Right-wing media remembrances of Rush Limbaugh seem curiously short on quotes from the show that he did for several decades.
Fox News, for example, has repeatedly aired clips from his 2009 CPAC speech, not particularly revealing comments he made on his radio show..
Fox News, for example, has repeatedly aired clips from his 2009 CPAC speech, not particularly revealing comments he made on his radio show..
The FoxNews.com obit quotes the CPAC speech, his final 2020 broadcast in which he discussed his prognosis, some autobiographical quotes he made on-air, and this reference to the McNabb incident. foxnews.com/media/rush-lim… 
Daily Caller obit: 2020 prognosis quote, CPAC quote, "resigned [from ESPN] after comments he made about an NFL quarterback sparked backlash." dailycaller.com/2021/02/17/rus…
Daily Wire obit: 2020 prognosis quote, CPAC quote, autobiographical quote dailywire.com/news/rush-limb…
National Review obit: Prognosis quote, CPAC quote, and this (kind of amazing if I'm being honest) kicker nationalreview.com/news/conservat…
I dunno, as someone who spent a lot of time listening to and quoting things Rush Limbaugh said this strikes me as odd.
This is the sort of thing I’m talking about — hazy pablum colliding with actual cases.
https://twitter.com/ichotiner/status/1362134074848997376
Limbaugh's right-of center critics fill their pieces with the clear examples from his show that his conservative supporters leave out. I'll thread some of them below, they make for interesting reading.
Conor Friedersdorf runs through a series of examples from Limbaugh's books and radio show chronicling his shifts on the value of character and his bigotry, including the "in Obama’s America the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering" bit. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Peggy Noonan, who ultimately concludes that repealing the Fairness Doctrine may have been a mistake, focuses on his 2006 post-election statement that he no longer had to "carry water" for defeated GOPers. wsj.com/articles/rush-…
Michael Brendan Dougherty recalls being turned off to Limbaugh's show as a child, when Rush described the 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton as the White House dog nationalreview.com/2021/02/rushs-…
Max Boot also cites a litany of Limbaugh quotes, including his awful comments about Sandra Fluke. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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