I listen to Savage occasionally, but his style is not my cup of tea. But a couple of nights ago I tuned into his radio program because he was talking about this autism flap.
His position is NOT that autism is a phony disorder, but that many therapists are misdiagnosing kids as autistic who are not. Simple as that.
Maybe you should listen to his side of the argument before swallowing whole the media matters BS. http://www.savageonautism.com/
It bothers me that any conservative would believe ANYTHING that “Media Matters” says. They’re a far left propaganda mill funded by George Soros, who routinely pounce on a few words out of context and extract a pound of lies from an ounce of truth. Savage probably did exaggerate and use hyperbole in talking about this — when you are talking constantly for 3 hours it’s going to happen.
Every comment on http://www.savageonautism.com/ was made on July 20, 21, and 22 - well after his comments from July 16 became an issue.
It is dishonest for his syndicate to post his “cover my @ss” remarks as somehow negating his remarks on his show from a week earlier.
That beind said, I think Weiner has a point here even if he was making up numbers as he is wont to.