Banned & Defamed by UK, Radio Talk Show Host Michael Savage Pushes Back | Updated 5/15/2009
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on May 5, 2009
By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone
UPDATED, May 15, 2009: San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate: Radio host Savage seeks Clinton’s help over ban
Michael, take no prisoners…
Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage is considering suing UK for defamation
Banned by UK, Savage Hits Back; Radio talk star blocked from visits, along with terrorists, neo-Nazis
World Net Daily | May 5, 2009Talk radio host Michael Savage is considering legal action against Britain’s top homeland security official after she released today a list grouping him with terrorists and neo-Nazi murderers banned from entry because the government believes their views might provoke violence.
In a telephone interview with WND, Savage said he is still waiting to hear back from attorneys, but he noted Britain has very strict anti-defamation laws.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to publicize the list of 16 people banned since October to show the type of behavior Britain will not tolerate, according to U.K. news reports.
Savage’s immediate reaction upon hearing the news was typically wry.
“Darn! And I was just planning a trip to England for their superior dental work and cuisine,” he recalled thinking.
“Then it sank in,” he told WND, “and I said, ‘She said this is the kind of behavior we won’t tolerate? She’s linking me with mass murderers who are in prison for killing Jewish children on buses? For my speech? The country where the Magna Carta was created?’”
Smith explained to Britain’s GMTV that she believed it was “important that people understand the sorts of values and sorts of standards that we have here, the fact that it’s a privilege to come and the sort of things that mean you won’t be welcome in this country.”
“Coming to this country is a privilege,” she said. “If you can’t live by the rules that we live by, the standards and the values that we live by, we should exclude you from this country and, what’s more, now we will make public those people that we have excluded.”
Savage said he wants top First Amendment attorneys to represent him “in a major international case.”
“I want to sue the British home secretary for defamation,” he said, “for linking me up with murderers because of my opinions, my writings, my speaking – none of which have advocated any violence, ever.”
Savage said the last time he was in Britain was about 20 years ago, and he had no immediate plans to return.
Remember, the UK considers the vile Russell Brand A-OK, even though he is a constant agitator, left-wing extremist British comedian. Go figure.
Related reading:
Hot Air: The obligatory “Michael Savage banned from Britain” post
Brian Jennings, Big Hollywood: Incoming FCC Chairman: No Censorship.
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: Let’s Ban Some Brits
SeattlePi.com: Britain publishes list of people banned from entry
Boris Johnson, Telegraph.co.uk: Michael Savage poses no risk to British security so why won’t MPs say so?
Frugal Café Blog Zone: American Radio Host Michael Savage & Kashmiri Terrorist Leader Banned from UK — Update: Video Added
Brian Jennings: Unreal: Broadcaster Freedom Amendment Defeated
Nice Deb: Michael Savage Banned In Britain
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The Victorious Opposition: UK Bans Geert Wilders and Britain’s Contribution To The Green Movement: “If I don’t breath, consume, or excrete, you won’t kill me then, right?”
Frugal Café Blog Zone: American Radio Host Michael Savage & Kashmiri Terrorist Leader Banned from UK — Update: Video Added
Michelle Malkin: Green Czar vs. Glenn Beck; Britain vs. Michael Savage and The trouble with Meghan McCain and Savage vs. CAIR
Independent Conservative: Michael Savage Rips Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Promotes Boycott of Citgo! (includes audio, 2006)
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