Democratic Underground - Station nixes 'Savage Nation' over Autism Comments

Station nixes 'Savage Nation' over Autism Comments [View All]

Kire

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Jul-22-08 01:36 AM
Original message

Station nixes 'Savage Nation' over Autism Comments

Advertisements [?]

Source: Clarionledger.com - Mississippi's #1 Web Site

Station nixes 'Savage Nation'
Radio host called autism a 'fraud, a racket'
Gary Pettus • gpettus@clarionledger.com • July 22, 2008

Super Talk Mississippi radio network has canceled The Savage Nation because of comments syndicated host Michael Savage made about autistic children last week.

Steve Davenport, president and CEO of Super Talk's parent company Telesouth Communications, confirmed The Savage Nation had been dropped from the network's lineup as of Monday.

"It was just horrible what he said," Davenport said Monday.

"When you talk about people in politics, business people, that's one thing. But when you talk about defenseless children, that's another."

Savage, a controversial conservative commentator, said during the July 16 broadcast of his show that autism is a "fraud, a racket. ...

Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080722/NEWS/807220363/1001/news

This is encouraging.

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

Station nixes 'Savage Nation' over Autism Comments [View All]