The Most Savage Shock Jock of Them All

Who is Michael Savage? On its surface the answer seems obvious: he's a 66-year-old nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host whose program, The Savage Nation, airs five days a week from its home base of KNEW in San Francisco. He's the founder of the Paul Revere Society, which, according to its mission statement, aims to "take back our borders, our language, and our traditional culture from the liberal left corroding our great nation." He's a ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Rory O'Connor - May 23, 2008 - 9:46 AM PDT
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Beth Wellington
3.7
by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a compelling, well-written piece. I know the principal author from working here at NewsTrust and trust him, but would find it easier to evaluate the piece's accuracy and learn more about Weiner/Savage had he included links to sources, as is usually the case for blog posts. Occasionally, there are inflammatory words which may appeal to this writer's regular audience and the style of the blogosphere, but undercut a sense of balance for the general reader. For instance, "grotesque" views.

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Fabrice Florin
3.5
by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

Informative blog post about right wing talk radio host Michael Savage, born Michael Alan Weiner. I learned useful new information about this controversial personality, who reaches over 8 million listeners on his popular talk show. This fascinating story deserves to be told in depth -- with a focus on why Savage suddenly turned from liberal to conservative 25 years ago. The article ventures some guesses based on hearsay, but offers insufficient evidence from too few sources to help us reach a definitive conclusion. I would have liked to see original interviews with Savage himself and with his current friends, besides quotes from third party reports. The author's repeated use of derogatory language to describe Savage also raises ... More »

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Chris Finnie
4.3
by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

My experience is that people who have rejected anything themselves are usually the most violent in rejecting it in others--especially if it's something they've been mocked for or discriminated against because of. My mother, who was rejected by a college sorority because she was the child of immigrants, holds similar views to those Savage expresses. So this exposition of Savage's youth adds a lot to understanding him.

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Rory O'Connor
4.5
by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008
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Dwight Rousu
2.8
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The background of Mr Weiner adds background color to a vendor of angry lies and hate, whom one wishes would and could be ignored.

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Terry Mazanec
2.9
by Terry Mazanec - Oct. 1, 2008

At least for me, who has listened to Savage very little, this was largely new information. The bias of the author is rather blatant, but the author overcomes his prejudice to present a more balanced view than one might expect. It would have been more interesting if he had invested time in determining what caused Savage to change his outlook so dramatically.

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