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Date Posted: 10:58:17 03/05/03 Wed
Author: NKLS Cody
Subject: Someone needs to give him a "coffee enema"
In reply to: Steve Hogan 's message, "Profile of the Savage Weiner...." on 09:29:23 03/05/03 Wed

Thanks for the article, Steve. He seems to just not have found his niche in society and, most likely, will keep wondering aimlessly for some years to come from job to job after his MSNBC slot gets the axe ala "Doctor" Laura.

Protests, threats grow over MSNBC move

Fri Feb 28, 7:24 PM ET

Ann Rostow, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network

SUMMARY: The MSNBC network's decision to hire controversial San Francisco talk radio host Michael Savage has drawn increasing protests.

A Feb. 12 announcement that the MSNBC network plans to hire controversial San Francisco talk radio host Michael Savage has drawn increasing protests from gay groups and others concerned about his history of provocative remarks.

Savage is a "shock jock" known for his attacks on "homosexual perversion," "the degenerates on the left," "the she-ocracy" of America, "turd-world nations," and "the freaks, the cripples, the perverts and the mental defectives" who are taking over the United States.

According to MSNBC, a General Electric subsidiary, Savage will host a weekly cable TV talk show, airing on Saturdays beginning in March. The company has also engaged former House Majority Leader Dick Armey as a pundit, and has axed Phil Donahue, its one liberal voice, after seven months.

The National Organization for Women (NOW), the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and other groups have condemned MSNBC's move. On Tuesday, GLAAD issued a press release calling on the network to "rethink" its decision. GLAAD News Media Director Cathy Renna said the watchdog group has asked for a meeting with NBC President Bob Wright, but has yet to hear back from him.

She called the offer to Savage part of a "constellation of events going on at MSNBC which are very worrying" to the GLBT community. Conservative voices are not new to cable networks, but Savage, said Renna, is a "name-caller," not a "commentator." In comparison with Savage, Republican Dick Armey looks fit to be "the grand marshall of next year's Pride parade," she said.

While it's one thing to hear him lashing out on right-wing radio, Renna noted that it's quite another thing to see Savage air his views on a so-called news network, as part of what is theoretically considered a team of journalists.

"There's a whole lot of concern," said Renna. "It's not just a gay issue. There's a diverse set of people who are not going to sit idly by, and watch him get a national platform, and not voice their opinion."

In response, Savage launched an extraordinary attack on his Thursday radio show, pledging to "fight back" against (GLAAD and NOW's) "Nazisim," if need be with the help of Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Bush administration.

"You rats! You stinking rats who hide in the sewers! You think you can go after my income? You think I'm Dr. Laura? You think I'm going to roll over like a pussy? You're wrong. I'll find out where you get your money from. You live by handouts, all of you. You live off grants, all of you. You're a bunch of beggars and we will do everything we can within the legal realm to cut off that funding! We are also going to the U.S. Justice Department under John Ashcroft. What you are doing is illegal!"

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""You rats! You stinking rats who hide in the sewers!" -- Steve Hogan, 07:39:38 03/07/03 Fri