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		<title>Just Another Example of Why the Mainstream Media is Such a Farce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This week, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was forced out of a group seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams football team, a group that approached him from the start.  That is a story unto itself.  But what happened in the news media this week demonstrates once again why journalism in this country is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was forced out of a group seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams football team, a group that approached him from the start.  That is a story unto itself.  But what happened in the news media this week demonstrates once again why journalism in this country is nothing more than a farce.</p>
<p>CNN and MSNBC were the culprits this time, citing that Rush Limbaugh made racist comments on his talk show.  These comments were reported by CNN, MSNBC and Jack Huberman&#8217;s post on the Huffington Post as proof that Limbaugh was a racist, and therefore did not deserve to be a part owner of an NFL team.  However, the news media never sourced those comments.  <em>What?  Are you kidding me?</em>  They reported to their thousands (<em>maybe tens of thousand?</em>) of viewers that Rush Limbaugh said something without first checking to see if he actually did?</p>
<p>The Media Research Center President Brent Bozell has <a title="Bozell Demands CNN, MSNBC Source Racist Charges Against Rush Limbaugh " href="http://mrc.org/press/releases/2009/20091013010623.aspx" target="_blank">demanded that CNN and MSNBC provide proof </a>that Limbaugh made those comments.  The Media Research Center also reports today that <a title="MSNBC Admits: 'Unable to Verify' False Limbaugh Quote; No Retraction or Apology " href="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20091016044340.aspx" target="_blank">MSNBC has admitted </a>that they were unable to verify those statements were made by Limbaugh, but they have not offered an apology or a retraction.  And the Huffington Post has since deleted those quotes from Huberman&#8217;s article.</p>
<p>Remember what your mom told you?  &#8220;Don&#8217;t believe everything you read.&#8221;  She couldn&#8217;t have been more <em><strong>right</strong></em>.</p>
<p>And the media, slobbering over Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s removal from the group, proved just how <em><strong>left</strong></em> they are.</p>
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