Posted by Orange Cone on July 23, 2008 at 21:53:46:
In Reply to: WIND's Michael Savage in hot water posted by chicagomedia.org on July 21, 2008 at 10:34:26:
Aflac pulls ads from savage show over autism remarks
Take that, mikey!
(The duck has an autistic brother)
: Protests Planned Against Savage's Autism Comments
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: TALK RADIO NETWORK's MICHAEL SAVAGE has landed in hot water again with liberal watchdog group MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA, with the organization condemning SAVAGE for his remarks about autism on JULY 16th.
: SAVAGE is quoted by MEDIA MATTERS as saying that autism is being used by parents to excuse bad behavior as "the illness du jour" and "I'll tell you what autism is. In 99% of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.'"
: AUTISM UNITED and the NATIONAL AUTISM GROUP are organizing a protest outside the studios of SAVAGE's NEW YORK affiliate, BUCKLEY Talk WOR-A/NEW YORK, on MONDAY.
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