Michael Weiner-Savage Losing Advertisers Over Hate Speech
By Logan Murphy Tuesday Jan 22, 2008 7:31pm
Via The Huffington Post:
At least four major firms have pulled advertising from Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio show following a campaign highlighting his inflammatory rhetoric. One other company, Geico insurance, is expected to follow suit.
The campaign, launched recently by Brave New Films, generated thousands of calls urging advertisers on the Savage Nation show to sever financial ties to the widely popular (and frequently offensive) talk host.
"We are thrilled at the amazing response of the true patriots all over the blogsphere who responded to our NOSAVAGE campaign," Robert Greenwald, head of the film company, said in a statement. "People have called and emailed and the responsible sponsors have responded by pulling their ads and asking that their ads not be on this racist and hateful show." Read on...
The Weiner Man is just one in a huge gaggle of right wing nut jobs on the radio, but his brand of hate stands alone. The poor guy was canned last year by his management agency for attacking Melissa Etheridge and lesbians and now the schmuck is finally being dumped by some of his biggest sponsors. Kudos to Brave New Films and everyone who has spoken out against this cretin.
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FINALLY! This guy is out of control.
Awesome. He has no redeeming qualities.
I could be wrong, but I believe he has a HUGE padlock on his closet.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
/end sarcasm
Lollimom @ 3:
I think you're right about this... What a LOSER! I'll be great when he's dumped, just like the piece of crap he is.
Marty @ 1:
That has always been the case with Weiner.
I take scads of Advil. I'll call Wyeth and tell them I'll quit buying it.
Yea Savage is a big problem but not nearly as big as Bill Orally and Hannitty and the ilk. How can people stay on air for sooo long while spewing hate and lies daily?? How many times have they been debunked and outed for lies. It's a good start to get Savage but he's a small pion. We need to get the heart of the beast. Gobama.
Which "study" cited these data, Weiner-Savage?
Nice to see the wiener getting neutered.
LOL!!! The wiener is going to get cut off!!!
One down, several others to go....namely, BillO (SEXUAL PREDATOR), Rush Oxyhead, and Sean fuckface...err....Hannity.
From HuffPo: According to an account in the New York Times, Savage broadcasts his show out of three "virtual safe houses" - whose location he will not reveal - and "is licensed to carry a pistol and does so," out of fears for his life. His program reaches an estimated eight million listeners a week on nearly 400 stations.
I wouldn't take Wiener Savage's being canned by CAA as any great blow for Liberals. CAA knew what his shtick was when they signed him on. If he had just stuck the routine of attacking AIDS victims, minorities, anonymous gay people, etc, they would have been proudly touting him as part of their stable. But no, he attacked one of their other money makers, and that's a big no no. So, you'll excuse me if I don't get excited over the fact that his management agency dumped him. No doubt they'll be more than eager to sign the Next Big Cretin who comes along.
JOHN GIBSON OF FOX NEWS SHOULD BE NEXT FOR HIS STATEMENTS ON HIS RADIO SHOW.
you gotta love the power of the Internet......finally...the voice of the people is being heard.
Yes. John Gibson should be fired after mocking Heath Ledger's death all day with rabid, homophobic glee.
That's "...stuck to the routine". Jeez why the fuck can't I ever see these typos, as I type them?
Pete @ 16:
Has he been doing that?? Jesus! How the fuck can anybody listen to that freak. What "news" (I know, it's FOX) value is there in mocking a poor guy's death???
Being Savage is a neocon,who worships at the alter of $$$$.This will surely hit him where it hurts the most....in his wallet.
Pete @ 16:
unbelievable................the poor guy isn't even dead for 2 days..
Heheheh!
"Cretin" is a good word.
He called Ledger a "weirdo" and said by dying he finally "quit that guy". Douchey huh?
Gibson did I meant
Gobama.
uh, Alabama? go bama...
oh I get it, Oprahamabama ...sounds like a high school cheer... I want want a strong, proven leader and I"m sorry Clinton's not liberal enough for you but I know she will fight like hell and don't give me your freeper talking points about how bad the Clinton Administration was, just how bad was that SURPLUS?????? I am sick of Hillary haters, they're like lemmings gathering their info from the MSM facts are a wonderful thing, so is having an IQ above room temp
Pete @ 16:
Assphincter did WHAT???
That milk-fed, doughfaced little ass-apple of a pimple....
I listened to one of the clips at the linked site.
It's weird that he can get angry enought to start screaming incredibly vile stuff about seemingly anything, but none of his screaming ever needs to be bleeped out. He's not an out-of-control lunatic, or else the FCC would fine him for cursing on the air. He's much worse: he pretends to be an out-of-control lunatic to encourage his listeners to curse and scream for him. He's a drug that conservatives take to feel empowered.
Unfortunately, this is no big deal for him. Getting fired makes him controvesial, helping him get a better job.
