Angry citizen reaction to the latest cynical, cyclical outpouring of hateful speech over the public radio airwaves -- top-rated talk show host Michael Savage's despicable attack on autistic children as "brats, morons and idiots" -- has once again injected America's talk radio problem back into the mainstream news cycle. But why did it take a full week of protests, pressure, pickets, pullouts by advertiser, and stations dropping the program -- Savage's remarks occurred on the July 16 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show -- before the mainstream media finally responded to the latest outrage? Is it because they are part of the racket? Savage claimed on his program The Savage Nation that autism is a "fraud, a racket." He also stated that the ongoing asthma epidemic is "a money racket" staged by "the minority community"...
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