Fighting back against radio hate…

December 30th, 2008

Media Matters for America recently released a damning new report documenting the inflammatory smears and hate-fueled speech of radio hosts throughout the country. Day after day, these hosts fill the airwaves with vicious attacks aimed at women, people of color, the poor, the LGBT community, and immigrants.

As part of Media Matters' ongoing effort to expose the incendiary commentary of these hosts, we've decided to highlight the topics and segments of the population they most frequently assail.

Take action today. Read the report, join the Radio Action Team at Media Matters, and hold these hosts accountable.

Among the most frequently targeted communities, immigrants figure prominently. The smears run the gamut from claiming that undocumented Mexican immigrants "want to reconquer America" to laying the blame for the home-foreclosure crisis at the feet of the undocumented.

Here are just a few examples of the vitriol directed at immigrants from these conservative radio hosts:

· G. Gordon Liddy smeared undocumented Mexican immigrants, claiming they "want to reconquer America, they say."

· Michael Savage: "Illegal aliens" have "raped and disheveled" the Statue of Liberty.

· Savage: "We're getting refugees now who have never used a telephone, a toothbrush, or toilet paper. ... [T]hey never assimilate. And then their children become gang-bangers."

· Conservative radio hosts claimed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said that five million illegal immigrants were given subprime mortgages, despite HUD's reported denials.

These radio hosts make a living off of unsubstantiated smears and outright attacks aimed at immigrants and Latinos. It's time to let them know we are listening.

Take action today. Read the report, join the Radio Action Team at Media Matters, and hold these hosts accountable.

Together we can shine the bright spotlight of accountability on these hosts. It is time for each of us to speak up and make our voices heard.