If you guys heard Turk over at the Young Turks (formally of Air America Radio) air out this douche-bag, you know how big of a loser Savage is...
Oops, sorry, "Savage." Forgot the quotes on his fake name.
Every time I hear about him I just shake my head. Dude needs to be put out of his misery.
Same should be done for Michelle Malkin's website
Her hate mongering, fear mongering, and pure slander is a clear and present danger to all american citizens
13 gene214 Says: I wouldn’t take Wiener Savage’s being canned by CAA as any great blow for Liberals.
So this is isn't a Weiner blow for liberals?
One down, many more to go.
ysbaddaden @ 30:
that depends on the deffinition of "is".
you really have to wonder about Savage's n Gibson's mental health...
me think John Gibson doth protest too much.
Will his faceless corporate owner just fire and re-hire him like the one which employs Imus?
Gobama is the rally cry for Obama. Someone mistyped his name to "Gobama" and we all loved it so......................Gobama!
Another Racist, Homophobic, Hate-mongering Republican trash-mouth gets closer to judgment day.
Hopefully we can take apart the houses of hatred, one brick at a time.
♥♂ Angry Guy @ 36:
we don't have to take it apart........they're pulling it down on themselves............but you're right.....we have to be diligent.
KO just had a great segment about the bush lies:
"If I told you once, I've told you 935 times... Iraq-911-mushroom cloud."
fantastic. americans need to wake up and realize the uncontested repetition to 50-70 million people only possible with the GOP talk radio monopoly has been the single most effective tool for rove and co selling this bush disaster. the local talk radio stations might be better places to protest than state capitols and pol offices as they trash progressive causes and candidates and continue to lie for and make excuses for bush. the only good thing about RW talk radio and limbaugh and hannity is that it has allowed the cons to take the GOP from the conservatives and drive it into the ground, turning the word "republican" into an expletive.
savage weenie is getting the old imus treatment. Good!
Money is what the corporate world understands surely they don't understand morals.
If this keeps up pretty soon all the dumbass repugs will be back under a rock, where they belong.
mudshark @ 32:
The is before the isn't was because I've been drinking all night.
As someone who is gay it is clear to me: Michael Savage is a self-hating homosexual who clearly hates his butt-loving, man-sex-needing side of himself.
It's clear to me in the way he vocalizes his "disgust" for gay people... the beating into the ground he does on the topic. He's fearful of being found out that he too has a wide stance.
Thank you for using his real name.
Savage is his fantasy name.
Weiner is his real name.
I think we all agree that the real name fits him perfectly.
It would be nice to see a few of those advertisers filing lawsuits against his program for bringing their products into the land of disrepute ;)
So this is isn’t a Weiner blow for liberals?
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I'm a liberal and I'm always up for a good weiner blow.
ysbaddaden @ 41:
oh................so I guess it all depends on the deffinition of "isn't" then...as in....I isn't haven sex with that animal.
Has an advertiser ever dropped Savage because of 'nut speech'? If I'm an exec officer or owner of a business, I do not want to advertise on the show of a person who is mentally unbalanced. I don't think it reflects real well on my product or service or brand or whatever.
That's no sheep.........that's my daaaaaaaaad
Who would advertise on his show anyway? I can't imagine the business who would want the patronage of the uneducated, inbred, failure of a hayseed who would be listening in the first place.
erick @ 24:
People are going to bash each because that what politicians do. I doubt it will get as nasty as racist pappy chimpy did with the Willie Horton debacle.
I prefer Obama but Hillary will do just fine.
If Hillary is our nominee will we place a bow on her before handing her to the GOP?
I wanted to send a pajama gram over christmas-they are an American company, but changed my mind because they advertised on his show. I think they are on Foxnews too. Not sure, but I would buy from them only once I verify they are some nutwings.
The Savage Weiner is just another self-hating Repuke. He wrote a semi-autobiographical "novel" in which the lead character is closeted.
Regardless, I admit to finding his insane rants somewhat entertaining. It's not his fault people take him seriously.
Last night Michael Savage actually might have said the stupidest thing of his career.
He was complaining about actors. Actors. And how they take criminal and gangster roles and how they find it so fascinating to be cast as these awful criminals.
And he worked himself into a fever pitch and he screamed, "Why do they have to play people like that, like those criminals???? WHY DON'T THEY JUST PLAY THEMSELVES??!!!"
So if anyone can explain to me what the hell it would mean for actors to decide to "play themselves," and how on Earth they'd ever get work anymore.
Tell us, Mr. Weiner -- is the Talmud also full of hate?
El Cid @ 54:
thanks El Cid...you just contibuted to proving my point about his mental health............thanks again
Quite simply . . . he needs to suffer a heart attack or stroke. Pity there is no god.
there is still more to be done
please! everyone! do your part!
Good! This guy reinforces the worst attitudes in America. His only legitimate advertisers would be the Klan.
