Got anything from this decade? On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > > Here are a few things he definitely lied about and called it news: > > 1. "It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with > cigarettes causing emphysema [and other diseases]." (Radio show, > 4/29/94) > > 2. LIMBAUGH: On the Republicans' "Contract With America": "The New > York Times never ran anything on the contract 'til after the election. > The rest of the news media hardly talked about it at all." (TV, > 4/6/95) > > REALITY: In the 42 days between the announcement of the "Contract with > America" and the Nov. 8, 1994 election, the New York Times published > 45 articles that mentioned the contract--more than one a day. The > Nexis computer database reports that more than 1400 pieces mentioning > the contract were published before the election. > > 3. LIMBAUGH: "Banks take the risks in issuing student loans and they > are entitled to the profits." (Radio show, quoted in FRQ, Summer/93) > > REALITY: Banks take no risks in issuing student loans, which are > federally insured. > > 4. LIMBAUGH: Comparing the 1950s with the present: "And I might point > out that poverty and economic disparities between the lower and upper > classes were greater during the former period." (Told You So, p. 84) > > REALITY: Income inequality, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, > fell from the 1940s to the late 1960s, and then began rising. > Inequality surpassed the 1950 level in 1982 and rose steadily to > all-time highs in 1992. (Census Bureau's "Money Income of Households, > Families and Persons in the United States") > > 5. LIMBAUGH: "Oh, how they relished blaming Reagan administration > policies, including the mythical reductions in HUD's budget for public > housing, for creating all of the homeless! Budget cuts? There were no > budget cuts! The budget figures show that actual construction of > public housing increased during the Reagan years." (Ought to Be, p. > 242-243) > > REALITY: In 1980, 20,900 low-income public housing units were under > construction; in 1988, 9,700, a decline of 54 percent ;Statistical > Abstracts of the U.S).In terms of 1993 dollars, the HUD budget for the > construction of new public housing was slashed from $6.3 billion in > 1980 to $683 million in 1988. "We're getting out of the housing > business. Period," a Reagan HUD official declared in 1985. > > 6. LIMBAUGH: "There's no such thing as an implied contract." (Radio > show, quoted in FRQ, Spring/93) > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sam<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A few on this list post clips of the Daily Show and discuss it as real news. >> >> As for Rush, he talks about the real news, doesn't make stuff up for >> comedy relief unless it's clearly satire. >> You don't have to agree with his conclusions of the news, I don't >> always agree, but it is his take of the news he's talking about. >> >> Another note, doesn't the left leaning PEW put out a study each year >> stating Rush listeners are the most informed on current events? >> >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:38 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> What is really sad is that there are people out there who think Rush's >>>> and the Daily Show are 'news' programs. >>>> >>> >>> Perhaps, but just from my personal experience, I haven't met a single person >>> who thinks the Daily Show is a news program. It's on COMEDY central, after >>> all. >>> >>> Conversely, I have met MANY people who take Rush's view as gospel. >>> >>> Now granted, I live in Kansas, so my experience is probably not all that >>> surprising. >>> >> >> > >
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