This Savage firing makes me hate MSRNC even more...

[vi5]

Honestly, they knew exactly what they were getting into when they hired the goon. It's not like what he said recently was any worse than anything he said before or after they hired him.

But now because the tide is turning somewhat (I emphasize only somewhat) and because he wasn't the quick fix to their dismal ratings that they hoped he would be, they used this as an excuse to get him off the air and to make it seem like they were making some sort of big moral decision. Puuuuuleeeeeeeaze.

Worst.....Network......Ever

[meegbear]

1. From MediaWhoresOnline ...

MSNBC Fires Savage

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."

"His comments were extremely inappropriate and the decision was an easy one," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said.

There was no immediate comment from Savage, according to a spokesman at his office in California.

Fired "on anti-gay comments"? But wait. Just weeks ago, MSNBC stated that Savage's views represented "legitimate" ideas, and that the network not only was more than aware of his position on gays:

The addition of Michael Savage to the MSNBC lineup was made with the full awareness of his reputation for controversy and confrontation. We respect the right of those who wish to protest. However, we also strongly defend his new show as a legitimate attempt to expand the marketplace of ideas. - Official MSNBC statement

Email MSNBC. Urge them to bring back leading conservative intellectual and bestselling author Michael Savage, so that America can continue to be adequately and truthfully informed about the legitimate ideas the right brings to the marketplace and the "mainstream" media "strongly" defends in press releases.

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I think that's a great idea. Here's the email: [e-mail]

[LiberalLibra]

4. Good idea and I will do it too, while being nice and.....

.....very sarcastic about the whole issue.

[dusty64]

2. I will NEVER watch

that network again for hiring a fascist hatemonger and a murderer. I don't care that they fired them, they hired them in the first place and gave them an outlet for their extremist spew. :puke:

[rainy]

3. what murder are you referring to?

nt

[SoCalDem]

5. google.. scarborough+Klausitis

make yourself comfy.. there's a lot to read..:)

[0007]

6. All these whore networks are the same!

Do yourself a favor and boycott 'em. And let 'em know your not happy with bush cable news.

[Lexingtonian]

7. Oh, c'mon, his ratings sucked

This MSNBC, the Cable News Channel No One Watches.

He was obviously being watched for some uptick in viewers and wasn't drawing any. That was the whole point to hiring him- draw in the nutters the advertisers love. Don't ask me why it didn't work- he was obviously trying his best- but there's no mercy in cable. Once they decide they have loser who isn't making them money, any excuse will do to fire him. Not as if they had to wait long for one.

[OKNancy]

8. I'm sure many did as I did...wrote to MSNBC

I wrote this on 2/7/03 to MSNBC:

To Whom it may concern:

I read on yahoo news that your are in negotiations with Michael Savage. To
say that this is a shock is an understatement. Have you no decency? I fear
that you have not actually done enough study on what Savage represents, or
what he actually says.

Perhaps you need to study history too while you are at it. I don't think
anyone can deny that the father of hate radio was Fr. Charles Coughlin.
From the mid-1920s to the 1940s, Coughlin spewed anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi, and
crypto-Fascist venom to an audience of millions via his national radio
program. Do you not agree that Coughlin has been reviled and discredited?

Do you think Savage is any different?

If you actually put Savage on the air, then I can only assume that you
support his hate speech. Needless to say, if you put Savage on air, I will
have not watch even your most benign programs, and I will encourage all of
my friends and family to do the same.

Sincerely,
Nancy xxxxxxx

[SoCalDem]

9. Yes.. I wrote them yesterday..:-)

Dear BSGOP..

Thanks ever so much for FINALLY getting rid of that racist p.o.s. "Savage WeinerMan".. One question... Why on earth did you ever HIRE that cretin??? I am sure that you received many letters/e-mails when it was annoounced that you were going to hire him. I sent you one, warning you about what kind of person he was.. Apparently your next "hire" should be a researcher. You "let go" the only reputable personality that you had, after tying his hand and practically gagging him..(Phil Donahue).. Your phantom researcher could have noticed that Phil's show BEAT the rest of the drivel that passes for "infonewsment"..

Now your next assignment:

Fire that "pig-eyed", smarmy "formercongressmanwho'sbestfriendsaredemocrats" Joe Scarborough. You guys may not care that he resigned in a very "suspicious manner" following the "natural causes" death of a pretty young aide..IN HIS OFFICES, but some of us regarded it, and still do, as strangely "Condit-esque", yet the media (yours included), chose to totally didmiss this issue, while routinely harranguing Condit.

Instead of chasing Faux into the sewer, why not try a radical approach? Become a real news venue??.. Here are a few suggestions, if and when you ever get a researcher..

1. If we "won" the war, why are so many of our soldiers being killed daily?? You might actually want to challenge the administration on their antagonistic rhetoric and , oh yes, OUTRIGHT LIES..

2. Instead of jumping on the "Dump Davis" bandwagon, how about some reporting about the administration-orchestrated "energy scam" that they and their Texas buddies pulled on California??

3. Anyone remember Osama?? Apparently the White House has forgotten.. There was a lot of bluster and bravado about how we were "gonna smoke'em out, round 'em up, hunt 'em down"..

4. How about a story about the fact that the administration is stealing all the money from the treasury under the guise of "fighting the war" and yet the money is being funnelled through companies that do(did) business with the Bush family and all his little pals?

5. Take any paper and change the name "Bush" to Clinton, and ask yourselves how you would cover that particular issue.. You know, a reality check..

6. Have the Karl Rove "hotline" disconnected and start acting with a little integrity, and you might find you would outdo Faux in the ratings. In the race to "out-Faux" them, you will lose every time.. Why settle for second best propaganda, when you can just flip to Faux and get the propaganda, all dressed up in short skirts, fake boobs,face lifts, and the lip gloss (by the vat-full)..

7. Has anyone at BSGOP ever heard about Google?? you might want to fire it up someday.. There are actual news stories there that are truthful.. No need to make stuff up, when you can find all kinds of real news at Google..Try it sometime.