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NEWS ABOUT: Michael Savage

Michael Savage stories: 11 news summaries

What Jay-Z and Glenn Beck Have in Common

Rap and right-wing talk radio are more similar than you might think

Sep 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After listening to hours of Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin on the radio while driving the Nebraska countryside, a peculiar thought occurred to David Segal: conservative talk-show hosts are surprisingly similar to gangsta rappers, he writes for the New York Times. Consider the parallels:
  • Huge egos.
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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • hip-hop • Glenn Beck • rap music • Michael Savage • right wingers • talk-show host • Jay-Z

(Newser) - Michael Savage is on a roll: First the Brits take him off the "hate promoters" list that had him banned from the country, and now Kelefa Sanneh has an affectionate profile of the heretical conservative shock jock in the New Yorker. The toxic soundbites that emerge from Savage's show,... More »

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radio • shock jocks • Michael Savage • conservative media

Righty Radio Host Savage Off 'Banned in Britain' List

Conservative talk-show still suing former UK home secretary for libel

Jul 20, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio talk-show host Michael Savage can again enter the UK after Britain’s new home secretary decided to take him off the country’s “banned in Britain” list, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The conservative pundit is still suing the former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, for libel after putting... More »

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talk radio • United Kingdom • terrorist • Britain • Michael Savage • hate speech

(Newser) - Trouble in the land of right-wing radio. Michael Savage blasted Rush Limbaugh today as "the biggest phony of them all," reports Media Matters. Savage was speaking about the people who have supported him since Britain branded him a hate-monger and told him to stay away. Limbaugh, however, did... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Michael Savage • right-wing media

Barred Savage Calls for British Boycott

Savage, Phelps lash out at UK's hate speech penalty

May 7, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing radio mouth Michael Savage has branded British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a "witch" and urged his listeners yesterday to boycott the country's products and cancel trips to Britain, the Daily Telegraph reports. "I suggest you stop buying English made goods," fumed Savage, who has been barred... More »

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extremists • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • Michael Savage • hate speech

(Newser) - American shock jock Michael Savage is only the latest celebrity banned from entering the UK; Mental Floss compiles a list of other notables:
  • Martha Stewart: “It’s frankly hard to believe that any country would want to ban Martha, domestic goddess of all that is clean and
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United Kingdom • Martha Stewart • Snoop Dogg • Michael Savage • Pablo Neruda • Paul Robeson • banned

 Savage May Sue 
 Britain for Banning Him 

Radio host fumes over making extremist list

May 5, 09 9:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio yakker Michael Savage isn't amused that he's ended up on a list of people banned from Britain for spreading hate. The conservative talk show host told the San Francisco Chronicle he's considering legal action. "Today it's me. Tomorrow it's someone else," he said. "The land of... More »

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extremists • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Michael Savage • hate speech

UK Publishes List of Banned 'Extremists'

US radio host Savage named among those fostering 'hatred'

May 5, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(AP) - Britain for the first time has published a list of people barred from entering the country for what the government says is fostering extremism or hatred. The list includes popular US talk-radio host Michael Savage, who has called the Koran a "book of hate” and has enraged parents of... More »

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United Kingdom • ban • Britain • Fred Phelps • Michael Savage • ports of entry • Stephen Black • Yunis Al-Astal • Safwat el-Higazi

Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead

Limbaugh, Hannity & Co. ready to play foil to Obama White House

Dec 22, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Where Bill Clinton’s presidency triggered Rush Limbaugh’s ascent, many see a new boom coming for conservative talk radio under President Obama, the New York Times reports. Limbaugh is touting the “rebirth of principled opposition,” and Sean Hannity claims to lead “conservatism in exile.” Says... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • radio • Fred Thompson • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Michael Savage • Laura Ingraham

Savage Defends Attack on
Autistic 'Brats'

Radio host infuriates parents after blaming them for spoiling kids

Jul 22, 08 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing mouth Michael Savage isn't backing down from his remarks characterizing autistic kids as nothing more than "brats," outraging thousands of parents, the New York Times reports. The radio host said in a broadcast last week that autism was a "fraud" and 99% of cases were created... More »

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talk radio • autism • children • neurological disorder • Michael Savage

Muslims See Hypocrisy on Hate Speech

Radio host's slur
seen as evidence of
US double standard

Dec 4, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - After radio host Michael Savage took potshots at Islam, the relatively muted response has left Muslim Americans with a question: Where's the outrage? A handful of advertisers have pulled out, but the reaction is nowhere near as strong as it was, say, when Don Imus made an anti-black slur, the... More »

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Don Imus • Muslim Americans • Isaiah Washington • James Watson • American Muslims • Michael Savage • hate speech

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