Right-wing radio host Michael Savage has filed a lawsuit against the lobbying group Council on American Islamic Relations, for copyright infringement, because CAIR used material from the show to convince companies to stop advertising.
Read the lawsuit here, on Savage's site.
Apparently, CAIR made a pretty good case, because according to the group's Web site, AT&T and Wal Mart have recently pulled their ads from "The Savage Nation."
Savage has used his lawsuit as a way to smear the organization, alleging tendentious links between the lobbyists and supposed terrorists.
Allegations in a legal complaint or legal hearing are libel-proof, which means, Savage could maliciously lie about CAIR, without exposing himself to a libel lawsuit.
Savage included roughly 35 paragraphs of allegations against CAIR.
In the lawsuit, Savage makes a big deal about how he supports religious faith in general, so how could a group of Muslims accuse him of persecuting their religion.
Savage also quotes from the bible in the suit:
“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?” (Amos 3:7 8)
I heard about this, while flipping through the AM dial on my way home from a meeting on Thursday.
Incidentally, that night's show featured a completely tasteless comedy sketch of machine gun fire and screaming played over what was purported to be Barbra Streisand singing "Silent Night" in Jerusalem.
Maybe the advertisers dropped Savage's show because of bits like that.
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