Is it "weener" or "whiner?"
I can never get it right.
Good. Now maybe he'll take his ball and go home.
If he has any balls, that is.
americangoy @ 43:
"Savage" isn't a bad descriptor, though.
He's been in show-business since beforethe Simpsons, hasn't he? What made him pass over a stage name like "Max Powers?" Or Bruce Mannlee?
bodiddley @ 47:
He could be unbalanced, or it could be bad performance art, like Coulter's shtick, only even more offensive. He's definitely a closet case, but what makes it impossible for me to listen to him is that nasally, grating voice.
Weiner is such a loser. Guys like him that talk tough are always the biggest pussies when push comes to shove.
El Cid @ 54:
I dunno. I liked "Being John Malkovich."
I'd like to see him lose his freedom to, maybe a year in prison for hate speech would temper him down a little.
I used to be a card carrying ACLU member in my 30's. At age 60 I now listen to and see that Dr. Michael "Marty" Alan Weiner is brilliant and correct in all matters. You nutball gays, wake up, they are hanging gays in Iran today. Savage is a patriot. He is not anti-Muslim, but he is anti-Islamofascist, and rightly so. You all are the losers, look at the depraved lives you live, the heros are the kids manning the aircraft carriers and flying the warbirds, you know, the ones that will eventually save your ass. CAIR will be proven in a court of law to not be certified Kosher, watch. Let the RICO treble damages begin. What does it say about all of you as a group that he has to vary his daily travels and carry a concealed weapon. He has more huevos then any of us. I hold all of you in disdain. 4 NY Times best sellers, a national radio show with zero support from the liberal media? He is a living prophet and genius. WAKE UP!
He's a piece of garbage.
Here's my town's radio line-up of "All Stars"....
Beck
Rush
Hannity
Savage
I can't stand it. Knowing my station (and my luck), they'll pick up Mark Levin to replace the weiner.
jason.. "being john malcovich" was bizarre in a fun way..not the playing themselves that the savage has in mind!
Savage,You can kiss my ass,you dirty SOB.I hope you die a slow death,You Mother fucker.
Ned Allen @ 67:
You are one sick bastard. I hope the site monitor has the good sense to delete your drooling garbage. But if you feel compelled to post this trash anyway, go over to redstate with the other imbeciles.
Is that like Barak HUSSEIN Obama?.. to HIGHLIGHT we know his Religion?
I was one of apparently many who threatened to cancel my Geico Auto policy if they continued to sponsor that Neanderthal POS.
Are u talking about Wiener or are you talking about the Neanderthal "cave-man" in the GEICO commercials?
Damn, it sure would be nice if the weiner man was gone.
Geico is/was a sponsor of Limbaugh, too. They used to be my insurance co. until I found that out.
Savage is an abrasive individual but there is validity in his condemnation of Islam. The way Islamic nations treat women is absolutely sickening. They chop off the clitoris of millions of girls to destroy their ability to enjoy sex, they stone women to death if they choose the wrong boyfriend, they force women to wear full body black bedsheets in public, they behead women who attempt to convert to a different religion. Islam is a theology straight out of the pit of Hell. It's frightening how such primitive 7th Century practices continue to enslave over a billion people throughout the world. Why is Michael Savage labeled the bad guy for expressing outrage at the evils of Islam?
Scy @ 57:
Just give Karma a little bit more time to work her magic - people who hate with this intently do eventually self-destruct. O'Lielly's head will shoot straight for the moon when it finally pops off . . . .
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mudshark @ 20:
Hmm. . . .and its probably Gibby behind that big padlocked door in Weiner's closet, too. POS times 2
bmw 528 @ 71:
Obviously left out the part about that head injury in his 40's . . .
--- Like all Republican fundamentalist Christians, Michael Savage is titillated by gay sex ... but his choice to remain in the closet is (understandably) frustrating, ergo his obsessive predilection to talk about the "evils of homosexuality" (a secret code between like-minded gentlemen that they are available for a sodomizing interlude). Indeed, ranting on about gay sex is hardly conducive to heterosexual behavior, now is it? --- Straights may be renowned for indulging in bestiality --- but at least their critters are of the opposite gender!
Ned Allen @ 67:
Have you had head trauma since then? Feelings of unreasonable rage and anger are often the result of head trauma.
I think people like O'Lielly, Rush, Savage-Weenie, Stalkin'-Malkin and Gibson may suffer from incidents of head trauma - perhaps even administered by abusive parents.
That ugly anger has to come from somewhere - even if it's just learned behavior.
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I'm a conservative and I read these boards more to see what the other side is thinking than for any kind of self-reaffirmation, but I'll say good for Brave New Films and the NOSAVAGE campaign on this one. I don't listen to talk radio, but I've had the misfortune of seeing him on TV once or twice and reading a magazine review of one of his books (if he's got more than one, I never even bothered to find out and I'm too lazy even to go search Amazon for it). Not exactly a good standard-bearer for the conservative movement.
