Dissecting the Savage spin

[Guest guest]

Since Savage's attack on children with autism on July 16th, he has been spinning

himself into a victim of political persecution and a hero for children with

" real " autism, as he puts it. I went back through the original audio, including

the preceding couple of minutes, and broke it down in light of the subsequent

spin. If you're interested, go to

http://gregstake.blogspot.com/2008/07/audio-that-started-it-all-context-what.htm\

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http://tinyurl.com/6mwbcn

I have a four year old girl, Caitlin, with autism. Maybe Savage would consider

her one of those with " real " autism, but he's never defined his criteria, and he

still differentiates autism from the autism spectrum and continues to call the

latter a fiction. He has brought on an " expert " by the name of Breggin,

who claims that all childhood psychiatric disorders are the result of

abuse--though he did not go that far on Savage's show--it's chapter 12 in his

book, Toxic Psychiatry. He also resurrected the sterotype of the " refrigerator

mother " .

I am truly hoping that the attention span on this issue is not short. We have

to keep after Savage's advertisers, many of whom are claiming they do not

advertise during his show (which is why I keep logs of when I hear their

commercials, as others are doing in other markets as part of this effort).