Rush Limbaugh's "Doubled Ratings" a Big Fat Lie

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Saturday March 07, 2009 · 4:54 PM PST

2009/03/07 · 16:54

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Winston Churchill

I bring you the pants.

The right has seized on the idea that Rush Limbaugh's ratings have doubled, as reported by the Washington Post, to prove that the Democrats' Limbaugh strategy is backfiring. Even if the ratings canard were true, it would prove no such thing. The fact is that it's not true, as my reporting, and a glance at the WaPo article, make clear.

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Saturday February 21, 2009 · 1:53 PM PST

2009/02/21 · 13:53

From DailyDose:

Before today’s press briefing, I had a chance to talk to Helen Thomas. I let her know that I gave Bill O’Reilly what for for bashing the legendary White House correspondent. Her comment?

"Bill sent me flowers, and I sent him a note thanking him for the lovely flowers." she said.

I also asked her a question that a lot of people, including Billdo, wanted to know. Here’s Helen:

I shot that video at yesterday's press briefing, and it's getting the righties in a lather.

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Sunday August 10, 2008 · 12:23 PM PDT

2008/08/10 · 12:23

(Author's note: I am Tommy Christopher, excerpting my own work. My contract prevents me from reprinting thearticle in full. After the jump, some additional commentary)

I started out covering PUMA out of a fascination with the apparent cognitive dissonance required to go from rabid Hillary Clinton supporter to John McCain voter.

What I found was a hydra-headed "movement" comprised of a group of justly frustrated voters, fed up with a sexist culture and a confusing nominating process, being led by a disparate array of people with other agendas.

Trying to untangle the mess is an exercise in futility that I will leave to crusading pre-school teacher Christina Cedeno. For me, it is enough to strip away the disingenuous mission statements, hidden agendas, and PR posturing, and focus on what they do, their raisons d'etre: to smear Barack Obama. Here's the scary part.

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 · 5:00 PM PDT

2008/04/29 · 17:00

(Author's note: I am Tommy Christopher, excerpting my own work. My contract prevents me from reprinting the article in full. After the jump, some additional commentary. Also, check out my brief interview with Rachel Maddow today.)

Rush Limbaugh is at it again, trying to wreak havoc on the Democratic Primary race. From Buzzfeed:

Rush Limbaugh urges his conservative fans to vote for Hillary so that neither Democrat can win the primaries.

Unfortunately, Rush Limbaugh has met his match. Welcome to "Tommy Christopher's Operation RonDemption."

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Saturday April 12, 2008 · 8:15 PM PDT

2008/04/12 · 20:15

(Author's note: I am Tommy Christopher, excerpting my own work. My contract prevents me from reprinting the article in full. After the jump, some additional commentary)

Sure, what else could Barack Obama have possibly meant by this?

You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

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Monday March 17, 2008 · 6:34 AM PDT

2008/03/17 · 06:34

Unfortunately, I can't reprint the whole thing, but click here to read it all. I am the author of this piece, but my contract doesn't allow me to reprint in it's entirety.

Barack Obama was cruising along to the Democratic Presidential nomination on a wave of political goodwill unprecedented in modern history, followed closely by an embattled Hillary Clinton. Prior to the "Big State" primary day, the media was pretty much settled on Obama as the nominee. But then, something happened.

As if some spell had been broken, the media suddenly turned on Obama, and a slew of charges and smears that had been bubbling just below the surface were suddenly thrown in the candidate's face. Perhaps it had something to do with Hillary and Saturday Night Live "working the ref", crying foul on the easy treatment they feel Obama has received compared to Hillary. Maybe it was the sheer aggregation of the smears reaching a tipping point. Obama's weakness with blue-collar whites in Ohio certainly had to play a role.

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Saturday February 23, 2008 · 11:54 AM PST

2008/02/23 · 11:54

Viewers of MSNBC's Countdown may have been treated to the House Republicans' idea of a policy debate, in the form of the video below, but they aren't the only people to whom the "24" homage is being disseminated. Of course, there are the visitors to the House Republican Conference's Youtube channel (No "Avril LaVigne" lip-sync videos, I checked). So far, so good.

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Saturday February 16, 2008 · 5:10 AM PST

2008/02/16 · 05:10

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendel posited earlier this week that "some" PA Democrats just weren't ready to elect a black man as president. This is just the latest in what has become an obsession in this presidential race, the voting habits of various racial and gender groups.

Internet message boards have become dumping grounds for copy-and-paste spamments by zealots on all sides, with Barack Obama's opponents employing a new tactic, now that the "Muslim" smear has been debunked and failed to gain traction. He's going to give America back to Africa. All of these smears have the same basic aim, to gently remind us that Obama is black.

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Tuesday November 20, 2007 · 7:03 AM PST

2007/11/20 · 07:03

Good Morning, fellow travelers. Some of you know that I write for The Political Machine on AOL, and I need your help. Relax, it doesn't involve actually visiting AOL, although you can if you want to. For just my posts, you can click here,click here, (among other things, there's a great interview with Robert greenwald) and for the whole Political Machine here.Political Machine here. There are a lot of conservative claims going unchallenged there, they could use a few smart Kossacks to play with, but I totally understand if you don't want to.
What I would very much appreciate is your input on a question that a reader asked me, and which is the basis for an upcoming piece: "What's wrong with Glenn Beck?"
These are all so good, I have a new idea for the piece. I'm going to write the article, pull the best/funniest comments, and link back to this diary. Also, I think I'll put this out a few other places, get some diversity of opinion. It'll be like a Glenn Beck Summit.

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 6:11 AM PDT

2007/08/14 · 06:11

There has been a lot of rejoicing over the surprise resignation of Karl Rove, and I get it, but we need a little perspective. This country is being gang-raped by the Bushites. Rove may have slinked away, panting and sweating, but the rest of the train is still there.
As you might have gleaned, I love a good analogy, if used properly. An analogy is useful to illustrate a point, but not to prove one. Don't you hate it when you're talking immigration reform with someone and they go, "Well, you wouldn't let a blind woodpecker shine your shoes with a wetnap, now wouldja?"
Followed by a triumphant gleam. Grrr! I do also love the word analog. I always picture a very organized, fastidious caveman.
So, the problem with my gang-rape analogy is that half of this country literally asked for it. By this I mean that in real life, nobody asks to be raped. That's why I say there is a problem with the analogy. OK, Ticketpunch?

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