The Mussolini of Middle-Earth
Scary photo. Chilling. And this is from someone who's been looking at pictures of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al, for 7 years. His face is going all different directions, in a way that most folks' faces don't. Seems to reflect a very negative inner life.
When I was younger, they put people like him in mental hospitals.
erick @ 24:
I'm with you on this one brotha man!
Jimmy @ 51:
Seeing Hillary DESTROY the GOP and wingnut radio pundits would be seeing the NY G-Men DESTROY The Patriots!
lilorphant @ 52:
Air America and wingnut radio shows share some advertisers.
I never understood that because you'd think their listeners would have tastes, needs and desires 180 degrees apart from one another.
I for one would never "name a star after someone" for fifty something bucks...or buy any Carlton Sheets-like get rich in real estate schemes. I'm too smart to be suckered in to a lot of the bullshit they advertise on the radio - and you'd think most liberals would be.
Hence left wing talk radio isn't as lucritive as fat Rush and his little dummy Sean - I'm sure their listeners are easily duped to "support the sponsors and advertisers".
Glad to hear it. I'm all for free speech, but this guy's speech is out of control, inflammatory, and very damaging.
Ned Allen @ 67:
Hilarious!
Ned Allen @ 67:
You're one of those losers that "discovered" Michael Weiner and now think you are so "enlightened" and everybody else are the ignorant morons.
You've only proven yourself to be naive, gullible and not very bright.
abob @ 75:
Sounds like the envy of some Evangelicals here in America.
Timmy_D11 @ 86:
@#$% - there's supposed to be a "BETTER" in there somewhere!!!
“Savage” isn’t a bad descriptor, though
But "Weiner" is better.
abob @ 75:
I strongly recommend that any liberal who has never listened to one of the wiener's programs - do so. It won't take but one.
I was surprised that Greenwald's campaign focused almost exclusively on what he said about Muslims. He has been spewing hatred so extreme against liberals that I have warned my friends to listen - at least once. The man is doing his best to incite violence. If you buy his shtick, the only patriotic thing to do is go out and kill a liberal - to save yourself, your country, your children. The venom of this man cannot be exaggerated. In 58 years I have never heard anything like it - and I attended (and was beaten by the cops) at a Wallace (bigot who ran for prez) rally in 1968.
The fact that there are gun toting rednecks all around me listening to that garbage every night scares hell out of me.
PS: HE calls us fascists!
Jimmt @ 49:
Even hayseed money is green. It doesn't matter to the corps who buys stuff as long as they're buying stuff. Rube dollars spend just as well as "La-dee-dah" dollars.
Ned Allen @ 67:
Oh Ned, you silly guy. It appears that the social services cutbacks you support have actually placed you out on the street. And it appears your meds have been cut off too. I pray to JEEEBUS for the salvation of your soul, NED. And I also pray to FSM that you're not a veteran sleeping under a bridge - that way Orally won't turn his back on you and truly help you in this, your time of need.
heh... "Ned"... heh...
Are there people who get some kind of pleasure out of hearing this creep scream on the radio? What a vile person he is. Welcome to the downside of freedom of speech!
Bonkers @ 25:
gene214 @ 18:
Just satisfy my curiousity, hmmm? What did all of you do when Jerry Falwell died?
If you were some of the people talking of dancing on his grave and doing other things you've no cause to whinge about John Gibson.
It's morally wrong, but then, so's mocking the death of an evil man like Falwell. It goes ill to speak of the dead, after all.
As for Savage.....
He's just another in a long line of radio fascists since the days of Father Coughlin. He just happened to step on his advertisers' toes and they fired him.
Anyone with a triple digit IQ would be nauseated by the bilge spewing from Savage's orifices (orifi?). Still, there are free speech issues here. I would support his right to set up shop in a toxic waste dump and give public lectures open to all who choose to expose themselves to the mix of poisons...
Seriously, there are legitimate issues with the "take" some fundamentalists have on Islam. And Eric Rudolph is a self-described fundamentalist Christian! I don't judge all Christians by his insanity...It's called critical thinking, guys. You 27%ers should try it- or admit you can't and join the dinosaurs...
Flush twice. It's a short trip to Hell, but Whiner's one big pile that could stick in the pipes.
I say Long live Weiner Nation.
I know it seems counterintuitive but as they used to say,
Let the KKK march in Skoke.
It is important for the public to sees the Weiners of the world.
The greatest of weiners Dick Nixon said,
"And then they destroy themselves."
Do the Democrats have anyone who even comes close to these Repub hate-mongers? Why are they so hateful? They've pretty much had their way for the past seven years.
