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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 12:26:53 GMT -5
"Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the Pew poll say they don’t trust Limbaugh, a bombastic conservative radio voice. Fox News follows closely with 37 percent saying they don’t trust the network. Glenn Beck ranks third, with 24 percent of respondents saying they distrust Beck.
As for the rest:
• 45 percent of the claims made on NBC and MSNBC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 38 percent of the claims made on CBS rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 36 percent of the claims made on ABC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 22 percent of the claims made on CNN rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
For the record, 82 percent of the claims we've checked from Limbaugh have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/oct/21/pew-study-finds-rush-limbaugh-least-trustworthy-ne/
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 12:34:02 GMT -5
Limbaugh is a pundit, not a journalist. Anyone tuning into his show for "news" is barking up the wrong tree because accuracy in reporting is not his primary concern.
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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 12:34:04 GMT -5
Well, he does claim to be "always almost right" 99% of the time... and "almost right" means one isn't completely right, doesn't it?...
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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 12:35:15 GMT -5
Limbaugh is a pundit, not a journalist. Anyone tuning into his show for "news" is barking up the wrong tree because accuracy in reporting is not his primary concern. But don't tell him that... he claims to be "the most influential man in America"... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 12:36:19 GMT -5
Well, he does claim to be "always almost right" 99% of the time... and "almost right" means one isn't completely right, doesn't it?... If he didn't, his ratings would plummet. And I'd imagine that there is just enough accuracy so as not to be out-and-out lying. He plays to a core of listeners and he does it very effectively. People don't turn into Rush Limbaugh for news; they do so more for reaffirmation of their world views. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 12:38:12 GMT -5
Limbaugh is a pundit, not a journalist. Anyone tuning into his show for "news" is barking up the wrong tree because accuracy in reporting is not his primary concern. But don't tell him that... he claims to be "the most influential man in America"... He's only influential if people take him seriously. We've had several posters on here who seem to hang on his every word. Political pundits don't care if people agree with them or not; all they're after is getting people to tune in. |
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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 12:40:20 GMT -5
Well, he does claim to be "always almost right" 99% of the time... and "almost right" means one isn't completely right, doesn't it?... If he didn't, his ratings would plummet. And I'd imagine that there is just enough accuracy so as not to be out-and-out lying. He plays to a core of listeners and he does it very effectively. People don't turn into Rush Limbaugh for news; they do so more for reaffirmation of their world views. You gotta hand it to the guy... a college dropout who has made some $$$... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 12:43:37 GMT -5
If he didn't, his ratings would plummet. And I'd imagine that there is just enough accuracy so as not to be out-and-out lying. He plays to a core of listeners and he does it very effectively. People don't turn into Rush Limbaugh for news; they do so more for reaffirmation of their world views. You gotta hand it to the guy... a college dropout who has made some $$$... The Bill Gates formula for success.  |
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Post by vosa on Oct 22, 2014 12:51:53 GMT -5
"Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the Pew poll say they don’t trust Limbaugh, a bombastic conservative radio voice. Fox News follows closely with 37 percent saying they don’t trust the network. Glenn Beck ranks third, with 24 percent of respondents saying they distrust Beck.
As for the rest:
• 45 percent of the claims made on NBC and MSNBC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 38 percent of the claims made on CBS rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 36 percent of the claims made on ABC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 22 percent of the claims made on CNN rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
For the record, 82 percent of the claims we've checked from Limbaugh have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/oct/21/pew-study-finds-rush-limbaugh-least-trustworthy-ne/ These respondents are the same Americans whom the government thinks are too stupid to know what size soda to buy or what their children should eat for lunch so I'll take the governmental view and say they aren't smart enough to make an accurate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire decision. |
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Post by rentedmule on Oct 22, 2014 12:57:50 GMT -5
Well, he does claim to be "always almost right" 99% of the time... and "almost right" means one isn't completely right, doesn't it?... There's a poster right here on this board who is always right. Seems to be a harmless claim to me. |
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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 13:18:50 GMT -5
"Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the Pew poll say they don’t trust Limbaugh, a bombastic conservative radio voice. Fox News follows closely with 37 percent saying they don’t trust the network. Glenn Beck ranks third, with 24 percent of respondents saying they distrust Beck.
As for the rest:
• 45 percent of the claims made on NBC and MSNBC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 38 percent of the claims made on CBS rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 36 percent of the claims made on ABC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 22 percent of the claims made on CNN rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
For the record, 82 percent of the claims we've checked from Limbaugh have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/oct/21/pew-study-finds-rush-limbaugh-least-trustworthy-ne/ are the same Americans whom the government thinks are too stupid to know what size soda to buy or what their children should eat for lunch so I'll take the governmental view and say they aren't smart enough to make an accurate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire decision. How do you know who these respondents were?... |
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Post by aboutwell on Oct 22, 2014 13:21:22 GMT -5
Well, he does claim to be "always almost right" 99% of the time... and "almost right" means one isn't completely right, doesn't it?... There's a poster right here on this board who is always right. Seems to be a harmless claim to me. I don't know who that poster would be... but I agree with the Limbaugh claim... he's almost always right... it's just that little part that isn't right that concerns me... |
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Post by rocketwolf on Oct 22, 2014 13:41:28 GMT -5
Well the next time you have lunch with him tell him.
