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ABC "Investigation" of How Rush's "Troubles Are Far from Over"(A threat or warning?)
MRC ^ | 5:20am EST, Tuesday November 18, 2003 | BrentBaker

Posted on 11/18/2003 7:57:10 AM PST by fight_truth_decay

A threat or warning to Rush Limbaugh? Either way, ABC's World News Tonight on Monday carried a rather ominous promo about what will be featured on Tuesday night's program. The ABC announcer intoned: "Tomorrow, Rush Limbaugh may be back on the airwaves, but his troubles are far from over. An ABC News investigation. Tomorrow on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings."

Don't know if it's related or not, but Peter Jennings noted at the end of the show that "we'll be in Florida tomorrow." Though Limbaugh did his program on Monday, his first day back after a month at a drug rehab clinic, from Manhattan, he usually broadcasts from a studio in his Palm Beach County, Florida home.

On Monday morning, ABC News didn't show much understanding of the concerns and interests of Limbaugh's audience. MRC analyst Jessica Anderson caught how Bob Woodruff ended a Good Morning America piece: "In the past, Limbaugh has shown little sympathy for addicts and his audience today certainly will be listening to see if that attitude's changed."

More like that's a concern to Limbaugh's liberal critics.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abc; jennings; peter; rush
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1 posted on 11/18/2003 7:57:16 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay
I heard Rush yesterday. I almost didn't recognize him. he sounded like a different man. I don't know what to make of it.
2 posted on 11/18/2003 8:00:15 AM PST by mgist
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To: fight_truth_decay
Bob Woodruff ended a Good Morning America piece: "In the past, Limbaugh has shown little sympathy for addicts and his audience today certainly will be listening to see if that attitude's changed."

Rush has intentionally avoided the issue for a long time, so I don't see much of a change. I think Rush even is empowered now to take a stronger stance against drugs, since he can relate to how evil they are from personal experience.

3 posted on 11/18/2003 8:02:14 AM PST by Always Right
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To: fight_truth_decay
I'm convinced we have been in an orchestrated 'Get Conservatives' movement for several months possibly starting with Bill Bennet.

The media, the DNC, the 9 rats, the miniority leaders on the Hill are all pulling in the same direction now it it will only get worse for the next 12 months.

4 posted on 11/18/2003 8:06:22 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Always Right
Agree. I'm hoping that Rush's experience might put more focus on pain management. There are other ways to do it, other than drugs.
5 posted on 11/18/2003 8:06:54 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................."Dean's got Tom McClintock Eyes".........................)
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To: mgist
ABC and Peter Jennings..........godless whores all
6 posted on 11/18/2003 8:08:12 AM PST by cars for sale
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To: fight_truth_decay
ABC wants to kick him while he is down.
Rehab is a humbling experience for anyone. Being outspoken against addiction in the past is nothing more than a form of denial of his own addiction, or a belief he had his life under control. Senator Kennedy has an addiction to alcohol and a problem that he avoids to take responsibility for. So who is the better man? Obviously Rush is.
7 posted on 11/18/2003 8:08:42 AM PST by o_zarkman44
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To: mgist
Which brings up the question, do you prefer a drugged-up Rush or a sober Rush?
8 posted on 11/18/2003 8:09:26 AM PST by Hillary's Folly ("It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.")
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To: Always Right
"I think Rush even is empowered now to take a stronger stance against drugs, since he can relate to how evil they are from personal experience."

That wouldn't sit well with the free our dope crowd.

9 posted on 11/18/2003 8:09:35 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: cars for sale
BOYCOTT DISNEY: a vortex of seductive evil™
10 posted on 11/18/2003 8:09:47 AM PST by Petronski (I'm *NOT* always *CRANKY.*)
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To: Always Right
Exactly:

I think Rush even is empowered now to take a stronger stance against drugs, since he can relate to how evil they are from personal experience..as Rush so aptly put it: "I am not a victim."

Perhaps Jennings is suggesting (or hoping for) legal ramifications?

11 posted on 11/18/2003 8:09:58 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: CWOJackson
That wouldn't sit well with the free our dope crowd.

What does.

12 posted on 11/18/2003 8:10:34 AM PST by Always Right
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To: Hillary's Folly
Has the message changed? I don't think so.
13 posted on 11/18/2003 8:12:07 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: mgist
I heard Rush yesterday. I almost didn't recognize him. he sounded like a different man. I don't know what to make of it.

Well, imagine that you typically talk to your friends every day about politics, then you're cut-off for 30 days or so -- when you re-convene you'll be extra-ordinarily excited and have a lot to say, yes?

14 posted on 11/18/2003 8:13:02 AM PST by WL-law
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To: fight_truth_decay
Perhaps Jennings is suggesting (or hoping for) legal ramifications?

Oh, Jennings is definitely hinting at that. I don't know if it is pure speculation/wishful thinking or some insider source. I would think they would have some 'unnamed source' for this, but who knows what that means.

15 posted on 11/18/2003 8:13:37 AM PST by Always Right
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To: cars for sale
The ONLY THING ABC has going for it imho is Monday Night Football. Other than that, there's no reason to to tune in to abc.
16 posted on 11/18/2003 8:14:33 AM PST by NCC-1701 ((Good luck, happy hunting, and God-speed to the US military and our allies in this operation.))
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To: fight_truth_decay
"Don't know if it's related or not, but Peter Jennings noted at the end of the show that "we'll be in Florida tomorrow."

This report will be jam-packed with all the information we already know, NO information we DON'T know, and all the innuendo 15 news writers can muster, delivered with raised eyebrows all around. If ever there is to be a "Are You Still Beating Your Wife" story, this will be it. They're masters of slime.

Michael

17 posted on 11/18/2003 8:14:50 AM PST by Wright is right! (Never get excited about ANYTHING by the way it looks from behind.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Did ABC ever investigate the Cintons?
18 posted on 11/18/2003 8:15:46 AM PST by dalebert
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To: fight_truth_decay
I have said this before and i'll repeat it.

Half of Hollywood and a good portion of people in government have attended clinics for their addiction problems.

Those people were getting their drugs from someone.

If law enforcement didn't prosecute those people at that time, can they now single out Rush Limbaugh for prosecution? I don't think so.

19 posted on 11/18/2003 8:17:30 AM PST by fightu4it (conquest by immigration and subversion spells the end of US.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
I have said this before and I'll repeat it.

Half of Hollywood and a good portion of people in government have attended clinics for their addiction problems.

Those people were getting their drugs from someone.

If law enforcement didn't prosecute those people at that time, can they now single out Rush Limbaugh for prosecution? I don't think so.

20 posted on 11/18/2003 8:17:56 AM PST by fightu4it (conquest by immigration and subversion spells the end of US.)
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