Thursday, September 29, 2016

Michael Savage Cut From Airwaves

for Controversial Hillary Statements, by Charles Campbell 9/27/16

"I'VE BEEN SABOTAGED ..." Conservative radio Host Michael Savage was abruptly pulled of the air on Monday afternoon while discussing Hillary Clinton’s health.

Savage was discussing the possibility of Clinton having Parkinson’s disease when New York radio station WABV-Radio TV cut his feed and replaced it with the Curtis and Kuby Show. Shortly after, other affiliate stations pulled the live feed as well and replaced it with previous recordings of Savage’s radio show, The Savage Nation.

In an email to Aaron Klein of Breitbart, Savage explained his side of the story: Pure sabotage. No advance notice from me or my producers. Then ‘ISDN problems’ during my discussion of the side effects of Levodopa, used for treating Parkinson’s.  Then the two fill-ins trying to sound informed and clever from WABC who have 40% lower ratings than me, boasting on air during my hours that they conducted a ‘coup’ by taking Savage off the air.

Trying to make sense of what had happened, Savage discussed the incident on his show in real time: “I spent 30 minutes talking about Hillary’s health problems; I read you every fact about it. I then read you the pharmacology of Levodopa which is the main drug for Parkinson’s, and right in the middle of that discussion of Levodopa and its side effects, I was cut off across the country.”

He also sent out a tweet to his fans: The Savage Nation is a nationally syndicated talk show with an audience of over 20 million listeners on 400 stations across the United States. Savage it is part of the Westwood One radio network and is ranked as the seventh most listened to talk show host in the country.

Westwood One told Radio Ink that it wasn’t their decision to pull Savage’s show off the network. WABC in New York said it was removed in order to provide their local audience with live pre-debate coverage.

Questioning Clinton’s health has gotten journalists in trouble before. A longtime Huffington Post writer was suddenly terminated in late August after writing two articles questioning Hillary’s health. The stories were also removed from the website.

TV physician Dr. Drew Pinsky also lost his job on CNN sister network HLN after expressing concerns about Clinton’s health. Both networks claim the cancellation was not related to his comments.

Savage was recently inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in the category of Spoken Word On-Air Personality. He holds a Ph.D. in nutritional ethno-medicine and has authored several books.

He is an avid Trump supporter and one of the first conservative talk show hosts to back the Republican candidate. What do you think? Scroll down to comment below.


http://www.westernjournalism.com/michael-savage-cut-from-airwaves-for-controversial-hillary-statements/

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