carry on...though I would argue some of those are more opinion. On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Larry C. Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > > yes 118 of them. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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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