If you haven't been following this story already, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D. NY) has gone after conservative radio show hosts, and specifically Glenn Beck, for promoting Goldline, a company that sells gold in the form of molded coins rather than buying a paper certificate in the metal commodity, as many other companies do. I have never heard of a government official initiating an investigation into false advertising which implicates the people who carry the advertisements or, as is often the case on radio, speak personally about the product. This is really disturbing behavior and smacks of a backdoor attempt to censor political speech, which the Supreme Court has consistently held as the category of speech deserving of the highest protection. Keep in mind, Weiner directly implicated only "conservative talk radio" hosts, though he might have also mentioned FOX News.
Luckily, Glenn Beck isn't the easiest target and has fought back with weinerfacts.com, a fun little website that rebukes Mr. Weiner's premises. In the end, though, this kind of attack on free speech cannot be tolerated from public officials.
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