Fake Talk Radio

Posted by Mary Mancini on June 6, 2006 under Uncategorized |

Media Matters monitors the worst of the media, including Rush Limbaugh who admitted a few days ago to airing a call from phony liberal-bashing Lt. Col. in Iraq.

For a long time I’ve believed that many of Rush’s callers are setups so this doesn’t surprise me. Nor does it surprise me that he’s one of those Republicans who supports the military until he needs to blame them. Case in point, when a real member of the military made it known that the caller did not, in fact, exist Rush said, “Then, the other option we have is: Do we believe the military? The man did have some very pointed things to say. The man was very — whatever. I mean, whoever he is, he had some very, very pointed — like, “Let us go. Turn us loose. Let us out of the cages and do what we came here to do.” So, who do we believe here? Who do we believe? Do we believe the military? Do we believe the caller?”

Typical Republican “when reality catches up to you, cast doubt” behavior.