Guest guest Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Savage to parents of autistic children: " Your children are brats who have not been told to cut it out " By now you have probably heard about Savage's ignorant comments about autistic children on his syndicated radio show, calling them Morons and idiots. Mr. Savage refuses to apologize for his comments. Click on this link to hear the words of Savage: http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170005?f=h_clips Please contact the following radio stations in Ohio and ask that they stop airing Savage's show " The Savage nation " immediately. Of course the radio stations cannot be responsible for what Mr. Savage say on his show, but they are in control of which shows they allow on their airways. Yes, we do have freedom of speech in the US, but keep in mind that radio talk show host Don Imus got fired for derogatory comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Mr. Savage's comments about autistic children being brats and his indication that lack of a father figure is causing autistic tendencies, should not go unnoticed. The misconception he is spreading about our children on his show must be stopped. Contact information for AM radio stations in Ohio currently airing " The Savage Nation " : 55KRC 8044 Montgomery Road, Suite 650 Cincinnati, OH 45236 Business phone: 513-686-8300 Tony Bender – program director TBender@... Darryl Parks – director of AM operations DParks@... News-talk 1420 WHK Radio 4 Summit Park Drive, suite 150 Independence, OH 44131 216-901-0921 youropinioncounts@... Supertalk 1560 WTOD 3225 Arlington Avenue Toledo, OH 43614 419-725-5700 Norman Wamer – program director Norm.wamer@... Craig Snyder – public affairs Craig.snyder@... WHIO 1414 Wilmington Ave. Dayton, OH 45420 973-259-2111 Nick – program director Nick.roberts@... 937-259-2126 WKBN 7461 South Avenue Youngstown, OH 44512 Main Office: 330-965-0057 Dan Rivers – program director danrivers@... 800-777-5700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Thanks for posting this. I wrote a letter to WHK and received a quick response from the program coordinator. He gave me the General Mgr, Mark Sweeney's cell phone number, and asked me to call him immediately. When I called, he was driving from Columbus, back to Cleveland. What a nice man! He said he was absolutely enraged at Savages remarks and was subsequently swamped with calls for his program to be cancelled. Mr Sweeney, who also has a nephew with autism, is working with Lawyers, as we speak! He said that the " Savage Nation " is carried on 32 affiliated stations and he would like to see the cancellation reach all of them. He said that the target date to get rid of Savage is August 4th. He already has ABC's Mark Levine lined up from 9-11 and Tim tentatively slated for 11- midnight. I truly hope radio stations across the nation react as aggrssively at Mr. Sweeny. God Bless him and other's like him! Here is a copy of my letter: On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:12 PM Your Opinion Counts Subject: Savage Hello, I am an avid talk radio fan, and listen to both your station, and WTAM on a daily basis. I happened to tune in last week when Savage made his shameless, cruel and hurtful remarks about children who are affected by autism. I am in Special Education and am well aware of the devastating effects that autism has on these individuals and their famlies, our educational system and the community in general. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that in my 30 years in this field, I have watched autism and other neurological and illnesses increase a thousand fold. When one of my own grandchildren regressed into autism following a thimerasol laden flu shot, I began to read and research possible causes and treatments so that I could help him in any way possible. I can assure anyone who is not affected by this heart breaking condition, that it is very real. It is not a trendy sought after diagnosis for poor single moms, so that they can feed off the system. My daughter and son-in-law (yes, most of these children have daddies!) receive NO reimbursement for speech and music therapy (between $60 and $120 dollars per hour), and my husband and I receive NO help with the cost of the biomedical treatments that are clearing my grandson's body of the toxic metals that we firmly believe triggered his autism. We have spent over $10,000 over that past 4 years, that we will never recoup. However, our now 7 year old grandson is making amazing progress... so we will continue. Hopefully, he will grow to be a self-supporting, tax paying citizen when he reaches his adult years. Unfortunately, millions more will not. Many will require assisted or total care for the rest of their lives. I will not go into the physical suffering that ASD children live with on a daily basis, nor will I go into the living hell that parents, who love their children more than life itself, encounter every waking moment! Then there are Insurance rejections, social rejections, often, minimal, substandard educational services... I could go on. The majority of parents who receive quality services for their children, have to spend thousands more to fight for these services. Our children are NOT brats, idiots or morons. Their parents are NOT low class, single moms, who want extra money and their kids drugged at the government's expense. Savage has just set the progress that we in the Autism Community have made, back 50 years! I love your station, but I can no longer tolerate the voice of this heartless, arrogant man over the airways. Please!!! I am joining with millions of people across the Country to ask stations such as yours, to pull this show from your airways. At this time Mr. Savage stands by his hateful words and has no intentions of apologizing. Our ASD children are ill... Many of them are as physically ill as they are neurologically! As parents, grandparents and educators, we seek understanding and some level of acceptance for our children. Savage has hurt them beyond belief, and he needs to be stopped! Thank You! Trish Paolucci > > Savage to parents of autistic children: > " Your children are brats who have not been told to cut it out " > By now you have probably heard about Savage's ignorant > comments about autistic children on his syndicated radio show, > calling them Morons and idiots. Mr. Savage refuses to apologize for > his comments. > Click on this link to hear the words of Savage: > http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170005?f=h_clips > Please contact the following radio stations in Ohio and ask that they > stop airing Savage's show " The Savage nation " immediately. > Of course the radio stations cannot be responsible for what Mr. > Savage say on his show, but they are in control of which shows they > allow on their airways. > Yes, we do have freedom of speech in the US, but keep in mind that > radio talk show host Don Imus got fired for derogatory comments about > the Rutgers women's basketball team. Mr. Savage's comments about > autistic children being brats and his indication that lack of a > father figure is causing autistic tendencies, should not go > unnoticed. The misconception he is spreading about our children on > his show must be stopped. > Contact information for AM radio stations in Ohio currently > airing " The Savage Nation " : > 55KRC > 8044 Montgomery Road, Suite 650 > Cincinnati, OH 45236 > Business phone: 513-686-8300 > Tony Bender – program director > TBender@... > Darryl Parks – director of AM operations > DParks@... > > News-talk 1420 WHK Radio > 4 Summit Park Drive, suite 150 > Independence, OH 44131 > 216-901-0921 > youropinioncounts@... > > Supertalk 1560 WTOD > 3225 Arlington Avenue > Toledo, OH 43614 > 419-725-5700 > Norman Wamer – program director > Norm.wamer@... > Craig Snyder – public affairs > Craig.snyder@... > > WHIO > 1414 Wilmington Ave. > Dayton, OH 45420 > 973-259-2111 > Nick – program director > Nick.roberts@... > 937-259-2126 > > WKBN > 7461 South Avenue > Youngstown, OH 44512 > Main Office: 330-965-0057 > Dan Rivers – program director > danrivers@... > 800-777-5700 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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