Michael Savage Loses Financial Support From Advertisers

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Following the negative comments made by shock jockey radio host Michael Savage reported here on Digital Journal last week, The New York Times reported that a group of Mississippi radio talkshow stations have decided to drop The Savage Nation.

According to the Telesouth Communication's CEO Steve Davenport:

Michael Savage's comments about Autistic children were beyond inexcusable and are unacceptable. Super Talk Mississippi and the Gallo Radio Show have assisted numerous Autism organizations on the air in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Autism is a serious condition affecting children and adults in Mississippi. We appreciate our many listeners who notified us of Savage's comments, especially those listeners who have autistic children.

Steve Davenport, CEO
Telesouth Communications, Inc.

The nationally known insurance provider, Aflac, also made the decision to pull advertising from Savage's show following the disparaging and degrading comments made towards those who are Autistic, calling the diagnosis a fraud and seemingly equating the majority of those who have been diagnosed with Autism as having been erroneously labeled.

His comments on the show actually gave a statistic of "99 percent" as being wrongfully diagnosed with Autism. He went on to say that the children were fatherless, morons, putzes and even idiots. Whether his comments were an example to make a point related to overdiagnosis or not, they were seen as inappropriate by advertisers.

Following Savage's comments last year over a college student who was protesting immigration restrictions by fasting, saying:

"fast until they starve to death."

and then some anti-Islamic remarks that caused legal strife between Savage and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, several advertisers pulled their support from The Savage Nation, indicating that the show promotes national hate and racism according to the AC.

AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Auto Zone, Office Max, JC Penney, Wal-Mart, Citrix and Trusted ID were a few companies that pulled their advertising support from the show or issued a do-not-advertise order on the Savage show.

His MSNBC broadcast was terminated after he told a caller

he should "get AIDS and die, you pig."

Many advocates for autistic children across the nation are calling for the termination of Savage, while a nation awaits for a public apology.