About us Login Get email updates
County Fair
Print

Newsbusters defines "nitty-gritty"

November 30, 2009 5:07 pm ET by Oliver Willis

In defending cable news and talk radio from PBS host Jim Lehrer's statement that they offer relatively shallow approaches to health care coverage, Newsbusters' Tim Graham asks:

Does Lehrer think Rush Limbaugh doesn't get into the nitty-gritty of a health-care bill?

Here's some recent "nitty-gritty" from Limbaugh on health care:

Limbaugh falsely claims health care bills provide for five years of jail time if you don't buy insurance

Rush: If health care bill passes, Dems get "72 virgins" in "Capitol wading pool" and "lifetime supply of Viagra or Cialis"

Quick Fact: Limbaugh falsely claims undocumented immigrants "are covered" under House health care bill

Quick Fact: Dr. Limbaugh promotes false notion that abortion is linked to breast cancer

Limbaugh: "Human beings will die earlier than normal" under "freedom killing" and "life threatening" health-care reform

Rush Limbaugh's coverage of health care reform, like most issues Rush Limbaugh covers, is error-riddled, misleading and offensive. In the eyes of conservative media critics like MRC's Newsbusters, this is getting into the "nitty-gritty". Heaven help us.

Support Our Work


Expand All Expand 1st Level Collapse All Add Comment
    • Author by shaggles (November 30, 2009 5:11 pm ET)
         
      Sorry to go off topic but here's a link to a Think Progress piece on a birther ad the WaTimes apparently ran today.

      Birther Monkey Ad

      Can we expect congress to condenm this as they did the 'General Betray Us?' ad?
      Report Abuse
      • Author by bintx (November 30, 2009 5:19 pm ET)
           
        I doubt it.

        Most of them won't see the blatant racism.

        Just totally disgusting.
        Report Abuse
      • Author by marco21 (November 30, 2009 5:19 pm ET)
           
        I hope so, but no.
        Report Abuse
      • Author by magnolialover (November 30, 2009 5:32 pm ET)
           
        Nope, and I would hope that they wouldn't go after something like this. Going after Moveon's ad was stupid and close to impinging on actual free speech recently.
        Report Abuse
    • Author by magnolialover (November 30, 2009 5:30 pm ET)
         
      No, Limbaugh goes nowhere near the nitty and the gritty of the actual health care bill. He's too busy making things up about it.
      Report Abuse
    • Author by ProgLib (December 02, 2009 3:50 am ET)
         
      its amazing how much newsbusters defends and drools over rush limbaugh. they might as well just devote an entire site to him.
      Report Abuse

my.MediaMatters.org

Login  Sign Up

About the Blog

Feed Icon
  • County Fair is a media blog featuring links to progressive media criticism from around the Web as well as original commentary, breaking news and rapid response updates to major media events from Media Matters senior fellows and other staff.