Free speech sometimes turns into sheer loudmouthing. Last week Blue Network President Mark Woods clamped down on two of his rowdiest commentators, Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson, told them to stop making derogatory or insulting remarks about public officials, especially members of Congress. When Blue news editors blue-penciled some of his "controversial" items, Winchell yelled: "My fangs have been removed!"
The whole thing had been touched off by Winchell himself. On a recent Sunday evening broadcast he Winchelled: "You bet I'm prejudiced against those in high office who guessed so wrong before Pearl Harbor. They're still guessing wrong. . . ....
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