What to call what Rush Limbaugh does

[Jonathan Lighter]

This is not supposed to be political, but I would call it hate-mongering for
money. Or lying, if you prefer.

Rush racked up $400,000,000 to keep it going through 2016.

That's one thousand (1000) times the annual salary of President George W.
Bush or President Barack Obama.

For that kind of money, any show-biz character would be inclined to stretch
the truth.

JL
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM, George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu>wrote:

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> I incline toward "nattering nabob of negativity", myself.
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> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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> From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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> > What do we call the type of nasty political commentary on radio
> > exemplified by Rush Limbaugh?  I thought "shock radio", does that
> > have more with sexual content?  On the other hand, NPR says "The
> > firing of talk radio host Don Imus is a blow to shock radio. But the
> > kind of edgy, often offensive commentary and entertainment Imus
> > offered is not likely to disappear from the airwaves."
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> > Joel
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