Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh used to tell his listeners that the government was trying to silence him, based on a completely bogus tale about what the Fairness Doctrine would do. This time around, it's an ad campaign by the liberal group Media Matters for America directed at some of the stations that air Limbaugh's show. The group is encouraging citizens to contact stations and let them know they object to Limbaugh's degrading, sexist comments about Sandra Fluke. So what's the controversy? Fox News host Bill O'Reilly thundered (3/22/12) that "the far-left is a primary source of censorship in America." He [...]
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Mar
23
2012
The New Campaign to 'Silence' Rush Limbaugh
Filed Under: Advertisers, AP, Clear Channel, First Amendment, Fox News, Gender, Media Criticism Tagged With: Bill O'Reilly, David Bauder, Media Matters, Michael Harrison, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke
Aug
05
2009
Dobbs OK Because Not 'Actually Questioning the Facts'
Reporting for Associated Press (7/3/09), David Bauder has an update on CNN's insistence on "standing behind" Lou Dobbs, who has "become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and…on top of all that, his ratings are slipping." Bauder asks outright: "How does Lou Dobbs keep his job" while plugging the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama "wasn't born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary"? Dobbs' work has been so unpopular that even Ann Coulter has criticized him. Dobbs has acknowledged that he believes Obama was born in Hawaii. But he gives airtime to disbelievers, and has [...]
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Media Business, Politics, Race Tagged With: Associated Press, Barack Obama, birthers, David Bauder, Jon Klein, Lou Dobbs