♥♂ Angry Guy @ 36:
Sorry Angry if I made it appear you are making the comments. I Did my response incorrectly. Hope the angry comments don't get directed to you.
chicano2nd @ 103:
I really can't believe the comments I'm reading. If this truly reflects the positions of most folks on the left I fear for the future of this country if your ideology takes control. The man make obvious over the top comments to illustrate the point he's trying to make. Only a cretin couldn't realize this.
Further to my point I believe this protected speech. Much like Jack Murtha calling our soldiers murderers. Or perhaps some of you calling them baby killers back in the 60s. You don't have to like it - but you damn well better respect it.
Of course it's also the right of any advertiser to choose what avenue this wish to use to promote their product and to use the criteria they best see fit. And I think we can all agree on that. At least I hope we can because if you can't you're a lost cause.
I'm disturbed slightly by the revelry in the seemingly downfall of a successful man. Of course the right would probably feel the same way if Soros lost all his money and was forced to live on the streets in Saudi Arabia, but I wouldn't be approve of taking glee in that either.
But the vitriol you spew and the comments suggestion this is the first volley and espousing a "let's march on down and take out the rest who don't say things we approve of" mentality makes me cringe.
Who are you people? Are you still human? How did you get this way?
Is it just me...or does weinie boy look kinda like Anton LeVay?
JimBob Cooter @ 105:
I can't speak for anyone else, but I got this way, after years of being ridiculed and villified by the "religious" hateful, racist, sexist, right wing element of society. And frankly, after years of listening to ignorant drivel from the likes of this asshole Weiner-Savage, and Limbaugh, and their listeners laugh at their 6th grade attempts at humor. I am god-damned tired of it. So please excuse if I take delight in the downfall of a right-wing fascist propagandist hate-monger.
I can't see how anyone can possibly defend anyone of this ilk.
So to these propagandists who are in their death throes, and the people who support them, I say FUCK YOU, and good god-damn riddance!
You far for this country, if the idealogy of the liberal left takes over...HA! Look at what happened when the neo-con right idealogy took over...not so fuckin grand is it?
You far for this country....erm....should be fear...not far...
Savage is a poster boy for white collar KKKers.....
Listen to Savage for about 3 minutes last week. He was spewing how we should have poll tests and be of a certain income level to be able to vote. But none of his fans are intelligent enough to know how illegal all this is.
liberalNmoderation @ 107:
Actually, yes. I think this country is quite grand indeed. I just hope she can stave off the financial and moral bankruptcy facing her now and brought on by an increasing socialist tilt in government. If so she can increase her grandeur. If not only time will tell if we all have to learn Chinese or Arabic. Either way both the left and the right die under the heel of a jackboot if she crumbles under the socialist bloat. So I embrace the good doctor's right to rant on illegal aliens and homosexuals (please don't co-opt my language by redefining the word gay - the two are not synonymous) as well as Joan Blades and Wes Boyd’s right to spew their vitriol toward President Bush (though I wish they’d vet better. I’m insulted when they try and pass factually dubious material off as gospel). But the point is BOTH can say what they want.
Or so we all thought…………
JimBob,
No, we reject your invitation to join the John Birch Society.
Ben @ 112:
HA!
I actually did get a large informational packet from them several years ago. Not sure how or why - I didn't ask for it. You may be happy to know I threw it away. In fact, I'm a registered Democrat!
JimBob Cooter @ 111:
Really? This country is in THE WORST SHAPE EVER. Not because of socialist, LMMFAO!!!
Because of fascists! Because of neo-conservative xtian supremacists! Socialists?! Where?
This administration and the sheep who support it are FAR MORE responsible for the crackdown on free speech than the left...Free speech zone ring a bell there sparky?
And as for jackboots...seems to me that Blackwater, the mercenary outfit, run by a xtian supremacist rapture bunny, are gonna be the ones grinding this country's freedoms under their heels...I fear them more than the Chinese or Arabs.
And those who spew vitriol towards illegals and homosexuals, do so out of fear, hate and ignorance. Unlike those who speak out with gusto (vitriolic speech, whatever!) against BushCo, who do so with righteous anger, usually backed up by overwhelming evidence, that not only is this administration absolutely corrupt, they are outright fascists!. They are playing on YOUR fears to make more money without actually doing a damn thing, EXCEPT consolidate power to the executive branch, undermine the very foundation with which this once great nation was founded by destroying the constitution...which to me is the VERY DEFINITION of ANTI-AMERICAN!
As much as these boycotts feel good, I am distressed by them. Let all ideas be allowed to see the light of day, to be scrutinized, and debated, and evaluated, and judged on their merits. The good ones will survive, the bad will not. Savage is harmless but offensive but the Constitution does not protect us from harm or offense--nor should it.
Leave him alone. Leave him and the Limbaughs and the Hannities and the Colters alone. The first amendment was written for unpopular ideas.
