Conservative radio host sacked for criticizing shale industry impact on health

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Fayette radio host says shale criticism led to firing
Monday, May 30, 2011
By Jacqueline Feldman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Controversies over Marcellus Shale drilling have shaken up the airwaves in Fayette County.

A longtime conservative radio host on WMBS in Uniontown claims he was fired last month over views aired on his show that criticized the health and environmental impact of natural gas drilling in the area.

Robert Foltz, host of the show "Let's Talk" for 10 years, said he was terminated on April 20, after a guest on his show, Dan Bailey, president of the board of directors of the Carmichaels Municipal Authority, said that bromine, a byproduct of natural gas drilling, had contaminated the area's public water supply.

"It amazes me that the station took this stance," Mr. Foltz said last week. "It was a combination of politics and the drilling," that forced him out, he said.


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11150/1150213-67.stm#ixzz1Nrl0l0VT
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This is a three page report. Something really stinks in impoverished Fayette County, and it's not just the carcinogenic fracking water.