Jul
29
2008
image by Linda Bucklin
Last week I posted about Michael Savage and his idiotic comments about children with autism. AFLAC led the way for sponsors to drop his show. Well here’s what followed:
Sponsors who have dropped Savage:
Home Depot
Sears
Direct Buy
Cisco
Radio Shack
His show has also been terminated from radio stations in Mississippi, Virginia and Ohio. There was a protest last Friday on Wall Street organized by Autism United whose president, Evelyn Ain, has stated they will be protesting and doing what they can to convince his sponsors to withdraw their support from his show.
Do you think Mr. Savage, if he survives this debacle, might think twice about the beehives he’s poking from now on? Can’t say I feel sympathy for him though.
Jul
22
2008
image from USAToday.com
I purposely avoided this controversy for two reasons. First, because I know what my son is and what he is not. He is a very bright child who happens to need extra support in several areas in order to function in the world. He is not by any means a fool, moron, idiot, or fake as Michael Savage described most autistic children last week.
My second reason for not discussing it was because I didn’t want to add to the Savage getting what he really wanted from making such nasty statements: attention. He certainly did that, got attention. So much in fact that one of his big advertisers, Aflac, is pulling their funding from his show. They spent about $90 million last year. Oops!
He tried to do some damage control, but I sincerely doubt the sincerity of his stated intentions. So I’ll just be happy that all the attention has come back to smack him right in his big mouth.
