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Rush is (almost) right

Just in time for the elections, Rush Limbaugh is on the hot seat again. In an article on MSNBC.com, David Montgomery reports that Limbaugh made fun of Michael J. Fox, accusing him of faking his Parkinson's disease for political ads1. Rush is quoted in the article as having said, "He is exaggerating the effects of the disease… He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act… This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting." Continue reading this post »

Footnotes:
  1. By the way, it's interesting how the story is reported. Limbaugh is labeled as a 'conservative,' and the headline is that Rush accused Fox of 'faking Parkinson's disease,' which is a pretty bad mischaracterization of what Limbaugh actually said. Ah, The Media! [back]

Posted by Mike Wittmann
on October 25th, 2006, in Politics, The Media
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