Agency dumps Michael "Weiner" Savage after homophobic anti-Etheridge rant

[marmar]

From MediaMatters:


Savage's abrupt "Wake up": CAA reportedly dumps radio host following Etheridge smears
Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency has reportedly dropped its representation of radio host Michael Savage two days after announcing that it had signed him as a client. CAA's dumping of Savage followed a rant on February 26, documented by Media Matters for America, over singer Melissa Etheridge's Academy Awards acceptance speech, in which she thanked her wife. Savage said, "I don't like a woman married to a woman. It makes me want to puke. ... I want to vomit when I hear it. I think it's child abuse."

On February 27, Media Matters noted Savage's comments, along with CAA's announcement that it had signed him. On March 1, the website TMZ.com reported that CAA had signed Savage and noted Savage's smears, linking to the Media Matters item. Later the same day, TMZ.com reported that, according to E!'s Planet Gossip blog, CAA had dumped Savage as a client and that "CAA confirmed to TMZ that Savage is no longer their client."

Etheridge, who is a CAA client, won the Oscar in the Original Song category for "I Need to Wake Up," from An Inconvenient Truth, the global-warming documentary featuring former Vice President Al Gore.

The weblogs Towleroad and Pam's House Blend both spotlighted Savage's smears of Etheridge.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200703020003

[redqueen]

1. Good!

Bet show's corporate sponsors don't drop him.

[wicket]

2. Why does love make him want to puke?

He's such a slimeball. :eyes:

[Richard Steele]

15. Because he never got any, and he RESENTS anyone who ever has.

Like most conservative/authoritarian types, he is,
at his core, a TREMENDOUSLY unhappy person.

[patricia92243]

3. Child abuse??? Is one of them underage? n/t

[marmar]

4. Child abuse would be having Mr. Weiner as a parent.

:scared:

[KamaAina]

5. Oh pooh. Savage Weiner would've been the first pResidential candidate with an agent.

That's right, pResidential candidate. :scared:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_%28commentator%29#Involvement_in_the_2008_Presidential_Election

Here's a free sample of Weiner's oppo research:

John McCain — "McCain . . . what does McCain stand for? He ran in the mantle of Barry Goldwater and then he completely humiliated that legacy by being a senator in the mold of a Rockefeller Republican rather than showing any tinges of Goldwater conservatism."

Rudy Giuliani — "He has not got a ghost of a chance to be president. He's for Giuliani and no one else. He's too liberal; favoring gay marriage, for example, and he made New York City an asylum city for illegal aliens. He has no conservative credentials."

Mitt Romney — "I don't know the man but his policies seem to be all over the map."

Newt Gingrich — "He is intellectually brilliant, but I think . . . he's unelectable because he has too much history."

McCain a "Rockefeller Republican"? Gingrich "intellectually brilliant"? What color is the sky on Weiner's home planet??

[Bucky]

11. Actually that distinction goes to Ronald Reagan

Wiener wouldn't even be the first presidential candidate in need of psychiatric care.

[formerrepuke]

6. He doesn't like "a woman married to a woman"...well, the thought of HIM

with a woman is pretty revolting; he probably has to buy his 'action' on the streets, anyway.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. Local word is Savage's not into vaginas...

...which makes his homophobic rants even more disgusting. :barf:

From what I hear from all my boys (and some of the local press), that Savage is a big ol' queen (their words) is one of the worst kept secrets here in SF. Not that they want him, either! :D

What his audience think of him if they knew the truth....

[Poiuyt]

7. If he becomes a little more bigoted, then CNN will pick him up

[marmar]

8. Funny, sad and true at the same time....

:rofl: :cry: :think:

[mitchum]

9. so, CAA doesn't drop him UNTIL he smears a fellow client...

I guess that was beyond the pale?

[Javaman]

13. All about money. Ethridge wins an academy award = money

savage a lying dumb shit homophobe = poor investment.

[SteppingRazor]

10. Heh ... I bet this took one call from Etheridge.

"Hey, CAA? Yeah, um, him or me."


"Just a sec...."

("Psst! Hey, guys, do we want the Oscar/Grammy-winning singer/songwriter who's sold a few million albums, or do we want that radio dickhead? ... The singer? Yeah, me too.")


"Hey, Mel? Hi! Yeah, that won't be a problem."

[xchrom]

12. i think you nailed it.