Gayle in MD
10-16-2009, 09:33 AM
Furthermore, according to a June 7, 2000, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) article, "As a young broadcaster in the 1970s, Limbaugh once told a black caller: <span style='font-size: 20pt'>'Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.' </span>" The article also reported that in the early 1990s, "after becoming nationally syndicated, he mused on the air: 'Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?' " According to FAIR, "[w]hen Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) was in the U.S. Senate, the first black woman ever elected to that body, Limbaugh would play the 'Movin' On Up' theme song from TV's 'Jeffersons' when he mentioned her. Limbaugh sometimes still uses mock dialect -- substituting 'ax' for 'ask'-- when discussing black leaders."
As Media Matters noted, on the March 19 broadcast of his show -- which airs from noon to 3 p.m. on 630 KHOW-AM's sister station, Newsradio 850 KOA -- Limbaugh highlighted a March 19 Los Angeles Times op-ed that described Obama as "running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination -- the 'Magic Negro.' " Some critics of pop culture use the term to describe certain benevolent African-American characters. Referring to the Times column as "racist," Limbaugh referred to Obama as the "Magic Negro" 27 times during the broadcast and at one point sang "Barack, the Magic Negro" to the tune of "Puff, the Magic Dragon."
Later in the broadcast, responding to Silverman's suggestion that "correct-thinking Republicans" should "ostracize" Limbaugh for his offensive Obama song parody, Caplis revived the falsehood that U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) once made an anti-Semitic remark. Caplis asked, "But ... Craig, does that mean then when Hillary Clinton makes that anti-Semitic remark that Democrats should ostracize her?" However, as Media Matters has noted, this allegation against Clinton originally was advanced by former President Bill Clinton's 1974 congressional campaign manager, who reportedly has "admitted to leveling charges 'without factual foundation' against the Clintons in the past." Moreover, Sen. Clinton's biographer, Gail Sheehy, author of Hillary's Choice (Random House, 1999), told the Associated Press that she did not include the accusation in her book because the source was "only moderately reliable" and "kind of flaky," and because "even he didn't back it up."
On the August 17 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio talk show, <span style='font-size: 20pt'>Rush Limbaugh referred to Native Americans as "injuns." </span>After a caller suggested that legislation introduced by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), which would grant limited rights of self-government to Native Hawaiians, was a first step toward establishing Native Hawaiian-owned casinos, Limbaugh responded, "So in your mind they're simply trying to duplicate the actions taken by the American injuns, and get themselves set up so they have casinos over there?"
Media Matters has documented at least four separate instances of Limbaugh using this slur on his program during the past year. In addition to his use of the term on August 17, Limbaugh used the term on the January 26, 2005, September 22, 2004, and November 24, 2004, editions of his program.
Limbaugh calls Native Americans "injuns" -- again
August 18, 2005 5:12 pm ET
http://mediamatters.org/research/200608240003
Limbaugh handicapped races in new Survivor series, suggested "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do"
August 23, 2006 8:20 pm ET
http://mediamatters.org/research/200701240010
On the February 1 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh responded to a Reuters report on a University of Chicago study that found that "a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government" by asserting: <span style='font-size: 20pt'>"Why would that be? The government's been taking care of them their whole lives."</span>On the January 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and actress Halle Berry as "Halfrican American[s]," stating that "Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry." Limbaugh then said: " 'As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans,' Obama said." Limbaugh then conceded that Obama "didn't say it."
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>Obama "is the son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya." As Media Matters for America has noted, conservative talk radio host Brian Sussman has also characterized Obama as a "Halfrican." Sussman later issued an apology on his website, describing his comments about Obama as "insensitive."</span>
From the January 24 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>
LIMBAUGH: Hey, Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry.</span> "As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans," Obama said.
He didn't say it, but -- anyway, there are those out there -- greetings.
http://mediamatters.org/research/200702060001
From the February 1 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: U.S. blacks -- young U.S. blacks believe in politics, according to a new study. "Many U.S. blacks are as confident" -- and we're talking about the clean ones here, folks, I must stipulate this -- young, clean U.S. blacks -- "believe in politics. Many young U.S. blacks are as confident as their white and Hispanic peers that they can use politics to make things better, but a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government." Why would that be? The government's been taking care of them their whole lives. Why would they feel alienated from -- maybe "today's government" means the Bush administration.
" 'There's good news and bad news when it comes to politics,' particularly as U.S. Senator Barack" -- the clean -- "Obama, an Illinois Democrat, may try to become the first black to reach the White House, said Cathy Cohen, a political science professor who headed this project at the University of Chicago." This research, by the way, "covered a wide range of social issues from sex to entertainment, also found that young blacks think that rap music and videos are riddled with too much sex and mistreatment of women -- even though they are the biggest consumers of that entertainment. Nearly 80 percent of young blacks, whites and Hispanics think they can make a difference by getting involved in politics. Large numbers of them feel that they have the skills to do so."
