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7/5: WSB’s Warren Savage speaks to the AJC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ABOVE: During Savage’s days as anchor at WSB-TV.
ABOVE: His mug shot in 2006.
Former WSB-TV morning Warren Savage, fresh from drug rehab, spoke to my colleague Gracie Bond Staples about how his arrest for cocaine possession helped change his life.
He answered questions about why in 2005 he just got up and quit a high-paying, highly respected anchor position at the top TV station in town.
“I was burnt out, disenchanted,” he said. “I was losing more editorial battles than I was winning. I started feeling like I was an island in the newsroom. I’d become nothing more than a talking head of crime and negativity and I felt powerless over that.”
He said the fame got to this head: “I was self-centered, arrogant, egotistical. That was the crux of it. All of that clouded my view of what really mattered.”
His future? He’s not sure yet.
And Warren— I still have some of your photos and awards in my basement, given to me by a guy who buys stuff from unpaid storage places. It’s all yours. Just contact me at rho@ajc.com.
Comments
By skanny
July 6, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this
We always enjoyed Warren Savage and the easy manner in which he delivered the news. We thought he had class then, and we still think so now. I hope he triumphs in his struggle with his particular demons, and can start over. We always thought he set a great example to young people, of all colors. We look forward to his success in wahtever he chooses to do next. And by the way, we’re a middle-aged white couple.
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July 7, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this
Thanks for sharing. All the best to Warren Savage.
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