Waxman in no rush to silence Rush

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.examiner.com/blogs/Yeas_and_Nays?cid=all-hp-yeas_and_nays

Rush Limbaugh is safe from Congressional censure — at least for now.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Affairs panel and has launched numerous investigations into the Bush administration since taking the gavel in January, is denying a report that he is setting his sights on three politically conservative talk show hosts.

The American Spectator reported earlier this week that Waxman, “has asked his investigative staff to begin compiling reports on Limbaugh, and fellow radio hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin based on transcripts from their shows, and to call in Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to discuss the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." Waxman said Wednesday those reports are not true, although the publication quotes a House leadership “source” saying otherwise.

“There is no validity to it,” Waxman said. “I certainly support the First Amendment of the Constitution.” Waxman said his office has received numerous calls by people he believes were encouraged by the talk show hosts to complain to his office. “We got a lot of calls, but not as many as we used to,” Waxman said. “It’s an indication to me that the right wing is not as potent as it used to be.”

American Spectator editor in chief R. Emmett Tyrell Jr., denies the item is false and is angry that Waxman gave out the publication's phone number, resulting in dozens of crank calls. "He's demanded an apology and I will apologize for our perfectly accurate item when Waxman does the decent thing and purchases a toupe," he said. Ouch!

[rusty quoin]

1. Waxman sticks to the important stuff.

[Eagle_Eye]

2. An investigation of Talk Radio does need to be conducted.

Some of the things those right wing mouth pieces are saying is down right slanderous.

What little right wing talk radio I have listened to was so one sided, hate filled, and lacking in humor, it made me sick to listen. I do not see how they keep an audience with they drivel.

If talk radio has the advertising dollars to stay on the air, then let them stay on the air. But when talk radio becomes a one sided extension of the republican party that spews hate and lies 24/7 on the PUBLICLY OWNED AIRWAVES, then the government needs to put a curb on it.