[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?[/quote]
Oops!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/10/15/huffington-post-pulls-bogus-limbaugh-quotes
Just out of curiosity, are there any repercussions for the media for reporting false quotes other than if Rush would bring a lawsuit against them for slander/libel? I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.[/quote]
Oh, you mean like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and pretty much the entire Fox news channel?
lol
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Just out of curiosity, are there any repercussions for the media for reporting false quotes other than if Rush would bring a lawsuit against them for slander/libel? I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.[/quote]
Since Rush is a public figure, the standard of proof for libel is very stringent. I think he would have to prove that they knowingly and willfully distributed false quotes with the intention of doing him harm. I really don’t think that is the case. They repeated things they heard that sounded like what they want him to have said.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.
Oh, you mean like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and pretty much the entire Fox news channel?
lol
[/quote]
Come on dude. You don’t actually watch O’Reilly, do you? He has a big research staff and does quite rigorous fact-checking. And he readily retracts things if they are later shown to be inaccurate. Its one of the main reasons I watch his show. He does a VERY good job of showing sources for his material, and as far as commentators go, he’s pretty even-handed. He has his pet issues to be sure, but mostly non-partisan stuff like opposing light sentencing for child molesters.
As for Beck, I don’t watch him that often, but when I have, half of the show has been video clips of the people he is opposing saying damning things with their own lips. LONG clips too, so hardly out of context. That’s the reason I DON’T watch him that much, it gets pretty drawn out and boring IMO.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?
Oops!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/10/15/huffington-post-pulls-bogus-limbaugh-quotes
[/quote]
To the extent of the list even Fox News mentioned that it is credible that Rush said #8 back in 1970. 40 years ago. Is it possible he might have changed his mind about that?
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.
Oh, you mean like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and pretty much the entire Fox news channel?
lol
[/quote]
Maybe you’re right. But, in a way, your statement sort of justifies the need for a FoX news. When I hear someone outraged about the existence of FoX news, I understand what they’re really angry about. They weep there isn’t a left leaning monopoly of mainstream media, playing fast and loose with facts, and giving lopsideded positive coverage.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
SteelyD wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?
Oops!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/10/15/huffington-post-pulls-bogus-limbaugh-quotes
To the extent of the list even Fox News mentioned that it is credible that Rush said #8 back in 1970. 40 years ago. Is it possible he might have changed his mind about that?[/quote]
It says #8 was to a caller. The question then would be, how is he being racist to someone he doesn’t know and can’t see. His response could only have been dictated by what the lady said. (whether right or wrong)
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?[/quote]
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Hey, Ponce, I got your PM and tried to reply, but it doesn’t look like it went through. Did you get my response?
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.
Oh, you mean like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and pretty much the entire Fox news channel?
lol
[/quote]
I don’t think anyone can deny that Fox is a conservative network, but they’re more bipartisan (for lack of a better word, considering I just acknowledged they are conservative) by FAR.
The only reason they’re seen as reporting these ultra conservative lies is because they don’t follow the leads of the rest of the networks, which are all liberally biased. It’s easy believe Fox News spreads lies when all of the other major networks are reporting something different. However, that doesn’t make it true.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
I feel like the media doesn’t have any incentives to fact check before reporting.
Oh, you mean like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and pretty much the entire Fox news channel?
lol
I don’t think anyone can deny that Fox is a conservative network, but they’re more bipartisan (for lack of a better word, considering I just acknowledged they are conservative) by FAR.
The only reason they’re seen as reporting these ultra conservative lies is because they don’t follow the leads of the rest of the networks, which are all liberally biased. It’s easy believe Fox News spreads lies when all of the other major networks are reporting something different. However, that doesn’t make it true.[/quote]
What is ironic is that CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. will air obvious and easily trackable falsehoods like those Limbaugh “quotes”, and people accuse Fox of being liars and “Faux News”. I would contend that most people who denigrate Fox don’t actually watch the channel, or maybe just see clips from the prime-time commentary shows. The news programs are very fair, and always present both sides. The conservative leaning comes from the fact that the commentary shows are weighted in that direction. ALL the other networks slant the other way. This is why Fox wins big in the cable news ratings. If the other networks were at all balanced, they wouldn’t have the corner on the conservative market. And in almost all general political attitude polling, the US is a moderate to slightly conservative country. Easy ratings slam-dunk for Fox.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
SteelyD wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?
Oops!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/10/15/huffington-post-pulls-bogus-limbaugh-quotes
To the extent of the list even Fox News mentioned that it is credible that Rush said #8 back in 1970. 40 years ago. Is it possible he might have changed his mind about that?[/quote]
If it turns out that it cannot be proven that Rush said anything racist in the last 20 years, then I hope he sues the NFL and wins. I’m not for slander in any way and I’m not out to crucify anyone just because it might make me feel good.
If anything, I bet the NFL comish just hates that Rush brings controversy, period, which a rumor can easily precipitate.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?[/quote]
Notice that I also said: “if it was proven that Rush said any of them” because I didn’t claim immediately that he did say anything Racist.
As for the poster who mentioned Rush’s comment about Sotomayor:
IF Rush did say that - again, IF, so get off your pedestal - and you can’t see that as a racist remark, then you are a racist, redneck fuck.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
Push,
Which of these quotes would you consider racist:
Now, of those that you consider racist, if it was proven that Rush said any of them, do you still think he should be allowed to bid?
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Hey, Ponce, I got your PM and tried to reply, but it doesn’t look like it went through. Did you get my response?[/quote]
PM me again and if I don’t respond within 24 hours, email me instead.
PM function wasn’t working.
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t care about black people.
Rush is right.
RUSH in '12!
No more lawyer needle dicks, no more community organising Marxist-terrorist-wannbes, no more Reverend Wright clones or hillbilly rapists, no more money grabbing Whitewater sluts, …
Bring back decency to our once proud land!!
I read his WSJ op-ed- What a whiny pussy. “They did this…They did that…” Wah, wha, wah. My god shut the fuck up you little wuss. I hate people that complain…
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