why in the world is CNN running Rush Limbaugh live for the last, like, half an hour???

[inna]

WTF is wrong with CNN?? i'm just astounded. what a travesty.

[babylonsister]

1. They're lazy. They don't have to 'do' anything. And don't forget,

"The party of Lincoln is now the party of Limbaugh." Pssst! Pass it on!

[Captain Hilts]

2. On Saturdays there is nothing to report. MSNBC is probably running prison stuff. PBS home repair.nt

[Sherman A1]

32. Precisely

and really, how many eyes are glued to CNN on Saturday afternoon anyway? I suspect not very many.

[annabanana]

3. report errors here:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?2

I told them pretty much everything I'd heard on CNN for the last 3/4 hour was an error...

[inna]

13. i told them they are as bad as Faux and that this coverage is OUTRAGEOUSLY "unbalanced".

[JI7]

4. but don't you think it's helping our side ?

[Swede]

5. I don't have a problem with it.

Expose him beyond his dittoheads.

[TahitiNut]

6. Because he's billed as the "Keynote Speaker" ...

... which so far is just a bunch of bumper sticker applause lines for that mob of self-indulged, self-satisfied, slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging Amway drop-outs.

[aquart]

41. But he's NOT the voice of the Republican Party?

[Faygo Kid]

7. $$$$$$$$$$$

It's why they do everything that they do.

They know the dittoheads worship Rush. Literally. Ratings.

[DesertFlower]

8. conservatives watch CNN too. nt

[Subdivisions]

9. That's that liberal media we keep hearing about...n/t

[inna]

10. i'm pretty sure this is commercial-free, too!

can't believe this crap. as if it's some sort of a presidential address to the nation.

CNN producers should be fired.

[La Grange]

12. Well...

First Amendment?

[DireStrike]

14. You're missing the point.

On purpose?

[La Grange]

16. Well no.

I hate Rush but I don't see why media producers should be fired for showing his fat head. Censorship is censorship.

[Quantess]

23. No one is censoring Rush, trust me.

Remember when Glenn Beck had over an hour of prime time on "CNN HEadline News"? I wrote at least 2 emails and one letter to CNN complaining about him. It's a good bet that other viewers did as well, because he's not on CNN "Headline News" anymore, Glenn Beck is now on Fox where he belongs.

None of this is a First Amendment issue.

[DireStrike]

29. My mistake, I hadn't read the comment before yours

Sorry!

[rvablue]

33. Your argument makes no sense. Not showing Rush would not equate to censorship

With that said, I have no issue with them showing his speech.

I'm glad that Pigboy and his know-nothing, racist, dumb followers are getting a big venue to expose themselves for exactly what they are: ignorant, mean, racist, nasty and stupid!

[G_j]

15. then they should give you and I time too. .. nt

[inna]

18. i know, i'm exaggerating about "firing" of course. it's just outrageously imbalanced and....

... over the top, that's all.

i've never known that CNN was just a bunch of closet Limbaugh worshippers.

[La Grange]

Ah!

Sorry, I'm new to the forum and probably already started off bad :( I just gotta find my groove here.

[inna]

28. LOL, no worries, you'll find it! :)

hey, i'm totally against censorship myself.

"firing producers" was just a figure of speech, purely rhetorical.

i did write to CNN and told them all i thought about their programming choice, though.

[Sherman A1]

34. You are doing just fine.

Keep up the good work. If you see something that is wrong in your opinion (and I agree with your thought that firing the producers is wrong on the basis of the first amendment) then feel free to speak up and say something.

If the folks don't like watching Rush on CNN, they have an off switch on their TV or can change the channel. CNN has a right to put on what they desire.


That's the way it works.

[Cerridwen]

27. Psst. Please show me where in the 1st Amendment it guarantees

the right to an audience and the right to make a profit.

I may have missed it.

[La Grange]

35. I'm not sure what your asking.

The right to make a profit? What does this mean when talking about CNN airing Rush's speech? Rush didn't ask CNN to air it, the media station decided on it's own. So, my statement is that the First Amendment protects the producers of that station (Freedom of the press) to air whatever they deem prudent. After all you do have the right to listen or not and can simply change the channel.

[Cerridwen]

40. The 1st Amendment guarantees the government will not censor

speech. It does not say that one's speech is guaranteed to be televised, that one must televise speech, that one will have an audience when giving speech, nor that one is guaranteed payment for, or advertising during said speech.

