"You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life" Winston Churchill
I expected nothing less than the classless, vindictive shameful and ignorant remarks from our resident left wing circle jerkers. Their contempt for Rush Limbaugh is rooted in jealousy because of how successful he was in eviscerating liberals. He single handedly converted millions from being liberal lemmings to enlightened conservatives. 21 million listeners per week is testament to that. Give me anyone on the left who is remotely that popular or influential. He paved the way for other conservative radio hosts like Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Mark Levin and of course the eventual rise of the Fox News Network in 1996.
RIP
Rush limbaugh kicked the bucket
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Let's make it a point to find out where they plant the carcass. Your dog better move over...
So....why would they have to be unbiased? I think we can all agree Rush was incredibly biased. He was not a centrist.
The problem stems from the whiner right that believes the mainstream media doesn't cover things fairly. Which is false. The mainstream media (even our CBC) tries to play it down the middle. There are some that lean a little to the left (say, like the Star), and a little to the right (like the Globe). What conservative media does is torque small stories into something bigger, then point to the fact that the mainstream isn't even covering it. Like, say, Hillary and Benghazi.
Rush pioneered this technique. It made him rich. He was also a major asshole racist and bigot. You cannot deny any of that, the evidence is mountainous. He made it so people without strong political views could be outraged about anything. He made it so compromise was seen as weakness. His influence on American media was destructive. Just look at the current situation in Texas, where the GOP has been in power for decades. They blame green energy policies like wind turbines for the power problems, when the energy regulator says it was traditional power plants where the problems were. They are allowed to lie blatantly on these right-wing outlets, and they get cover. Meanwhile, their policies have caused a major disaster. And they aren't doing a hell of a lot to fix it quickly either.
That's Rush's legacy.
Rush Limbaugh's significance, and the basis for his success, was that his show was premised on the idea that not everything published in the mainstream media could or should be trusted. On that broad point, he has been proven right, again and again. Does that mean that all of his takes on every issue were on the money? No, but that wasn't the point. The point was to consider different sides of issues and for listeners to make up their own minds. Without him, I think western media would have devolved even further into the mouthpieces for liberal globalism they have become. He saw that the mainstream outlets could not be returned to any semblance of neutral reporting. They were bought and paid for. He played a large role in "saving" journalism, as much as anyone could, by creating counterbalancing media.
Now, if you could only get people to consume media sources with differing outlooks, then you could get to a place where the electorate could make informed choices.
Final thoughts:
a. Given FredZed's call for respectful comments, what am I to make of what has been posted since? Hardly respectful, yet posted all the same.
b. If you're going to say you don't like to speak ill of the dead, then don't. Unless you have absolutely no control over your impulses. Otherwise, don't bother with the empty virtue signalling.
Now, if you could only get people to consume media sources with differing outlooks, then you could get to a place where the electorate could make informed choices.
Final thoughts:
a. Given FredZed's call for respectful comments, what am I to make of what has been posted since? Hardly respectful, yet posted all the same.
b. If you're going to say you don't like to speak ill of the dead, then don't. Unless you have absolutely no control over your impulses. Otherwise, don't bother with the empty virtue signalling.
This is the myth that broadcasters like Limbaugh expose. You have no chance of even deciding how much credence to put in the CBC unless you follow news sources that criticize their narratives.
If you understand even a little about human nature, you'd quickly see why the CBC can't ever be "neutral". They are government funded. They know where their bread is buttered. Their employees also know what their talents would command in the private sector of broadcasting (for the most part, significantly less money). Unless these employees were to have complete disregard for their own self interest, they have to support the government politics of the day (unless those politics are hostile to their continued existence, like when a Conservative government comes to power). Of course, it helps if you truly support liberal globalism, so you won't have to hold your nose to do so. That explains all the liberal fart catchers they employ in their news division. People who can't tolerate acting as a government propogandist find employment elsewhere.
That "calmness" you observe when you watch CBC reporting isn't neutrality. It's the absolute security of someone knowing they have a job for life so long as they don't question what they are told to say.
Rush Limbaugh has a long history of controversy with racist, sexist and mean-spirited statements that he supported with false and misleading information time after time.
Yes, he offered a different viewpoint and his boorish unlikeable personality on his views were given the respect it deserved even in death.
I mean, what kind of prick do you have to be where people celebrate your death...
He didn't care or give a shit about anybody except himself when he was alive, why should we care about him now...
Some people are so far to the right they think they are the centre and don't realize it.
So when someone like bud here suggests that CBC isn't centrist its just an admission that he is so far out of touch he thinks that he is the centre.
Give the lefties a break, besides Rush has been called worse by better- people who actually matter. Rush survived over THIRTY years, in number one spot, of boycotting, constant attacks even by Presidents (Clinton and Obama). All with high humor while speaking to millions of fans and making literally tons of money. He lived on his own terms and finished on his own terms- still numero uno and with "half of his brains tied behind his back just to make it fair" as he was fond of saying. Only death was able to silence that incredible man. Let the puppies bark, it ain't nothing but wind and piss, anyway."You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life" Winston Churchill
I expected nothing less than the classless, vindictive shameful and ignorant remarks from our resident left wing circle jerkers. Their contempt for Rush Limbaugh is rooted in jealousy because of how successful he was in eviscerating liberals. He single handedly converted millions from being liberal lemmings to enlightened conservatives. 21 million listeners per week is testament to that. Give me anyone on the left who is remotely that popular or influential. He paved the way for other conservative radio hosts like Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Mark Levin and of course the eventual rise of the Fox News Network in 1996.
RIP
Thirty years of being bankrolled by Murdoch to spread the story that its the poor people and immigrants holding you back from success.
The magician's old standby, misdirection, works wonders on the base while Murdoch raked in the profits.
See, this is where you are wrong. The CBC has broken major stories about all political parties. They've been a thorn in the side to Prime Ministers from Chretien to Stephen Harper, from Mulroney to Trudeau. They have policies that call for neutrality, playing it down the middle. I will not doubt that most of the journalists who work there might be left-leaning, but that's also probably the case for a lot who work for Post Media. The CBC is not government propaganda. It doesn't ignore scandal when it happens to a Liberal party, unlike Fox News which gave coverage and protection for Trump and his litany of fuck ups and scandals. Please find me a clip where a CBC anchor praises Trudeau by calling him the best PM ever?
No matter how much you want it to be true, the CBC does not take orders from Ottawa, nor does it give protection to any government.
Yair the ABC (Australia) was amongst the toughest on pols back in Oz despite being govt funded (seems they are akin to CBC and BBC). Back in the day a Liberal party (right of centre) ran (against Labour, left of centre) on making immigrants learn the Aussie national anthem. Most Aussies don't know Advance Australia Fair (vs unofficial Waltzing Matilda lol)...and it was an ABC journo who made a ruckus by asking the Liberal leader John Hewson to recite the words. And he did not let it go when Mr Hewson recited the first line but tried to dodge, distract, and deflect when asked the remaining lines.
