Kudos to the MSM for their consistency in, you know, not doing their jobs. ABC News, CNN [1], The New York Times [2], The Washington Post [3], the Associated Press [4] and others [5] all reported that Rush apologized for his soulless remarks about Michael J. Fox. The problem? He did no such thing:Â
RUSH: I stand by what I said. I take back none of what I said. I wouldn’t rephrase it any differently. It is what I believe; it is what I think. It is what I have found to be true.Â
Media Matters has the transcript [6]. On a side note, apparently the United States, for all its hooplah about freedom of the press, actually, well … sucks at it. We are now ranked 53rd in press freedom according to Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index [7]. Actually, we are tied for 53rd along with Tonga, Croatia, and Botswana.
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Links:
[1] http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/25/cnr.01.html
[2] http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/arts/television/25watch.html?ex=1319428800&en=efe19366739bf21a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400691.html
[4] http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/10/25/entertainment/e093342D47.DTL&type=printable
[5] http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=rush+apologized&btnG=Search+News
[6] http://mediamatters.org/items/200610250014
[7] http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639
[8] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Fso_much_for_that_liberal_bias&linkname=So%20much%20for%20that%20liberal%20bias...
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Interesting...