Nor does it protect the producers of the station from answering to the owners of the business or other "whims" of the "free market."

What you stated as reason for the producers not being held liable for their actions may have to do with business practices but not necessarily free speech as defined in the 1st Amendment.

edit for comma abuse

[La Grange]

42. I never said it did.

CNN can censor itself all it wants. It was never defined who would be doing the firing of the producers. If it's the CNN owners then fine. The free market can also react to that in whatever way it wants. I admit, I assumed she was saying that CNN as a whole should be forced to make these firings due to the airing of the speech.

[Cerridwen]

43. I think we're in agreement.

BTW, welcome to DU.

Sorry to give you such a rough time right off the bat. I usually save that until I "know" ya better.

:D

[libodem]

11. He's the 'Kingmaker'

of the Republic Party. He's the face and body of Conservatism. He's the mind for all the ideas. He's the spirit of the sportsmanship with which the game is played. He demonstrates the morals and ethics of how you treat your worthy opponent. He sets the tone. He manufactures the standards. He is the idol of skinheads and jack-booted-thugs. He is the entertainment in the White Supremacist/Paramilitary Survivalist Compounds. He inspires the creeps that might jump and beat-up a homosexual. He inspires hate crimes. He tells his listeners to hope our President fails and therefore hope for the failure of our government and our country. He's the real deal. I'll tell you this much he does not belong on Armed Forces Radio. No one should be forced to listen to a kook fringe right-wing nut job like him. At least we are free to turn OFF CNN.

[AntiFascist]

17. Uhhh, was he just mocking the way Barney Frank speaks?

I wasn't paying attention, but CNN then went to snow, had to explain that Don Lemon was off....so back to Limbaugh.

[inna]

21. i noticed that!

thank god it's over now.

[greenbriar]

19. cnn cut him off some

he started talking about wanting Obama to fail and CNN cut it out
and the anchor looked really surprised

[Emit]

22. Surprised that they cut him off or surprised at L's wanting Obama to fail rant?

[greenbriar]

20. CNN just called Rush the Conservative leader

bwahaha

[stevedeshazer]

24. Bingo, and that's the answer to the original OP's question.

The reason Limbaugh is getting attention is because he is the featured speaker for the CPAC shindig this weekend.

Paint the Republicans with that brush.

[AntiFascist]

25. At least the Republics know who their true leader is...

maybe he should run for president? :rofl:

[Joe Bacon]

26. He is the leader of the Republic Party!

That is why The Conservative Nincompoop Network is broadcasting that bloated closet queen!

[inna]

31. they actually called him "the Conservative leader"!!

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

37. They've declared independence from the GOP.. They are the REBEL party

He (they) readily ADMIT(s) that they have no policy.. Their stated goal is to flummox, to irritate, to slow-down,, they are nothing more than insurgents with verbal IEDs at the ready.

Their only purpose is to thwart the will of "the people"... "the people", being the MAJORITY of the public who told THEM...."NO!.. we don't want your stale ideas", and the REBELS that remain, are intent on preventing the people from getting the things they voted FOR..


GOP is nothing more than an obnoxious band of losers who are willing to "blow things up" because they can;t have it their way anymore...even though their way is why we are in the mess we are today..

[BlooInBloo]

30. Because they're always trying to out-Fox Fox.

[femmocrat]

36. Now they are showing clips of his speech.

And slicing and dicing it, as if it was something newsworthy.

WTF is wrong with CNN! Giving that lunatic a platform and treating him as someone worthy of air time?

:puke:

[Spazito]

38. The more he is shown as the de facto leader of the repubs...

the better for the Dems, imo. Nail the repubs' asses to him and all that will be left in the party will be the fringe rabid right.

[creeksneakers2]

44. Make them one

Then destroy them both!

[upi402]

39. Corporatism News Network is traitorous

It has betrayed democracy and is complicit in the corporatism now beginning to destroy America. CNN is one part of many. They have no interest in the facts of what has happened getting out. They need a bigger percentage of radicalized population to evade justice.

[libodem]

45. CNN started showing its ass

when they gave Glenn Beck a forum.(notice where he ended up?) They are Faux Jr. Wonder if they are owned by the same corporation? At least if they are this blatant about promoting Fascism, people should be able to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is the Lou Dobbs sort of commentator whom people tend to consider an objective reporter, and don't catch that he is very biased. And all that happy horse shit 'I'm a libertarian', I don't register as a Republican, I vote for the candidate regardless of party...from Beck and O'Liely. My aching' ass!