Huffington Post Pulls Bogus Limbaugh Quotes
Huffington Post Pulls Bogus Limbaugh Quotes
By Rich Noyes (Bio | Archive)
October 15, 2009 - 20:41 ET
Earlier today, the Weekly Standard’s John McCormack reported that the Huffington Post had asked author Jack Huberman to document quotes allegedly from Rush Limbaugh declaring that slavery “had its merits” and that the assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. deserved the Medal of Honor.
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The quotes were widely cited as real by several sports writers and on CNN and MSNBC in the past week as proof that Limbaugh was a racist who did not deserve to own part of the St. Louis Rams football team. But the Huffington Post has now removed them, saying the author has not been able to substantiate them.
[UPDATE: CNN's Rick Sanchez also, apologizes, sort of, via Twitter: "our bad."]
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For some reason (most likely my mistake) the entire article did not get posted. I tried to edit, and it may be fixed later, but I added the link below to the article.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/10/15/huffington-post-pulls-bogus-limbaugh-quotes
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "menderman" (R)
The blatant lies worked; so now they lose nothing by correcting the falsehoods. Nobody gives a **** about the truth anyway. They just believe what they want to believe.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "AvgDude2" (R)
Actually I think it has more to do with the Legal firestorm that is about to come down on them as well as other big name slanderers.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "razorwired" (R)
Well then. There ya go. More BS from a media outlet that doesn't bother to do the work of vetting their sources.
It happens over the world, everyday folks. And because it's on the internet, it's true? I have one thing to say. HA!
I'm not a fan of Rush, but you would think he could go for slander charges.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "bardville" (R)
it must be true now, since it appeared on the puffington post lol
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "sauerkraut" (R)
I believe that there is certainly a libel case in all of this.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "Fenrisulfr" (R)
Where is WillyWillKill now with his big fat liberal mouth.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "Kharkiv007" (R)
It's got a fat cock in it right now.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "Potatoes" (R)
shhhh...
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "menderman" (R)
It's got a fat cock in it right now.
LMAO!!!
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "Kharkiv007" (R)
Rush has the resources to bring all of these ******* idiots down. It's going to be a great show!
But, in the end, it won't change anything. But ****em anyway.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "ABWeb" (R)
I heard Potoatoes has him busy at the moment. Let him finish and wash his mouth out, then he'll weigh in on the issue.
Posted Oct-16-2009 by "Amusing" (R)
Bouncing on a coat hanger screaming obamas name?
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "Lynx_Canadensis" (B)
so when's limbaugh going to pull or apologize for his own bogus quotes? he NEVER does
- "On his April 29, 1994 radio program Limbaugh stated, "There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive... and the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease." [14] He stated this despite the fact that the U.S. Surgeon General's Report of 1988 declared the nicotine in cigarettes to be an addictive substance, the 1984 Surgeon General's report definitively linked smoking with emphysema, and the 1964 report linked it with lung cancer.[15][16][17]"
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rush_Limbaugh
- Rush Limbaugh - "Exercise freaks ... are the ones putting stress on the health care system" (June 11, 2009)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3de_1245274788
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "lasrever" Premium
how many libel cases would that lying fatass have against HIM if he was held accountable for all the slander he has given throughout his career?
double standards!
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "lasrever" Premium