Rush Limbaugh: source of fake 'racist' quotes traced to law firm

The Examiner.com ^ | Oct 16, 2009 | Kathy Shaidle

[Harley]

All week, intrepid bloggers have been trying to trace the source of two "racist" quotes attributed to Rush Limbaugh -- quotes which poisoned the atmosphere to the point where he was dropped from a bid to purchase the NFL's St. Louis Rams. Now comes word that the quotations may have been added to Rush Limbaugh's Wikipedia entry by someone using a computer at a liberal New York law firm.

[Harley]

Go get'em Rush!

[Uncle Miltie]

Sounds like a winnable law suit for slander and actual damages.

[opentalk]

The quotes were added by a user with the IP address of 69.64.213.146. This address has been used mostly to make changes to the [Wikipedia] article about Rush, but also Karl Rove, Sean Hannity,.. James Dobson and Sara Palin from 2005 until earlier this year.

Interesting. Glad someone is exposing this.

[taxcontrol]

Sic em Rush! Get a good libel law firm and go after these guys. Start with suing the company / law firm and assert that any employee of that firm, using their resources, on company time is an agent acting on behalf of the company.

Take them down, make them bleed.

[McGruff]

Sue baby, sue!

[Parley Baer]

I will have to stock up on the Coke and popcorn. This should be good.

[Soul Seeker]

Bookmarking this.

[savedbygrace]

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

http://www.pbwt.com/

[mpackard]

bump

[TexasCajun]

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Tel: 212-336-2000
Fax: 212-336-2222

[imfrmdixie]

http://www.pbwt.com/resources/news/detail.aspx?id=7256f557-8c1b-4107-9320-04b8fc7c6543

I found this interesting on their site

[freedomlover]

Here is a link to their contact page

http://www.pbwt.com/contact/

Not that I would suggest sending a friendly note

[Paladin2]

Lying lawyers. Who’d a guessed?

[TWfromTEXAS]

marked

[misterrob]

The firm’s property was used to defame a private citizen. Maybe if the partners had to suffer a loss in income when a few conservative leaning clients dropped them they might take it seriously....

[imfrmdixie]

Their Alumni list is also interesting...wonder who the names are.

Our Alumni

The firm is proud to count among its alumni talented lawyers serving both private and public interests throughout the world. Many of our alumni now work for our clients and public agencies. They also serve or have served in government service, holding positions that include:

Attorney General of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
Judge of the United States District Court
Judge of the Superior Court, New Jersey
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
United States Attorney for the Central District of California
Secretary of the Army
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of War
Undersecretary of State
Deputy Attorney General of the United States
First Undersecretary General of the League of Nations
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Mayor of New York City
District Attorney for New York County
President of the Republic of Georgia

[5thGenTexan]

Here is a list of the attorneys: http://www.pbwt.com/attorneys/List.aspx?all=true

[G Larry]

Wake up and read the comments at the link!

I love Rush, but the claim to have traced the IP add’y is bogus.

[tioga]

We all seem to want to see Rush expose these fools. It needs to be done.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Sue their pants off. Leave them to room with Bernie Madoff. (I know that’s illogical because libel is not a criminal offense, but this just makes me so mad!)