I called GEICO (my auto insurance company) yesterday and asked them to stop advertising on the Savage Weiner show. The customer service rep with whom I spoke was SHOCKED that GEICO would spend advertising dollars on such a program and assured me that she would pass my comment on to her higher-ups. I hope that many other GEICO customers (especially long-term customers like myself; 20+ years!!) will do the same and let GEICO know that we don't want them associated with hate speech.
Given how many times that right-wingers have used similar techniques to silence progressive/liberal voices, I am SHOCKED that JimBob would be so disturbed. Yes, Weiner-man has the right to free speech, but he doesn't have the right to be on the air. He could just stand on a box on the streetcorner and spew his hatred - and that would be just fine. That would be his right and no-one should interfere with that (so long as he's not "disturbing the peace"). Clearly JimBob has never actually listened to Weiner's show - and apparently not that of Limburger either - because his "distress" would certainly be tempered by having heard the message that these guys put out.
Let's take a "free market" approach here. If there are enough advertisers who want to continue to pay for his show to be on the air, then so be it. But I think that his advertisers should be well aware of the content of his show - and clearly some are not. As a customer of GEICO, for example, I have the right to ask them not to advertise on a program that is so filled with hatred. They're paying Savage with money that I give to them, after all. If Savage's brand of "talk" is so vile, so hateful that no one wants to advertise on his program and thereby associate their company with this speech, then that's just the market working, isn't it?
One more thing, JimBob, NOTHING that you read here is going to be as vicious as what Savage spews forth on a daily basis. If you can handle Savages nauseating program, then you should be tough enough to endure angry comments on a website.
I emailed Geico about this and got the following reply within minutes:
Thank you for sharing your concerns with GEICO about the Michael Savage Show.
GEICO terminated all of its advertising on the show several years ago. Our media buying agency has been instructed that no GEICO advertisements may appear on this program.
Thank you for comments.
JimBob Cooter @ 113:
Ok, so you're a registered Democrat. So what would you consider "socialism"? Public roads? Rural electrification? Socialized police? Socialized fire departments?
Jonathon @ 116:
Excellent post! I applaud thee!
Woah woah woah woah. Unpopular ideas can be heard, yes, but shouldn't be given a national stage to stand on. Put this guy on KKK radio, let him 'podcast' on his own personal website, but why does "free speech" mean that he gets to spew his anti-gay anti-woman rhetoric on a nationally syndicated show? You let this guy speak for america and you'll end up being responsible for allowing his hate speech to get creedence in this country. Free speech, yes. Accepting that speech and allowing it on MY public airwaves, Hell no.
Hannity and Oreily aren't nearly in the same boat. Yes, they say stupid, non-factual statements all day long, but Savage is in a realm all by himself, talking about how we need to kill gays with aids, and kill anyone in the us who disagrees with him.
liberalNmoderation @ 114:
It's amazing how a point of view can make the difference between righteous anger and vitriol. And also amazing how you so quickly assume I'm a Bush man. (And how did the Bush administration even come into this discussion?) Or that I support the expansion of power of the executive branch. Or that my fears have been exploited for some ill defined gained by a shadowy figure. I don't think you'll be taking home Randi's million for a proven psychic talent! But it sounds you may be as qualified to be a psychologist as Dr Phil is. Get out there and help Brittney with your amazing abilities! The public demands it!
You really can’t see past your hate can you? Can you not see that you’re trying to force your values and ideologies on others whilst raging in anger at perceived devils trying the same thing but with an opposing viewpoint? Which of you are fascists? I say you both are. You’ve become consumed and blinded by emotion. There’s nothing wrong with being fervent but when emotion rules the creature the creature becomes less than human.
If you can’t step out of the fray and see the impending economic collapse of this country brought on by the subsidization hand out mentally our government has taken on – from both sides of the aisle – you’re either stupid, intellectually dishonest, or, well, see above. If you can’t look around and bear witness to the collapse of values in this nation the same applies.
To say this country is in the worst shape it’s ever been is ludicrous and historically laughable. If we didn’t have easily observable free speech would your and I be having a volley such as this? I submit we would not because this website would not be. But my job might still exist. As it does now, And I need to pay some attention to it. Perhaps I’ll check back later today to continue our tête-à-tête, but for now the machines of industry demand my attention. Try not to hate anyone out of existence while I’m gone.
JimBob Cooter @ 105:
We are proud Americans who believe in fighting for “justice for all” – and not just the few.
We are more human than you, or any of your peers – that is unless you consider the slick selfish darkside of humanity its defining force.
We got this way from having to put up with the frivolous fascist follies and fantasies of the right-wing for the past 7 years.
Time to face reality JimBob. The pendulum has been swinging our way for quite some time now – watch out that it doesn’t hit you in the head!
Weiner must be talking about the conservative christian religion or maybe HIS jewish religion, isn't he? I mean these 2 extreme wings of religions have slaughtered, raped and pillaged more innocent men, women and CHILDREN over the years than any plague or other natural disaster combined.
