'A little state control wouldn't hurt anybody'

It "would not apply to any other element of the media. It's aimed strictly at us in the minority in the media," Savage shot back. "And they want us controlled and constrained and removed from the airwaves. They only want to hear progressive voices that laud Obama and laud the liberal way."

'That's what they used to do in the Soviet Union with dissidents Jerry. They would accuse dissidents of being paranoid,' Savage said. 'A country that is supposedly free must have dissent.'"