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CNN's Chetry hosts Michael Savage to discuss ban from Britain and "clear up some of the misconceptions" about his hate speech

May 07, 2009 12:11 pm ET

Savage now claims controversial autism comments were made "in jest"

Previously:

Savage says Muslims, others should be banned from US, but he's "going to sue" UK for banning him
Savage on autism: "A fraud, a racket. ... In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out"
Savage falsely recasts autism remarks to claim he was "take[n] out of context"
If Savage was smearing only misdiagnoses of autism, why did he previously call autism itself a "phony disease"?
Retroactive context? Talk Radio Network discovers "true context" for Savage's autism "views" in shows that came days after his original comments

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