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re: Rush: Robin Williams killed himself because of a ‘political leftist’ attitude
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:28 am to ShermanTxTiger
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:28 am to ShermanTxTiger
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MSNBC
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most watched news channels
One of these things is not like the other.
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Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:10 am to Rex
This just in (just another day at the office for the word-parsing, unicorn believing left):
In a wide-ranging interview with All Access, Clear Channel Networks president Darren Davis claims that after an exhaustive investigation into the social media campaign against talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh and his advertisers, they found that 70 percent of the attacks were coming from just 10 highly organized individuals.
Apparently these activists are full-timers who use social media (Facebook, Twiter) to intimidate any small local business that advertises during Limbaugh's show on their local station. These activists go so far as to pose as local customers when the truth is that 80 percent of the complaints about Limbaugh come from a state different from the one the business is located in.
The big story -- and what we have learned -- is that virtually all the negativity around him over the last two years has stemmed from very small number of people in social media. We have found that 70% of the attacks are coming from just 10 people. Ten people around America - and we know who they are -- sit at their computers all day sending out tweets, then use computer technology to amplify them. …
80% of the attacks come from a different state than where the business exists. It's really amplified when you look at it that way. A small business in New York is getting letters, Facebook posts and tweets supposedly from customers boycotting their business -- when it's all coming from a person who actually lives in Nevada. It's the biggest bunch of nonsense I've ever come across. We're definitely going to do a big job of telling the truth.
The Left is genius at this kind of propaganda. It's exactly what the mainstream media does but on a more tightly focused scale.
The idea is to manufacture a reality that doesn’t exist. Regardless of public's real opinion on, say, gun control, the MSM will coordinate with every cable news network, network newscast, website, and print outlet to fabricate a reality meant to convince 100 Senators and 435 Representatives that all Americans care about is having their 2nd Amendment civil rights taken away from them.
From the looks of it, 10 dedicated activists are doing the same to Limbaugh's advertisers: coordinating a campaign to fabricate a reality that says doing business with Limbaugh is bad for business instead of good.
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In a wide-ranging interview with All Access, Clear Channel Networks president Darren Davis claims that after an exhaustive investigation into the social media campaign against talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh and his advertisers, they found that 70 percent of the attacks were coming from just 10 highly organized individuals.
Apparently these activists are full-timers who use social media (Facebook, Twiter) to intimidate any small local business that advertises during Limbaugh's show on their local station. These activists go so far as to pose as local customers when the truth is that 80 percent of the complaints about Limbaugh come from a state different from the one the business is located in.
The big story -- and what we have learned -- is that virtually all the negativity around him over the last two years has stemmed from very small number of people in social media. We have found that 70% of the attacks are coming from just 10 people. Ten people around America - and we know who they are -- sit at their computers all day sending out tweets, then use computer technology to amplify them. …
80% of the attacks come from a different state than where the business exists. It's really amplified when you look at it that way. A small business in New York is getting letters, Facebook posts and tweets supposedly from customers boycotting their business -- when it's all coming from a person who actually lives in Nevada. It's the biggest bunch of nonsense I've ever come across. We're definitely going to do a big job of telling the truth.
The Left is genius at this kind of propaganda. It's exactly what the mainstream media does but on a more tightly focused scale.
The idea is to manufacture a reality that doesn’t exist. Regardless of public's real opinion on, say, gun control, the MSM will coordinate with every cable news network, network newscast, website, and print outlet to fabricate a reality meant to convince 100 Senators and 435 Representatives that all Americans care about is having their 2nd Amendment civil rights taken away from them.
From the looks of it, 10 dedicated activists are doing the same to Limbaugh's advertisers: coordinating a campaign to fabricate a reality that says doing business with Limbaugh is bad for business instead of good.
LINK
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:15 am to tigerpawl
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:18 am to KeyserSoze999
He's coming on in 45 minutes. Just an invitation to all the non-listeners who read media matters instead of finding out first hand. But I'm sure they won't tune in. It's easier to believe the lie.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:28 am to Zach
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But I'm sure they won't tune in.
Why should they? Media matters will listen to it for them, parse his words and then feed it back to them, after changing context, while telling them what he REALLY said, not what he actually said.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:41 am to T1
quote:I miss the good 'ol days when liberals were proponents of free speech.
Modern day book burners.
I didn't always approve what they defended... But I could respect that they defended it. And was grateful, as silencing any voice hurts the rest of us in he long run.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:42 am to Zach
Are you silly enough to believe that Rush's denials of his own words are enough to vindicate him? Why, yes, I think you are.
What happened here is quite clear... he exploited Robin's death to attack the "political left". At the same time, he thought he could get away with even implying that Robin's liberalism was a cause, said so in so many words, but in his M.O. weasel manner tried to save himself some wiggle room. When his vileness was rejected by even right wingers he merely reassumed his weasel mode.
The excuse that he was being critical of the media rather than accepting of their analysis of Robin's condition is ad hoc bullshite... this we know because the media he cited in his hit piece was none other than FOX NEWS, his fellows in arms.
Let me remind you that Rush was the man who mocked Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Disease... if I recall correctly you made excuses for him then, too.
What happened here is quite clear... he exploited Robin's death to attack the "political left". At the same time, he thought he could get away with even implying that Robin's liberalism was a cause, said so in so many words, but in his M.O. weasel manner tried to save himself some wiggle room. When his vileness was rejected by even right wingers he merely reassumed his weasel mode.
The excuse that he was being critical of the media rather than accepting of their analysis of Robin's condition is ad hoc bullshite... this we know because the media he cited in his hit piece was none other than FOX NEWS, his fellows in arms.
Let me remind you that Rush was the man who mocked Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Disease... if I recall correctly you made excuses for him then, too.