They are the TRUE SCUM of the earth.
He knows he's an asshole or he wouldn't have to carry a big ass gun for protection. I'm so sick of the haters, and the hate filled shit that comes out of these right wing so-called christian's mouths on the radio or on FOX NEWS. I am floored every time I hear it. They are the opposite of what they preach/teach or what they've been taught and brainwashed and still they aren't smart enough to recognize it. Who are these people that sit and listen and agree with this bullshit?
JimBob....I'll give to ya that I made assumptions. And I'll give ya kudos for your sarcastic wit. (snark)
I am not full of hate. I have just simply had enough of these right wingers, they're the ones pushing their beliefs down others throats, not I. And me, fascist?! How ya figure that?
I agree, both parties are to blame for the sorry state of this country, but clearly...the GOP is the main perpetrator.
I do see a collapse in values...mainly in the political arena...and of course the corporte and religious arenas as well. I am not stupid, or intellectually dishonest as you so eloquently said I may be.
I can admit when I'm mistaken, can you? Maybe I exaggerated slightly when I said this country was in the worse shape ever...if it ain't, it's damn close.
And again...we do have free speech...but for how long...with BushCo listening in on our phonecalls and no doubt reading this very exchange of ideas on this site.
I hope you do get to keep your job JimBob...mine however is not lookin so good, seems the company I work for is on the verge of bankruptcy, wish me luck...we're not the only ones by far.
And for the record...I don't hate anyone...I just dislike some people to the extreme.
Peace!
OH yeah....as for how BushCo got brought up during our exchange...dunno honestly...but they're the root of all that's gone wrong in the last 7 years...so I guess I brought it up because they're just pure, grade A, evil motherfuckin fascists. And they can all go to Hades Town as far as I'm concerned.
My Geico policy is up for renewal in 2 months, if they still support Savage I'll go elsewhere
This man is JUST PLAIN NUTS! He should date Coulter... as long as they don't breed.
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2331213
Ah hell, just check this site out will ya?!
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/
I'm left of left, but I support the entire Constitution, including the parts about the right to keep & bear arms & especially the part about free speech. Yes, Weiner is reprehensible, but he's free to hate Muslims if he likes. In support of free speech, I'll be canceling by GEICO insurance policy.
Nasty old Weiner!
Wow. So much hate here. Haters calling others haters. Wild.
Since when did you not liking someones point of view mean that you should censor them. Last time I checked this was America you know that free speech thing and all.
Why don't you get a grip on your emotions long enough to listen. Then maybe instead of being lost in your anger you can begin to hear both sides of the argument.
Yes I am a 'Right Winger'. (not sure why that makes me a bad person, or un-American I am sure you will tell me.) I listen to NPR, Shows with people who hate 'Right Wingers' and shows by Right Wingers.
The problem I see here is a lack of perspective.
Afraid_Of_You @ 132:
Turn that mirror right back on yourself, AOY. Where's your perspective? No one--I repeat NO ONE--is censoring Savage. He is free to say any ugly little thing that his self-loathing little heart can come up with (and I'm a San Francisco resident and know of Savage personally through mutual friends, so I'm not hating when I say that, I'm reporting). I love that first amendment and will never begrudge Savage the right to say what he feels.
The question is whether companies are aware that their ad money is sponsoring this kind of stuff and whether that's how they want their money spent.
The perspective YOU lack is that I and others have OUR right to free speech as well. We are free to denounce what he says as hate. We are can exercise our free speech by our consumer dollar by not patronizing companies that sponsor that with which we disagree. YOU do it too. Did you go see "Sicko" to support Mike Moore's right to free speech about the ills of our health care system? No? Then you used your power of the purse as a measure of YOUR free speech.
This is the same thing.
Afraid_Of_You @ 132:
Maybe you aren't a bad person. But in my own experience, most of the people who I've ever met, who actually call themselves "right-wingers" are the pro-life, pro-death penalty, pro-faithbased initiative, self-righteous, holier than thou, close minded, sunday xtians, who think that the planet is only 6000 years old, and want to push their narrow minded beliefs on EVERYONE and EVERY aspect of society. Now folks who I've met who call themselves Republicans. they're not all bad. In fact a few are very good friends of mine, that I actually invite over for beers and burgers for football. But right-wingers...nay verily, my friend...right-wing=fascist in my book...
That being said...prove me wrong. I like to think I have an open mind...enlighten me.
Nicole Belle : Very well put.
And see you and I are very much alike. Just looking at the 'Mirror' from different sides. That's all.
The beauty of the system is that capitalism will sort it all out. People will listen to what they want to hear. Its those who refuse to listen to what they don't want to hear that are hard to converse with. Those are on either side.
I did in fact watch 'Sicko' and 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. Some fact, some fiction and most of it in between. Remember I did investigate both sides.
