Posted by
TheLeftIsEvil on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:35:15 AM
Rush Limbaugh and the Phony Soldier Part 3
There were two interviews this morning on cable news dealing
with Rush Limbaugh and the Phony Soldier.
My e-mail responses will tell you all you need to know about them.
First, to MS NBC:
This morning, between 8:30 and 9:00 CDT, I had the
misfortune of stumbling onto an interview with General Wesley Clark on MS-NBC
dealing with what Rush Limbaugh supposedly said on his talk show about phony
soldiers. The reporter never said what
Rush really said; she merely repeated Democrat talking point on how Rush
denigrated the troops by calling those who question the war in Iraq as phony
warriors. And Clark,
being the partisan Democrat that he is, played along.
If she had had the slightest hint of the inquisitive
reporter within her, she would have found out what this rank amateur found out
with very little effort by listening to Rush and checking certain web sites on
the Internet. Rush DID NOT accuse ANY
real soldiers of being phony soldiers; he was referencing a man named Jesse
Macbeth and men like him who made up all kinds of war stories about themselves
when actually they either never served in the military or (as with Macbeth)
they were drummed out of basic training.
Here is the relevant outtake from Rush’s transcript on this
subject. It is available on his web site
for free. You don’t need a secret
membership decoder ring to get in:
[Right here I inserted the outtake from Rush’s transcript I
used in the earlier post.]
This kind of reportorial incompetence is driving us
Americans to radio talk shows where we get the news straight, undoctored by the
Democrat spin doctors. When 24/7 TV
cable news channels began, we HOPED we’d get reports from around the world from
places we average Americans had no hope of ever seeing, reporting on events
we’d have no access to, interviews with people with expertise we have little
knowledge of, and breaking news of live events we had to know about, like the
September 11 attacks.
You have mastered only the last. You’ve failed us in ALL of the other aspects
of news. Instead we get Democrat talking
points, Brittany Spears and her custody battle, OJ, OJ and more OJ, and news we
can easily get, accurately and in great detail on the Internet.
If you’re wondering why your ratings are so low, well, now
you know. Are you going to do something
about it? Somehow I doubt it.
[I consider the two paragraphs I wrote after I inserted Rush’s
outtake to be the best summation of why I detest the MSM. Do you agree?]
And then, to Fox News:
Thank you for the interview this morning (between 8:30 and
9:00 CDT) with the Congressman who is working on passing a commendation for
Rush Limbaugh’s excellent work in supporting our troops.
I KNOW Rush NEVER said troops who questioned the war are
phony; he was referencing to phony soldiers like Jesse Macbeth who lied about
their service.
We often immediately notice reporting that enrages us and
ignore that which gratifies us. I
thought I’d break that tendency by taking note of your excellent reporting this
morning.
[If you see reporting that enrages you or gratifies you, please let the news shows know. Perhaps--crossing fingers here--we'll finally enjoy better reporting as a result.]