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 10:46 am
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:46 am to Rex
quote:Indeed. It was a low-life move.
What happened here is quite clear... he exploited Robin's death to attack the "political left".
quote:Nope. That is not true. It's a Media Matters confabulation.
At the same time, he thought he could get away with even implying that Robin's liberalism was a cause
quote:Nonetheless, that is what he did.
ad hoc bullshite... this we know because the media he cited in his hit piece was none other than FOX NEWS, his fellows in arms.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:49 am to Rex
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Are you silly enough to believe that Rush's denials of his own words are enough to vindicate him?
He doesn't just deny it. He proves it by replaying the audio in CONTEXT. But you won't listen? Why Rex? You're retired. He comes on in 15 minutes. What are you afraid of? Looking stupid???
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:51 am to NC_Tigah
I posted the Media Matters article. It contained nothing more than Rush's own words.
And, no, Fox News is not some liberal source.
And, no, Fox News is not some liberal source.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:54 am to Zach
I read his weasel excuses from yesterday. Like I said, it was ad hoc bullshite.
And you're just going to ignore the Michael J. Fox observation, aren't you?
And you're just going to ignore the Michael J. Fox observation, aren't you?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:56 am to Rex
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. It contained nothing more than Rush's own words.
So, you don't understand what out of context means? OK. Here is an example...
Rex: "Some would say that Obama is an idiot who looks like a 19th century lawn jockey but I think he's the greatest President in our history."
Rexisanidiot.com... Rex: "Obama is an idiot who looks like a 19th century lawn jockey."
The above post by the Hate Rex cite contains 'nothing more than Rex's own words."
I hope this helps you understand the concept of out of context. But I doubt it.
Now, answer my question. Why aren't you going to listen in to the show?? Hmmm? Just gonna keep running away from that? Radio is free. You can listen with ear buds while playing with the dogs.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:59 am to Rex
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I read his weasel excuses from yesterday. Like I said, it was ad hoc bullshite.
You READ it on media matters. LISTEN TO IT.
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And you're just going to ignore the Michael J. Fox observation, aren't you?
He said that Fox exaggerates his symptoms in the TV ad compared with video of Fox IRL. He was right.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:01 am to Zach
The question now is what should happen to Media Matters?
They lost credibility years ago, but continue to have influence among the leftist media. Didn't Soros start it?
They lost credibility years ago, but continue to have influence among the leftist media. Didn't Soros start it?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:06 am to T1
Soros funds it but it's origins were from Hillary Clinton staffers. It's not going away nor should it. Free speech. But no one takes them seriously. That's why Rex goes to other sites for his links to avoid the association with Media Matters. But it's all from MM. It's called echo chamber.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:06 am to Zach
As one who listens to Limbaugh on a fairly consistent basis, I know the point he was trying to make.
He has long discussed what he perceives as what makes the Left tick. Now you can agree with him or not, on his take, but that's what he does. He also discusses the "new media", and the need for people to put all of their personal business out for everyone to see, via FB or Twitter, or whatever.
But as I said, if you don't listen to him on a consistent basis, you may not understand his outlook or whatever you want to call it.
And there are those who hate him for political reasons. For Media Matters, and others of their kind they see him as a threat. And when he comes out with something that can be spun as controversial, you can be sure someone will be using it in a fundraiser e-mail. Why else would they devote so much time to going after him. The rank and file of the Left just hate him because of his views, and they'll swallow what ever the MM and Move Ons of the world dish out.
He has long discussed what he perceives as what makes the Left tick. Now you can agree with him or not, on his take, but that's what he does. He also discusses the "new media", and the need for people to put all of their personal business out for everyone to see, via FB or Twitter, or whatever.
But as I said, if you don't listen to him on a consistent basis, you may not understand his outlook or whatever you want to call it.
And there are those who hate him for political reasons. For Media Matters, and others of their kind they see him as a threat. And when he comes out with something that can be spun as controversial, you can be sure someone will be using it in a fundraiser e-mail. Why else would they devote so much time to going after him. The rank and file of the Left just hate him because of his views, and they'll swallow what ever the MM and Move Ons of the world dish out.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 11:08 am to Rex
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Let me remind you that Rush was the man who mocked Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Disease... i
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:02 pm to Zach
I read the ENTIRE transcript in question... and just as I said yesterday, not once did he say that he did not know the cause of RW's death, or that there might be a difference between media reports of RW's reasons and what we know. Instead, he AFFIRMED his FOX NEWS source.
But then again, you're even making excuses for him mocking Michael J. Fox... it's obvious the man couldn't ever stoop to rancid in your hack world.
As for your out of context "lesson", let me say once again that your analogies are blatantly dishonest. Media Matters posted a THREE AND A HALF MINUTE segment, not some cherry picked sentence or truncated thought.
But then again, you're even making excuses for him mocking Michael J. Fox... it's obvious the man couldn't ever stoop to rancid in your hack world.
As for your out of context "lesson", let me say once again that your analogies are blatantly dishonest. Media Matters posted a THREE AND A HALF MINUTE segment, not some cherry picked sentence or truncated thought.
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:29 pm to Rex
This was the important part that Media Matters left out:
RUSH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, "What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams?"
Well, I believe there is some. But I don't think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasn't enough.
Then he explained the media's worldview in covering Robin's death:
They (the media) are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here there's a story on the Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career...
Now do you get it?
RUSH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, "What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams?"
Well, I believe there is some. But I don't think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasn't enough.
Then he explained the media's worldview in covering Robin's death:
They (the media) are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here there's a story on the Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career...
Now do you get it?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:31 pm to KeyserSoze999
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People who don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh are outraged by something he didn’t say. Again.
it's what they use to justify the stupidity of their daily existence, and of course it's what the daily dnc memo told them to think.
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