The question I have for you is do you know what sparked the Advertising fallout and where the funding to drive the advertiser away came from?
Not that I am the biggest Savage fan in the world, but I think it is very telling to see how his opponents react to his comments. Instead of shooting down his claims and arguments with facts and reason, the leftists are trying to get all of Savage's advertisers to abandon him in the hope of getting his show cancelled. This is a bully tactic which smacks of anti-free speech fervor. Shame. Instead of lobbying his advertisers to pull away, they should defeat his rhetoric on their own radio shows, websites, magazines, etc.
Nicole Belle @ 133:
It's not the same thing. Exercising an individual free will as a statement (like not paying to see a movie as in your example) is a lot different than organizing a following of sheep over the intent of silencing another person.
Following your reasoning, simply not listening to Savage's show should be the limit of the response.
mudshark @ 20:
Actually, Gibson started within one hour of Ledger's death with drug and homophobic references.
Afraid_Of_You @ 135:
I believe it was a culmination of lots of hate speech, including the advocating of the deaths of ALL Muslims. NoSavage has not only a list of some of his more egregious statements but audio of it as well.
And I must disagree with you that capitalism sorts it all out. We're trying to work within the system, but the system itself is not an even playing field insofar as the availability and diversity of voices out there. It's not that the market has decided that we don't need a diversity, media conglomerations (Clear Channel, et al.) have decided that for us. Note the number of markets that Air America has been taken off the air in favor of local high school sports programming, despite successful ratings in those markets.
There are some pretty hateful comments being thrown about from people that are complaining about Savage being hateful. You ALL have it just as wrong as he does! Savage is reacting and acting out in anger because of something he sees in the Koran which he perceives as Evil. So you all think he got it wrong? Fine! But you're sending hate back at him just as much, if not more, than he is sending to the muslim community.
Additionally, there is a very large part of the muslim community in the middle east that hates America. Not because of the Bush administration or the republican party, but because America is full of decadence. This is EVERYONE'S fault! There isn't any party that escapes even part of the blame for the state of our culture. The hate-filled statements I read above will accomplish NOTHING. You are not helping to heal America but are tearing it further and further apart. Savage doesn't get it all, but neither DO YOU ALL!
Think about what you're doing, saying, and accomplishing the next time you decide to act out in hate.
bingo_fuel @ 137:
Sheep? Well, at least we're clear on who is capable of reasonable and respectful discussion.
It is the same thing. Advertisers were contacted and asked if they were aware that their advertising dollars were sponsoring said speech. If they were comfortable with that, we were comfortable no longer patronizing their business.
Michael Savage has every right to say whatever he wants. But he must deal with the repercussion of said speech. He does not have the right to infringe on my free speech to denounce him or his sponsors. He does not have a constitutionally guaranteed right to have a nationally syndicated platform either.
Matt @ 140:
You are wrong. You believe a very small segment speaks for a huge population. Either prove what you've asserted or stop making blanket statements.
And we have as much right to our free speech as Savage does. If you defend his right to hate on Muslims, then you must also defend our right to hate on Savage.
Freedom isn't only for Republican hacks.
G2D2 @ 136:
bingo_fuel @ 137:
Afraid_Of_You @ 132:
Tell me you three, would you want to give money to someone who in turn supports someone with whom you wildly disagree? How is telling people what the truth is and then allowing them to decide what they will do with that info is not some sort of freedom in and of itself?
Your argument, stripped down to the basics goes something like this: People exercising their right to free speech are bullying sheep denying a hate monger his right to free speech.
Look, the right does this all the time. Rightwing communities organise people in a bullying hateful manner to silence more liberal voices all the time.
Tu Quoque, fellas, tu quoque. And very transparent I might add.
You are very transparent, and your arguing against others exercising THEIR own right to free speech. And you think you're logical.
Michael Savage's show and performances merely prove that even in this day of "enlightenment" and education, it is easier to remain uninformed (ignorant) and to preach hate against anyone who is, or appears to be, different. The United States Constitution protects his right to speak, but it doesn't say that we have to provide him with a pulpit and sponsorship. I will write or call every sponsor of his show and badger them till they withdraw advertising: Will you join me?
wbn @ 138:
No shit?!?! WTF?!? Was Ledger gay? I had no idea? Even if he was, it's plain wrong to mock someones death...these people just have no sense of decency!
I got a response from Geico saying they haven't advertised on the Michael Savage Show in years. Yet Geico appears on the bravenewfilms website as current advertisers. What is correct?
from; contactmarketing@geicomail.com
Thank you for sharing your concerns with GEICO about the Michael Savage Show.
GEICO terminated all of its advertising on the show several years ago. Our media buying agency has been instructed that no GEICO advertisements may appear on this program.
Thank you for comments.
I have heard that John Gibson is a homosexual, perhaps his rants are to deflect attention from it?
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