So I got -- the headline says "Young U.S. blacks" -- but blacks, whites, and Hispanics. Everybody thinks they can get involved in politics here. No big -- no big shake there.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2713502.htm
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>
"The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."</span>
In 2003, Limbaugh worked briefly on ESPN's NFL pregame show. He resigned after saying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>
Limbaugh: "We all agree with the Taliban and Iran" that Obama does not deserve Nobel
October 09, 2009 1:49 pm ET
From the October 9 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:</span>
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200910090029
(CNN) -- Amid a storm of controversy over his racially charged comments on a weekend TV show, conservative commentator and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Thursday that he had resigned from his post at ESPN.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>Limbaugh said on Thursday he stepped down late Wednesday from the show "Sunday NFL Countdown" to protect the network from the uproar caused by his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed. </span>
McNabb said Wednesday that he didn't mind criticism of his performance, but was upset that Limbaugh made his race an issue and said it was too late for an apology.
"It's somewhat shocking to hear that on national TV from him," McNabb said. "It's not something that I can sit here and say won't bother me."
On Thursday, Limbaugh told the National Association of Broadcasters at a convention in Philadelphia, "The great people at ESPN did not want to deal with this kind of reaction."
At the convention Limbaugh did not directly address questions about his name being linked by law enforcement sources to an investigation into a black market drug ring in Palm Beach County, Florida.
The sources said Thursday that authorities are looking into the illegal sales of prescription drugs OxyContin and hydrocodone.
Law enforcement sources said Limbaugh, who has a home in Palm Beach, is not the focus of the investigation. His name came up as a possible buyer, the sources said, during a two-year probe of a suspected multimillion-dollar black market operation.
A spokesman for the state attorney's office in Palm Beach said his office could "not confirm or deny" that Limbaugh's name has come up as part of the investigation.
Limbaugh said in a statement released Thursday: "I am unaware of any investigation by any authorities involving me. No governmental representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required in the future, I will, of course, cooperate fully."
The statement was issued by Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates the "Rush Limbaugh Show."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/02/limbaugh/
http://mediamatters.org/research/200702070012
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2713502.htm
magicJack.com
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Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement distancing the party's leadership from one of the GOP's best-known operatives, Chip Saltsman, who distributed a CD containing "Barack the Magic Negro" as part of his campaign to be elected chairman of the Republican National Committee next month.
Duncan, who has served the campaigns of five presidents dating back to Richard Nixon, is seeking reelection as the party's 60th chairman in a hotly contested race that includes Saltsman and several other viable candidates, ..
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-199288626.html
As Media Matters noted, on the March 19 broadcast of his show -- which airs from noon to 3 p.m. on 630 KHOW-AM's sister station, Newsradio 850 KOA -- Limbaugh highlighted a March 19 Los Angeles Times op-ed that described Obama as "running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination -- the 'Magic Negro.' " Some critics of pop culture use the term to describe certain benevolent African-American characters. Referring to the Times column as "racist," Limbaugh referred to Obama as the "Magic Negro" 27 times during the broadcast and at one point sang "Barack, the Magic Negro" to the tune of "Puff, the Magic Dragon."
Later in the broadcast, responding to Silverman's suggestion that "correct-thinking Republicans" should "ostracize" Limbaugh for his offensive Obama song parody, Caplis revived the falsehood that U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) once made an anti-Semitic remark. Caplis asked, "But ... Craig, does that mean then when Hillary Clinton makes that anti-Semitic remark that Democrats should ostracize her?" However, as Media Matters has noted, this allegation against Clinton originally was advanced by former President Bill Clinton's 1974 congressional campaign manager, who reportedly has "admitted to leveling charges 'without factual foundation' against the Clintons in the past." Moreover, Sen. Clinton's biographer, Gail Sheehy, author of Hillary's Choice (Random House, 1999), told the Associated Press that she did not include the accusation in her book because the source was "only moderately reliable" and "kind of flaky," and because "even he didn't back it up."
On the August 17 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio talk show, <span style='font-size: 20pt'>Rush Limbaugh referred to Native Americans as "injuns." </span>After a caller suggested that legislation introduced by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), which would grant limited rights of self-government to Native Hawaiians, was a first step toward establishing Native Hawaiian-owned casinos, Limbaugh responded, "So in your mind they're simply trying to duplicate the actions taken by the American injuns, and get themselves set up so they have casinos over there?"
Media Matters has documented at least four separate instances of Limbaugh using this slur on his program during the past year. In addition to his use of the term on August 17, Limbaugh used the term on the January 26, 2005, September 22, 2004, and November 24, 2004, editions of his program.
