Savage Weiner claims a crank caller got him fired

[pstokely]

he claims it was from a competitng talk show

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Savage will always blame others

It is the nature of the beast

[KeepItReal]

2. The caller put the words right in his mouth, huh?

Good riddance, Mr. Michael Weiner.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Did they make him say foul things?

Where's all the talk about personal responsibility when these merchants of BILE get their come uppance?

[wtmusic]

4. Give the caller your job

or at least a medal or something

[opihimoimoi]

7. Weiner the whiner

blah blah blah

who gives a rats ass. he is history. Buh Bye

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. that's the whine

from the ldotters. they think this is "the gay agenda" at it's most powerful and poor widdle weiner is being persecuted

[symbolman]

6. Maybe we can make him BROKE

after we get the lawsuit dismissed he has against us.. there is a possibility that we can sue him BACK for malicious prosecution..

Maybe that would make his day :)

http://www.takebackthemedia.com

[Sal316]

9. now there's karma for you...

Seriously consider it Symbolman.... considering all the crap he's put you folks through.


Instant Karma's gonna get you - Lennon

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. I was hoping that was the case!

I am continuing to cheer you on from down the coast! BTW, I was up in your neck of the woods this weekend...next time (didn't know I was going that far north and stopped in Ventura) I'll PM you beofre we head that way...now about HELLO DAD I'M IN JAIL ;-)

[Sliverofhope]

8. I wonder why this didn't happen sooner

Among the questions, why was he hired to begin with? and what did they expect? I'm surprised Savage didn't say something offensive earlier.

[americanstranger]

10. Makes sense. Check the vid or the transcript...

The caller mentions the names 'Don and mike.'

Don & Mike are a syndicated duo out of Washington, DC. They bag on Weiner quite a bit, and they seem to have a pretty good following among the gay community.

Me & Sym were laughing about that today - he's Mike, I'm Don. Thought the caller was talking about us for a minute there... :)

-as

[Cha]

11. yeah,,,he a wiener ,,,all right!,,,,,

[imax2268]

12. is there a link...?

I would like to read up on this...I missed something...!

[americanstranger]

16. Link to the firing story, Miami Herald.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/6251351.htm

Link to the GLAAD video:

http://www.glaad.org/stf_app/savage_070503_video.php

I recommend the video. You can watch his TV career end. It's beautiful.

-as

[imax2268]

25. Thanks for posting...

those links...I'm glad to see that these assholes that think they rule the airwaves to be canned for comments like that...I have nothing against gay's...if that's the way they want to live their lives...fine with me...
but NEVER...NEVER...would I blast any hatred toward anyone like that...that's wrong and I'm glad MSNBC got some balls and fired his ass...

Is Orielly next...?

[misanthrope]

27. No one is next...

...least of all O'Reilly.
Savage got canned because he didn't deliver like the network wanted. The Miami Herald article states that ratings in his slot only "improved marginally." That's not what MSNBC was looking for so the execs used Savage's statements as an excuse. If Savage had Limbaugh's numbers, he'd still be on.

C'mon, think about it. You think "controversy" got him fired? Puh-lease, that's exactly what these Fox wannabes desire. You think he got fired because he said something offensive and the network decided to "do the right thing?" Right, so multinational corporations are driven by morality now?

It's all about the Benjamins, baby, nothing else. And in this game, those equal "ratings."

[hatrack]

13. No, Weenie, here's who got you fired:

A narcissistic, arrogant, rude stupid blowhard with little information, even less in the way of manners, a great big microphone, an even bigger ego and a really tiny, pathetic little penis.

Blame him the next time you look in the mirror, ASSHOLE!

[Oracle]

15. Give me a clue...

Who do you think that competitor was?

Let's expose the dastardly rat. HeHeHe!

[dajabr]

14. These are the DJ's that the caller mentioned...

http://www.thedonandmikeshow.com/

and a fan site that mentions the Savage firing/Don & Mike connection

http://www.radiogodsforum.com/

[LoZoccolo]

17. How could this be?

Like wasn't the guy just talking about smoking in an airplane restroom when this all happened? How then would it lead to the exchange that got him fired?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. the caller was EAST COAST BOB

sort of a professional crank caller

his website with lots of details on the incident (as well as his call to fox news to fuck w/ shepard smith):
http://www.eastcoastbob.com/

[RapidCreek]

19. Hey, now that is funny

One of them gosh dang elitist, aids ridden, sodomite, sausage eaters tricked our hero, the savage wiener boy and got him fired! Hehehehehe. A monolithic testament to his staggering intellect, no doubt.

Got his ass kicked by a "fairy" and now he is cryin like a little girl. How terribly impressive.

RC

[proud patriot]

20. Does anyone know what the other radio station is

I'd like to send them Flowers :evilgrin:

[dsc]

21. Where oh where

is the concept of personal responsibility? For years I and others like me were called irresponsible and immoral by the likes of Savage. Yet time and again when these people stumble it is everyone's fault but theirs. Newt's first wife was too sick, his second too boring. Burton's child was his business. Hyde was a youth lead astray. Bush was protecting his daughters when he lied. Give me a friggin break.

[TankLV]

22. Oh, sure - just like they forced those words out of his mouth!

Just like bunker boy's - "I didn't see no stinkin forgeries (or lies or whatever)...

[HellKat]

23. tsk tsk

Po wittle savage
:nopity:

[Darth_Ole]

26. What an asshole!

It's about time they fired him. But what in the hell was MSNBC doing hiring him in the first place?

It just shows you how insensitive and cruel almost all right-wingers are. Hopefully, the public will get wind of this.

[Mz Pip]

28. There are a gazillion ways to

deal with crank calls. Savage picked the wrong one. He picked one that was hateful and inflamatory to 10% of the population out there and just plain offensive to plenty of the rest of us. Any talk show host with experience can effectively and politely deal with crank calls. Savage's response made him look like a crank.

MzPip
:dem:

[bluestateguy]

29. Another conservative for personal responsibility

Must have been a member of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. Maybe he can send Ann Coulter to bitch about it on Fox and Friends.

[deek]

30. Could Rush be next??? n/t

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