Media Matters Responds To Michael Savage Threats, Cyberstalking (VIDEO)

Yesterday, I mentioned that talk radio host Michael Savage had decided to engage in a tidy bit of web-stalking of his critics at Media Matters, threatening to put up the pictures and "pertinent information" of the organization's employees. That seemed to be an odd thing to do! Given the fact that Media Matters has been driving an argument of late, the premise of which was that right-wing media hosts had been trafficking in a sort of speech intended to incite violence and intimidation. It's sort of a bad move for Savage to step up and help prove their point. But that's what he's done, for reasons beyond understanding!

Anyway, the media watchdog has responded with one of their patented mash-up videos, intercutting an appearance Savage made on CNN with statements he's made on his own show. The juxtaposition is pretty striking! On CNN, Savage makes a labored attempt to come across as a perfectly normal guy whose church teachings forbid homosexuality and whose opinions on illegal immigration are in sync with mainstream America. But then, the next minute, on his own show, he's freaking out about "puffy-faced" men kissing. Oh, and he seems awfully threatened about multiculturalism, for some reason, shrieking about burning the Mexican flag.

Anyway, Media Matters doesn't seem too intimidated by this guy and given the fact that he doesn't seem to have any courageous convictions, it's pretty easy to see why.

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Comments

[havegonedc]

In case you missed it... this is some good background noise about Michael Anthony Weiner... brutal stuff...

http://www.nndb.com/people/588/000044456/

We are at a point in history when abortion doctors' lives are especially at risk:

Number of abortion-related killings during the Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 administrations: 0
Number of abortion-related killings during the Clinton and (so far) Obama Administrations: 7

Because of this, because of Dr. Tiller's assassination, in this free country, all we can do is be super informed.

[WiltonDiary]

Bush and the Republicans had control of the White House, Congress, Senate, the Supreme Court with six Catholic Judges.

Bush did nothing to reverse Roe v Wade, so why is it Clinton and Obama that are responsible for abortion deaths!

Btw: Abortion is the law of the land.

[rf-hawaii]

Republicans and religious zealots are above the law, apparently.

Or perhaps they just enjoy killing.

[LeeCalif]

From the headline pic, it looks like Walter Cronkite, no offenxe to Mr. Cronkite.

You know Mikey's really a Weiner not a savage,

[loki]

flippin through the radio earlier tonight I heard about 3 minutes of his show. I had to turn it off.
He had one of his scripted guest on ( they all sound like they are reading from a script and Savage answers in the same style) His guest was trying to form a link between Farrah's death, and Liberals, like he was doing with some Nicaraguan rebel politician and some US professor from Columbia University. I can only imagine the kind of mental cases who listen to his show and think he is for real.
All Savage does is promote black helicopters and fear.

[deanimal]

I think Media Matters does a great job of holding up a mirror to these people. Apparently they don't like what they see.

[rich misty]

It's bad out there. The right wing hatred for Americans is white hot and intense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNIQG7WXpSM

The Mediamatters video of Glenn Beck ^

http://www.mediamatters.com/columns/200906120037

^ Right-Wing Media And The Fringe: A Growing History Of Violence (And Denial)

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/watch.html

^ Rage on the Radio
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"Ahmadinejad Lashes Out, Compares Obama to Bush!!"

Ahmadinejad is using the exact Republican playbook to attack Americans as the Republican party is. Newt Gingrich attacks Obama:

http://www.huf-fingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/gingrich-claims-disastrou_n_170577.html

Close the sitename by removing the dash.

[jjkmack]

Name some specific "liberal" sites that are hate-monge­ring?..if they are "liberal" then they won't get "censored" by Huffpost..­.correct??

[rattler99]

Air America

[Totto]

THAT much anger can only come from self-loathing.

[havegonedc]

AMEN!

[derekc06]

haha I like how the headline on the front page of HuffPost goes: "Conservative Talk Show Host ... " instead of identifying that it is the well-known Michael "Savage" Wiener... it's like they're implying he's not worthy of recognitio­n... which he isn't and i like that they did it...

[youknowwhat]

Hey Weiner, why would you want to put out all of this personal information on these people?

[rich misty]

That is the proven Republican method to Tiller Americans.

[johnr49]

Don't you mean anti-Tiller Americans?

[jjkmack]

By posting names and addresses of MediaMatters staffers, Weiner is putting their lives at risk....if there was no issue, Wiener would post the names and addresses of all of his staff on the internet..­.how about that bit of honesty??.­..will not happen!

[protagonia]

To put them in harm's way by all the psychotic followers savage has.

[LDnearthesea]

This is a personal challenge to Savage: I'll meet you anytime, anyplace, until the end of the first week of August when I return to work, to discuss with you "mano-a-mano" any topic you like Savage: one on one, no backup. As in love and war, no rules!

[rattler99]

ooooooooooo - thilly thavage - what a thwell guy - I'm reeeaaaaly imprethed!

[protagonia]

You DO know the truth then!

Well, well...

[newsprism]

Celebrities are often sad, lonely, needy people who try to replace authentic human love with the adulation of the public. Talk radio hosts are often angry, narrow-minded egomaniacs who think the size of their audience reflects the size of their intellect.

Savage is a pathetic example of both.

A question for HoffPo---why are the opinions of celebrities worthy of dissemination to millions? Do we really want to further erode the intellectual integrity of American politics with every thought coming out of Alec Baldwin's head?

[rich misty]

The celebrities I have read (and I don't read much of them) seem very balanced and reasonable compared to anything coming from the anti-American right wing hate machine.

http://www.mediamatters.com/columns/200906120037

^ Right-Wing Media And The Fringe: A Growing History Of Violence (And Denial)

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/watch.html

^ Rage on the Radio

[canadiansoccermom]

Palin cranked that machine during the campaign. People like that should not be given any means to spew their hate to the public.

[rich misty]

Indeed she did. And she used incredible lies and blatent hypocrisy in order to inflame the Republican base.

[duncansdad]

If their opinions bother you so much, go somewhere else.

[newleaf]

this article is about Media Matters a godsend for people who think rationally, and don't have time to debunk every bit of lunacy coming from faux "news" and other batwing sources, it's not about a celebrity.

[protagonia]

Celebrities are generally the enemy of savage. The enemy of your enemy could well be your friend.

[yellowdawgdem]

Not unlike yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre. The First Amendment does not protect you.
Weiner is inciting right wing violence. It's time for a visit from the FBI.

[rich misty]

Pogoed: I followed that story quite closely and I never ran across anything that said that Governor Palin had asked (formally or otherwise) for the FCC to intervene!
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Oh yes, she was directly involved in an organized attack on Letterman, including demands for FCC action. It is the cult followers who carry out the orders from the leadership:

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/542-team-sarah-complains-to-fcc-about-lettermans-palin-joke

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/2009/06/13/0613makers.html

[canadiansoccermom]

This man and the others who incite violence have no business on the air. How is this allowed to go on? This is not free speech, it is hate speech.

[ChiGuy]

Oooooooh. I bet the MM folks are just quaking in their boots.

[littlepuffycloud]

Mikey is a self loathing projectionist.

[DACC]

ah but he has a few followers here :)

[littlepuffycloud]

They come out from under their rocks and bridges this time of day..

[protagonia]

Easily dealt with. Not a one with an IQ over that of a turtle.

[newsprism]

A projectionist? He works at a movie theatre? Really?

[littlepuffycloud]

haha