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Fox News and Rush Limbaugh
36:05 - 42:03 (05:57)
The podcast discusses how Fox News tried to hire Rush Limbaugh in 2006 and how the network already had a few broadcasters with similar views to Limbaugh's.
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Roger Ailes attempted to recruit Rush Limbaugh to join Fox News in 2006, but the radio host preferred to stick with his popular syndicated program.
36:05 - 39:43 (03:37)
Fox News
Summary
Roger Ailes attempted to recruit Rush Limbaugh to join Fox News in 2006, but the radio host preferred to stick with his popular syndicated program. By the time Fox News was established, Ailes already had a lineup of conservative pundits similar to Limbaugh.
ChapterFox News and Rush Limbaugh
EpisodePart Two: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Rush Limbaugh's main focus was not advancing conservative ideology, but attacking liberals which earned him the label of referring to them as commie libs or pink commie libs.
39:43 - 42:03 (02:19)
Media Bias
Summary
Rush Limbaugh's main focus was not advancing conservative ideology, but attacking liberals which earned him the label of referring to them as commie libs or pink commie libs. This also resulted in fear-mongering such as the statement that Obama will take away guns.