Sunday, January 16, 2011

Clear Channel pulls Limbaugh’s ‘Straight Shooter’ billboard

In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 18 others, the Texas-based parent company of a Tuscon-area talk radio station has removed a billboard referring to a popular conservative talk show host as a "straight shooter."

The black billboard with white typewriter font surrounded by bullet holes promoting Rush Limbaugh's radio program was okayed by the promotions department of NewsTalk 790 KNST, Clear Channel said in a statement to Talking Points Memo.

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