Michael Savage

Articles about: Michael Savage

March 7, 2003

MSNBC’s Double Standard on Free Speech

MSNBC‘s claim to be championing free speech by hiring hate-talk radio host Michael Savage is disingenuous in the extreme. Defending its decision to give a weekly program to a commentator who specializes in diatribes against various groups, the MSNBC cable network called hiring Savage—whose show will premiere on Saturday, March 8—”a legitimate attempt to expand […]

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