Hyperbole Alert

A silly closing paragraph to this good-riddance-Michael-Savage column by L.A. Times media writer Tim Rutten:

There is a lingering question about the Savage affair. He may be off TV, but why have he and his ilk ? home-grown rhetorical terrorists ? been allowed to find a secure haven in the electronic Afghanistan of talk radio?

A partial answer: Because there are no laws forbidding it, thankfully.