Go Back to the B3 Home Page
Complaints, compliments, arguments? Email me.
[<< "Just how stupid can CNN be?"] [Archive Index] [>>"Hoffmania's media rant..."]
07/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Our long national nightmare is over."
Our long national nightmare is over.
It was only a matter of time, folks - when you're a hate-spewing, bigoted, homophobic asshole with a loud mouth, sooner or later you will melt down, preferably on TV with dozens of people watching..
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.
Good riddance, you hateful little prick. Your 15 are over.
Replies: 4 people speak up
What confuses me is how is that comment any different than teh hateful drivel that he spouts on his radio show. Did MSNBC never listen to his radio show? Did they never read his book? Can they say they are soooo shcoked that he'd say somethign like that?
I think this is just an excuse for firing him. I think the real reason is that his ratings are in the crapper. But firing him and admitting that was the reason would be admitting that blindly promoting a crazy right wing wacko didn't work out.
Posted by Jason @ 07/07/2003 06:32 PM NY
No, don't blame Savage. Savage, like any infectious disease, cannot help being what he is.
The true culprit is MSNBC (a subsidiary of GE) and their contemptible efforts of out-fox Fox (a subsudiary of News Corp).
When, oh when, will those GE execs learn that when it comes to vulgarity, Fox is king?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/07/2003 07:58 PM NY
Er, "subsudiary of News Corp" should not be confused with a "subsidiary."
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/07/2003 10:03 PM NY
Amongst the many silver linings of this situation, his pockets just got a lot less deep, what with Bill Gates not subsidizing his legal excursions any more.
Posted by julia @ 07/07/2003 10:59 PM NY
