NOTE TO SELF: UNDER WHICH ROCK DO THESE IGNORANT PEOPLE CRAWL OUT FROM?
Sometimes I wonder how some idiotic radio hosts whose tongues flap in the wind, keep their jobs.
This guy who I never heard of before (thank goodness) and definitely will NOT tune into, Michael Savage, opines that autistic children are merely spoiled brats with behavior problems. Watch the CNN video and despair about the sheer stupidity of his comments. For example he is quoted as saying:
“Now the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? I’ll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out. That’s what autism is.”
According to one media report, parents of autistic kids called for his firing and at least one advertiser yanked its ads from his syndicated show. About 40 parents and grandparents of autistic children protested yesterday outside WOR-AM (710) in New York City, one of the more than 350 radio stations - including WRKO-AM (680) - that airs his program. Another protest is planned for tomorrow at the San Francisco station where his show is broadcast.
Watch the CNN report here:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/22/cho.autism.uproar.cnn
More about the motor-mouth here:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_07_22_Savage_attack_on_autism:_Some_call_for_firing_of_radio_talk_show_host/srvc=home&position=0
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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