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RE: MSNBC fires Savage on anti-gay remarks

To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>, "Boston Radio" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Subject: RE: MSNBC fires Savage on anti-gay remarks
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:14:44 -0400
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> So MSNBC hires Michael Savage and he does what he does and they fire him for
> it.  Did they not listen to his radio show before hiring him?
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

It was not about what he "does" imo.  It was likely that his numbers weren't
what they'd hoped for, planned to give it a little more time, then along comes
the non-pc crack/shtick thing and they pull the chain.  Another example of
risk-averse management.

Bill O'Neill

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