Media Matters, Michael Savage, San Jose (Calif) Illegal Immigrant Protest

¡QUE LO SAQUEN!

Pro-Illegal Alien Protestors Demand Savage's Firing







The search is finally over! We've succeeded in locating the world's least intelligent student protestors.

Actually, after a silly, Media Matters- fueled rally in front of the San Jose (California) City Hall yesterday, their own foolishness was self- exposed, without any effort on our part.

Chanting in Spanish, how could these blockheads not realize they were playing right into syndicated talk show host Michael Savage's hands? This is exactly what the Marin County- based host wants.

According to clearly sympathetic Bay Area newspapers, the pro- illegal alien student activists were offended when Savage ridiculed their hunger strike. In their own clumsy way, these radical extremists are hoping to create the next Imus situation:

(San Francisco Chronicle) Bay Area immigrant rights advocates say radio host Michael Savage should be fired for using hateful language when suggesting supporters of an immigration reform bill who fasted in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza last week should starve to death.

During a July 5 broadcast of "The Savage Nation," his nationally syndicated talk show, Savage said, "I would say let them fast till they starve to death ... because then we won't have a problem about giving them green cards because they're illegal aliens."

More than 30 protesters publicly denounced Savage and the on-air remarks outside San Jose City Hall on Thursday and said his comments should not be disregarded on the basis of constitutional free speech.

The group, which included San Jose State students who participated in the hunger strike and a variety of community activists, called on radio stations such as Clear Channel Radio's KNEW 910 AM in San Francisco to apologize for airing vile language and hate speech and cheered in support of the immigrant students who fasted.

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In one part of the broadcast, Savage said the students were stealing education from the United States and added: "Go make a bomb where you came from."

Such comments are not atypical for Savage, who is known for his anti-immigration views and often offensive speech, said Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog that tracks Savage's program.

"I think he's probably more likely to insult somebody else than he is to apologize," Frisch said. "This is a guy who has built his career on personal character assassination."

And from the San Jose (Calif) Mercury News:

Latino college students who spent a week fasting to call attention to the Dream Act are demanding the firing of radio host Michael Savage for saying on the air: "Let them fast until they starve to death."

About two dozen young people from across the state - including four from San Jose - are also demanding apologies from 350 radio stations throughout the country that air the program, "The Savage Nation."

"The comments were full of hate," said Cesar Juarez, 21, a San Jose State University student who took part in the fast that began July 2 and ended Monday.

The demands were made Thursday during a news conference outside San Jose City Hall that evolved into a rally, with several participants chanting in Spanish "Que lo saquen" or "kick him out."


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Unlike remarks from shock jock Don Imus, who was fired from CBS Radio in April for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" - Savage's comment fuels wide, public hostility, the students said.

Charlotte Casey with the San Jose Peace Center said the airwaves should be reclaimed and the public shouldn't be exposed to someone who "spews his hate speech."

So the Israel- hating "peace" centers of California are now in charge of determining what is heard on the airwaves?

While there's no question that his rhetoric can be quite bizarre these days (we've been tough on him here), a noisy effort to fire Savage would almost instantly turn him into a free speech martyr.

Are these kids really that stupid? Of course!

Beyond that, it's abundantly obvious that in its attempt to create the next Imus situation, Media Matters is calling the shots here. Aren't the Bay Area's newspapers sophisticated enough to know when they're being manipulated by self- serving opportunists?


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