Posted on 04/25/2005 5:19:52 AM PDT by StuLongIsland
RIGHT-WINGER BLASTS O'REILLY
RABID radio host Michael Savage is whining that he has been banned from the Fox News Channel after he dissed Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity.
The controversial conservative who was fired by MSNBC in 2003 after referring to a caller to his show as "a sodomite" who should "get AIDS and die" recently burned more bridges by calling O'Reilly a "Leper-Con who poses as a conservative" and Hannity "another Republican bootlicker who began as a Rush [Limbaugh] understudy" on his "Savage Nation" radio show.
Savage claims that he's been bumped off four scheduled appearances on Fox News Channel in the wake of his caustic comments.
"These two are now acting the way the mainstream media has been acting for decades, thinking they are the gatekeepers of who shall be heard in the conservative world," Savage sputtered in a statement.
"Both are jealous of my audience and are trying to silence me because they do not want the competition."
Savage boasted that the supposed "ban" has not affected sales of his new book, "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder," which debuts at No. 6 on the New York Times best-seller list next week.
The gay-bashing broadcaster isn't the only publicity hound taking aim at O'Reilly, the undisputed king of cable news.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue, famed for firing off several press releases a day to media outlets, is ticked that O'Reilly once described him as a "witch-hunter" and Pope John Paul II as an "autocrat."
"My members are a little bit fed up with him," Donohue claims. "I guess he feels like if he is to the left of me, he'll appear more fair and balanced. We're on the same side philosophically on most issues. But I feel like, when someone crosses the line from criticism
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He should change his name to Lou Zerr. It fits.
Think he 'disses callers when he doesn't need to. Appears to get torqued off when a caller simply starts off "Hi Dr Savage, how are you" or "how's it going...."
Its a simple greeting, and Savage will never answer...claims "I don't know you", etc.....
Strange way to treat someone before he knows their position...if they person turns out to be a liberal dork, then let him have it.
Almost makes me think he hates what he is doing...not a good draw for a larger audience.
"I know nothing of Todd Schnitt, but I've heard enough of Glenn Beck to know he's the real deal. He was fighting for Terri long before any of the others had even heard her name, and that includes Rush, Dr. Savage, Hannity, and the rest."
Sean said you wouldn't believe it.
Interesting, because that's how I view Savage. For some reason, I get the feeling that his views are all schtick.
I don't necessarily believe anything that Hannity says.
It's not because CC likes to lose money.
At the risk of a massive weinie roast, I'll say it can't be much different than freerepublic, or am I thinking of DU, I'm so confused this morning.
that is remarkable given his book it is not advertised anywhere and it is very true Savage is censored by FoxNews in favor of idiot sycophant Hanraty. O'Reilly is too pathetic to even comment about.
LOL!!!
You get it now, Bill. Falafel-man is a complete phony. If the hillary bandwagon gets going, expect him to silence his criticism of her to curry favor. FRAUD
How can you bear to listen to that overpaid fratboy regurgitating cliff-notes Conservatism?
What do you think about Hugh Hewitt?
Ha! Hannity wets his pants facing George Mitchell! He is the worst debater on "our side" that I have ever seen.
Careful, you might hurt Sean's feelings. He might go off on FR again today!
...and I can't even spell wienie, or is it weenie, or ...
Glen Beck is real. Todd Schnitt is a phony.
I guess some people will figure he's looking for censorship and some folks will figure he wants some level of standards.
I guess you could say he is a man of convictions who honors his own standards even to his own detriment. OTOH a huge number of people can't hear him anymore so he's lost a major opportunity to persuade people to his point of view.
Do you disagree? Rush is reduced to reading (other people's) Op-Ed pieces on the air and talking about visiting the set of "24", where "everyone is a big fan of mine". He is so washed up and laughable. Savage is the future of talk radio. Rush is the past. A great legend to be sure, but his time has come and gone.
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