Alternet threatened with lawsuit from Michael Savage

[Mari333]

Michael Savage, right-wing crusader against gays, immigrants, Muslims, Barack Obama, Britain, women, (and possibly puppies), may have found a new object for his wrath: groups that have the temerity to publicize the vicious talk-show host’s connection to Rockstar energy drink -- and to call for a boycott by consumers opposed to Savage's hatemongering.

As part of AlterNet's 10 Hottest Campaigns section, we published a piece alerting readers to a boycott against the Rockstar products. The campaign, launched by Charles C.C. Tsai on Facebook, brought attention to the connection between Savage and the energy drink company. Tsai's page pointed out that Savage's son, Russell Weiner, is the founder and CEO of Rockstar. Savage's wife serves as director of energy drink company, and Savage Productions shares an address with Rockstar(!).

On May 27, the same day the piece was published, Rockstar’s lawyers sent AlterNet a letter accusing us of defamation. The letter read, in part:




http://www.alternet.org/story/140554/alternet_takes_on_michael_savage_and_gets_threatened_with_a_lawsuit/?comments=view&cID=1234255#c1234255

he always threatens lawsuits..it cracks me up.

[havocmom]

1. savage weiner? Isn't he the clown threatening to sue Great Britain?

what a doofus he is.

[Swede]

2. Nice.

This is good to know.

[Bozita]

3. He sued DU's Symbolman a few years ago.

Symbolman got the suit dropped, iirc.

[SoCalNative]

4. Don't you love how the wingnuts are always screaming for boycotts

but the second someone organizes one against them they threaten to sue?

[zbdent]

5. doesn't he also attack "lawyers" for frivolous lawsuits?

too bad lawyers are bound by ethics (unlike Weiner) ... I'd love for one of them to "defend" him, and then turn in all his bile and crap to the public in the courtroom ...

[pdxmom]

6. This is so freakin' funny. He rails against attorneys and calls for boycotts

all the time. He actually claimed that the whole thing with Britain would cause Britain's economy to collapse because his listeners would all boycott the country.

Hell,his listeners couldn't find England on a map of England.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. They forgot to mention Savage-Wiener's mother is on the board of both...

....companies and they all share the same corporate address.

I was a little disappointed in Alternet's "sort-of apology". I liked Tsai's apology better.

[Bushknew]

8. Boycott all energy drinks, they're venom...

http://www.venomenergy.com/

[kestrel91316]

9. When I took the bus down to the Getty Center a few weeks ago,

some homeless guys at the back of the bus were chatting about their beverages of choice: Rockstar was the hands-down fave.

It figures.

[Generic Other]

10. just like symbolman

what a wanker savage is!