "hatred" around is like having Castro crack down on corruption or Democrats opposing voter fraud.

[weegee]

The media (outside of one Florida syndicate) has kept quiet about the liberal talk show host who announced NEWS that Katherine Harris died in a plane crash today.

Katherine Harris alive despite Miami radio host's announcement (hate radio)

Here was an earlier thread (when Drudge just had the brief)KATHERINE HARRIS Death Hoax

"Katherine Harris is dead!" reported Rogers on the air, "I've got the news story right here, it's on the Internet. A plane crash! Yes!!"

Looks like he will be getting a pass. The media double standard continues.

What about also current example?

Cubs manager Baker 'meant what he said' (about white players not taking the heat well)

And this golden oldie from the man who would be President, Albert Gore Junior:

"(North) is banking on the fact that he can raise enough money from the extreme right wing—the extra-chromosome right wing—to come in and buy enough advertising to just overwhelm the truth with blatant falsehoods [about Chuck Robb]"

"The phrase ‘extra chromosome’ is insensitive and inappropriate and I regret using it," Gore said in a statement issued from Air Force Two, en route from Washington to Chicago. "I did not intend it in the way some heard it, but that is no excuse, and I apologize."

[Bonaparte]

"They're expanding their mission."

They sure are. The ADL was founded to protect Jews and now they're attacking them. Savage is Jewish.

[The Duke]

It is hard to like Alex Jones if you are Pro-Bush. He keeps going on about the Bush's involvement with Skull & Bones, Illuminati, NWO, Carlyle Group, etc. Tin Hat material, pretty out-there, although he has some pretty good points withsome of his rants!

Well, what's intriguing about Alex Jones is that he never makes a "tin-foil hat" claim that isn't explicitly backed up by a major news outlet. Otherwise I would have long ago dismissed him.

I've also noticed that lately his Internet broadcast gets overloaded - so I think more and more people are discoving him.

The problem I've always had with Michael Savage stemmed from his formation or the "Paul Revere Society". As he was putting that organization together he described an organization that was every bit identical to Free Republic. And yet rather than advocate Free Republic he formed this unnecessarily new organization.

In my mind the only reason could be his personal ego - and I found that to be a real turn-off.

[nbruce]

........so, what did he say wrong?

[GSWarrior]

But he should not have been taken off the air.

I'd bet dollars to donuts that MSNBC has a 'Standards and Practices' policy that forbids one from wishing death on another. They were fully justified in letting him go. You can get away with a lot more on radio than television.

[GSWarrior]

Savage's real name is Michael Weiner...his son is named Russell.

[eniapmot]

This is interesting. This is the first time that I had seen the complete transcript after days of hearing that Michael had wished AIDS on someone. Nobody mentioned the trichonosis, probably because our journalism corps knows that one is unlikely to get trichonosis from a sausage unless it is completely raw. However, if you do get trichonosis, it is far more painful than AIDS; however, it lasts longer. Essentially, what happens is that the larvae invade all your tissue and then hatch, exploding your tissue. That hurts.

[weegee]

There are those on these threads that disbelieve that Michael Savage knows health and diet.

He would have to since he tossed out a word like trichonosis in the heat of an argument.

AIDS is a politically protected word. It's different than all other manners of death (although a number of AIDS sufferers succumb to something else such as cancer).

No mention need be made to the other 2 manners of death that he wished on the caller. If he had been more restrained he would have told the caller, "drop dead". He still would have been called "mean spirited".

Nina Totenberg wished AIDS on Jesse Helms and/or one of his grandkids and is still on taxpayer supported NPR.

There is a severe double standard, some animals are more equal than others.

[eniapmot]

Nina Totenberg wished AIDS on Jesse Helms and/or one of his grandkids and is still on taxpayer supported NPR.

Did she really?

[weegee]

"I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it." -- Reacting to Senator Jesse Helms' claim that the government spends disproportionately on AIDS research, July 8, 1995 Inside Washington.

[xm177e2]

Oops, you're right. Michael is the talk show host and Russell is the "Rock Star" of the family.