Limbaugh calls Native Americans "injuns" -- again
August 18, 2005 5:12 pm ET
http://mediamatters.org/research/200608240003
Limbaugh handicapped races in new Survivor series, suggested "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do"
August 23, 2006 8:20 pm ET
http://mediamatters.org/research/200701240010
On the February 1 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh responded to a Reuters report on a University of Chicago study that found that "a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government" by asserting: <span style='font-size: 20pt'>"Why would that be? The government's been taking care of them their whole lives."</span>On the January 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and actress Halle Berry as "Halfrican American[s]," stating that "Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry." Limbaugh then said: " 'As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans,' Obama said." Limbaugh then conceded that Obama "didn't say it."
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>Obama "is the son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya." As Media Matters for America has noted, conservative talk radio host Brian Sussman has also characterized Obama as a "Halfrican." Sussman later issued an apology on his website, describing his comments about Obama as "insensitive."</span>
From the January 24 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>
LIMBAUGH: Hey, Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry.</span> "As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans," Obama said.
He didn't say it, but -- anyway, there are those out there -- greetings.
http://mediamatters.org/research/200702060001
From the February 1 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: U.S. blacks -- young U.S. blacks believe in politics, according to a new study. "Many U.S. blacks are as confident" -- and we're talking about the clean ones here, folks, I must stipulate this -- young, clean U.S. blacks -- "believe in politics. Many young U.S. blacks are as confident as their white and Hispanic peers that they can use politics to make things better, but a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government." Why would that be? The government's been taking care of them their whole lives. Why would they feel alienated from -- maybe "today's government" means the Bush administration.
" 'There's good news and bad news when it comes to politics,' particularly as U.S. Senator Barack" -- the clean -- "Obama, an Illinois Democrat, may try to become the first black to reach the White House, said Cathy Cohen, a political science professor who headed this project at the University of Chicago." This research, by the way, "covered a wide range of social issues from sex to entertainment, also found that young blacks think that rap music and videos are riddled with too much sex and mistreatment of women -- even though they are the biggest consumers of that entertainment. Nearly 80 percent of young blacks, whites and Hispanics think they can make a difference by getting involved in politics. Large numbers of them feel that they have the skills to do so."
So I got -- the headline says "Young U.S. blacks" -- but blacks, whites, and Hispanics. Everybody thinks they can get involved in politics here. No big -- no big shake there.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2713502.htm
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>
"The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."</span>
In 2003, Limbaugh worked briefly on ESPN's NFL pregame show. He resigned after saying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>
Limbaugh: "We all agree with the Taliban and Iran" that Obama does not deserve Nobel
October 09, 2009 1:49 pm ET
From the October 9 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:</span>
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200910090029
(CNN) -- Amid a storm of controversy over his racially charged comments on a weekend TV show, conservative commentator and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Thursday that he had resigned from his post at ESPN.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>Limbaugh said on Thursday he stepped down late Wednesday from the show "Sunday NFL Countdown" to protect the network from the uproar caused by his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed. </span>
McNabb said Wednesday that he didn't mind criticism of his performance, but was upset that Limbaugh made his race an issue and said it was too late for an apology.
"It's somewhat shocking to hear that on national TV from him," McNabb said. "It's not something that I can sit here and say won't bother me."
On Thursday, Limbaugh told the National Association of Broadcasters at a convention in Philadelphia, "The great people at ESPN did not want to deal with this kind of reaction."
At the convention Limbaugh did not directly address questions about his name being linked by law enforcement sources to an investigation into a black market drug ring in Palm Beach County, Florida.
The sources said Thursday that authorities are looking into the illegal sales of prescription drugs OxyContin and hydrocodone.
Law enforcement sources said Limbaugh, who has a home in Palm Beach, is not the focus of the investigation. His name came up as a possible buyer, the sources said, during a two-year probe of a suspected multimillion-dollar black market operation.
A spokesman for the state attorney's office in Palm Beach said his office could "not confirm or deny" that Limbaugh's name has come up as part of the investigation.
Limbaugh said in a statement released Thursday: "I am unaware of any investigation by any authorities involving me. No governmental representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required in the future, I will, of course, cooperate fully."
The statement was issued by Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates the "Rush Limbaugh Show."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/02/limbaugh/
http://mediamatters.org/research/200702070012
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2713502.htm
magicJack.com
Byline: ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement distancing the party's leadership from one of the GOP's best-known operatives, Chip Saltsman, who distributed a CD containing "Barack the Magic Negro" as part of his campaign to be elected chairman of the Republican National Committee next month.
Duncan, who has served the campaigns of five presidents dating back to Richard Nixon, is seeking reelection as the party's 60th chairman in a hotly contested race that includes Saltsman and several other viable candidates, ..
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-199288626.html