Im sure Hillary wont mind you missing one lunch with you for that.
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Post by com6063 on Oct 22, 2014 13:51:06 GMT -5
I used to listen to Rush in college for entertainment, same way I'd watch David Letterman on late night tee vee.
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Post by rocketwolf on Oct 22, 2014 14:27:43 GMT -5
One advantage of not having cable is not being able to get Beck or the similar Aholes on MSNBC
and the rest of those so called slanted "news" shows.
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Oct 22, 2014 15:17:22 GMT -5
One advantage of not having cable is not being able to get Beck or the similar Aholes on MSNBC and the rest of those so called slanted "news" shows. Beck is on the web if you wish to change your mind. ;D |
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Post by rocketwolf on Oct 22, 2014 15:55:58 GMT -5
One advantage of not having cable is not being able to get Beck or the similar Aholes on MSNBC and the rest of those so called slanted "news" shows. Beck is on the web if you wish to change your mind. ;D No thanks I'll leave him to aboutwell he seems to follow his gas passing with a sort of religious fever. |
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Post by Ranger John on Oct 22, 2014 16:28:03 GMT -5
"Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the Pew poll say they don’t trust Limbaugh, a bombastic conservative radio voice. Fox News follows closely with 37 percent saying they don’t trust the network. Glenn Beck ranks third, with 24 percent of respondents saying they distrust Beck.
As for the rest:
• 45 percent of the claims made on NBC and MSNBC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 38 percent of the claims made on CBS rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 36 percent of the claims made on ABC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 22 percent of the claims made on CNN rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
For the record, 82 percent of the claims we've checked from Limbaugh have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/oct/21/pew-study-finds-rush-limbaugh-least-trustworthy-ne/ Wait... politifact... isn't that the website that made "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor" lie of the year... right after they asserted that it was mostly true? People that know politifact trust it even less than they trust MSNBC. |
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Post by rentedmule on Oct 22, 2014 16:37:23 GMT -5
Well, it seems that the obsession with the Tea Party is over. Haven't seen any threads in a while about That menace. Oh well, I suppose 'any port in a storm' still works as long as Limbaugh and the Koch Brothers are still around. In the old days the genuine socialists always derided the Bourgeois (middle class). But that no longer works since America is 99% "middle class" now. Us few proletariat's left find it lonely.
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Post by vosa on Oct 22, 2014 17:58:53 GMT -5
These respondents are the same Americans whom the government thinks are too stupid to know what size soda to buy or what their children should eat for lunch so I'll take the governmental view and say they aren't smart enough to make an accurate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire decision. How do you know who these respondents were?... Do you think Pew asked, oh let's say, the Peruvians their view of America's media networks? |
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Post by Ranger John on Oct 22, 2014 18:11:12 GMT -5
A through debunking of "politifact" can be found here: LINK |
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Oct 22, 2014 18:31:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ranger John on Oct 22, 2014 18:39:27 GMT -5
Frankly even though I do not listen to any of the above mentioned pundits, given the democrats lying non stop for the last 7 years I would say that this thread is also a lie, more likely the exact opposite is true and Rush is the source of all truth in the universe.  That's usually a pretty good assumption when "Politifact" is reporting. Someone really ought to do a study on their claims. My guess is that more than 60% of the claims made on Politifact would rate mostly false, false, or pants on fire. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 22, 2014 19:28:09 GMT -5
But don't tell him that... he claims to be "the most influential man in America"... Influence has nothing to do with truth. Only the perception thereof. Look at how many Democrats still think Obama knows what he's doing.  |
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Post by redleg on Oct 22, 2014 19:56:03 GMT -5
"Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the Pew poll say they don’t trust Limbaugh, a bombastic conservative radio voice. Fox News follows closely with 37 percent saying they don’t trust the network. Glenn Beck ranks third, with 24 percent of respondents saying they distrust Beck.
As for the rest:
• 45 percent of the claims made on NBC and MSNBC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 38 percent of the claims made on CBS rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 36 percent of the claims made on ABC rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire;
• 22 percent of the claims made on CNN rate Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
For the record, 82 percent of the claims we've checked from Limbaugh have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/oct/21/pew-study-finds-rush-limbaugh-least-trustworthy-ne/ "politifact" has been shown to lie, misrepresent, and misconstrue in order to further Socialist, even Communist agendas. So, why would anyone be surprised that they "find" conservatives untrustworthy? |
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