Why weren't these radio talkers banned in Britain?

• Left-wing radio talkers are free to call a public figure a "sociopath racist," accusing another of planning and executing 9/11, and another of being a "senile son of a bitch" who wets his diapers.

(From Human Events, 8/25/08, by Mark Hyman): "I spent more time than usual in my rental car while on travel earlier this month. Because it was equipped with satellite radio, I did something different. I listened to

• a satellite channel that bills itself as “Real liberal talk radio, Sirius Left [channel] 146.”

According to the Sirius satellite radio website, liberal radio talk show hosts on channel 146 include Thom Hartman, who “uncovers corporate lies, rampant confusion in the offices of our politicians, and exposes the ‘con’ in conservative;” Lynn Samuels,...and Mike Malloy, “a traditional Democrat” who offers “fire from the left.” It was apparent that Samuels’ program is only on satellite radio and not broadcast-delivered, as she liberally dropped the F-bomb and other vulgarities throughout her regular rants....

• In no particular order, this is a sample of what I heard:

• Pat Buchanan is a “sociopath racist” who wrote a book titled “Death of a White Nation.” (Note: Buchanan wrote no such book.)

• The “Bush crime family” was behind the planning and execution of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

• “[George] Bush has committed war crimes.”

• “God doesn’t exist.”

• Everyday, U.S. troops are “slaughtering Iraqis by the thousands.”

• “Communism provides services to the people such as a job, a place to live and universal health care.”

• “Communism is not what makes China bad; it is corporate fascism.”

• Our Founding Fathers repudiated religion “because religion was a threat to free people.”

• “We need government to create jobs.”

• “The goal is not to reduce the price of oil, but to eliminate it from society

• “Wouldn’t it be great if Hillary [Clinton] was nominated [for President] and we got rid of that little putz?”

• “John McCain is a senile son-of-a-bitch who needs someone to change his Depends [sanitary pants] because he is too stupid to know what it means when his diapers are wet.”" article, "Liberal Talk Radio: One Week Listening to the Wild Side," 8/25/08, Human Events

How did the UK government miss these statements made on left wing radio? How are these exempt from "fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence?" The above statements were heard on satellite radio but Hartman and Malloy are also heard on terrestrial radio.

• An MSNBC host said on 5/12 or 5/13/09 that listening to the current Miss California made him want to "vomit." Did David Schuster make the list? sm

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