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Edited on Wed Nov-16-11 01:55 PM by certainot
Here's what Limbaugh said in first hour this morning....
praphrasing Limbaugh:
xxxxxx' Bloomberg liberated Zuccotti Park. lousy hippies thieves rapists purse snatchers sexually transmitted diseases, murder, filth, gunfire, scabies The protestors are so used to urinating and defecating in the streets so when they go back home to their parents they might need to be housebroken again. They’re going to have to put some newspaper down. endless parade of human debris, whining little wimps looking for free meals free drugs free sex it was never big, never any public support, not the backbone of America white house wanted bloomberg to get them out because it was one big ad for the dem party. 'xxxxxx
WABC is a parent, or the parent station for Rush Limbaugh, and it is located near Penn Station, NYC. Maybe it needs some protests too. There is no bigger PC cop and sensor-by-threat in US media than Limbaugh. There is no louder supporter and excuser of Wall St. deregulation and corruption.
He starts the ball rolling on the daily output from the 1000 plus talk radio stations that dominate political talk in the US. By sheer unchallenged volume and ubiquity he and his radio imitators determine what is and isn't 'acceptable' in media and politics. If he can say it from 600 stations and no one can talk back in real time it must be OK for media and politicians all over the country. Team Limbaugh is a major enabler and excuser for the way local governments and police deal with OWS protests across the country.
What also makes their message acceptable is that many of the largest of those stations and their talkers are endorsed by our universities. Many of our major universities broadcast their football and basketball on those stations, contradicting their own 'mission statements' by associating with the daily global warming denial, racism, misogyny, and lies.
Together, the coordinated national and local right wing talkers have been able to eventually message over just about anything progressives have done. How many protestors is one right wing talker with a big microphone worth? And the left has no direct organized challenge for that giant megaphone, as it distorts and minimizes all OWS objectives and intimidates and enables and excuses local governments and police.
The OWS protests have been one of the few political entities/events the last 20 years that have been able to message over the think tank coordinated megaphone that is the right wing talk radio monopoly. But how much more effective would they be if the Left stopped giving the right wing talk radio monopoly a free speech free ride?
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