In today’s Salon, reporter Eric Bohlert further deconstructs Clear Channel’s recent born-again decency:

“But the pattern seems clear: Clear Channel turns a deaf ear to continuous complaints about its rampant consolidation and hardball business practices, but when Capitol Hill shows interest, the company springs into action.

‘They don’t want to be before Congress and they don’t want to be an issue in Washington because it’s bad for business,’ says Robert Unmacht, former publisher of the radio publication M Street Journal. ‘I have a tough time giving them credit for this indecency initiative because I think it’s all a reaction to Congress.”‘”