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Title: Radio Host Michael Savage Sues Islamic Organization Over Ads
Source: Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.pe.com/ap_news/Californi ... dio_Host_Lawsuit_317999C.shtml
Published: Dec 3, 2007
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2007-12-03 19:53:29 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 1498
Comments: 2

Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage sued an Islamic civil rights group on Monday for copyright infringement over the organization's use of a 4-minute segment of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

Savage said the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, violated his rights by wrongfully using the segment of his Oct. 29 "The Savage Nation" show in a letter-writing campaign directed against talk radio advertisers.

In the broadcast, Savage called the Muslim holy book "a throwback document" and a "book of hate."

"What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate," Savage said during the portion of the broadcast highlighted by CAIR. "Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation."

In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Savage said he was talking about Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his dangerous and violent brand of Islamic extremism, not about the religion, in general.

Savage said he strongly supports freedom of speech, but "it's another thing to take away a man's millstone and try to put him out of business."

A CAIR spokeswoman, who said the audio was not a four-minute segment, but a series of clips separated by beeps, called the suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, "bizarre, sloppy and baseless."

"We expect to prevail based on the facts, the law and the Constitution," Amina Rubin said.

The group's "repackaging" of Savage's comments was "deliberately designed to obscure the specific message conveyed by Michael Savage," according to the suit. "The actual message, while highly provocative and strongly worded, was not intended as an attack on people of faith."

CAIR claims advertisers have stopped airing or refuse to air commercials during Savage's show.

Bill Crawford, a spokesman for Talk Radio Network, which syndicates the Savage show, said "there have been advertisers who've canceled Michael's show because of the CAIR situation." Crawford refused to identify the companies or reveal the amount of lost revenue. Savage said he's lost at least $1 million in revenue.

"They took the part of Michael's show that they wanted to showcase and they turned that into an advertisement," said Daniel Horowitz, Savage's lawyer, adding that every page on the CAIR Web site that mentions Savage also offers readers an opportunity to donate to the nonprofit agency.

The suit also alleges CAIR is not a civil rights group, but a political organization funded by foreigners with ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups. CAIR denied those claims.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

I never listen to talk radio at all, but was wondering if Weiner had his own theme song.

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2007-12-03   19:57:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Dakmar (#1)

I never listen to talk radio at all, but was wondering if Weiner had his own theme song.

"Days of Whine and Roses"?

"When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather - not screaming in terror like his passengers." - Unk.

Original_Intent  posted on  2007-12-04   3:35:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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