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Apple and Rush Limbaugh Ping!
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It would be interesting to see how much Rush has been paid in both goods (and services) and cash by Apple over the years.
Seems like everyone has a price and I am disappointed when Rush, or Hannity, or anyone starts shilling about the virtues of Product X. Haven’t listened to Beck for years but felt same way about him.
Finally, I think it was evident decades ago that Apple’s leadership was anti-American Lefties.
After reading this, I listened to his update again (24/7 member).No such a thing. Obviously you heard what you wanted to hear.
He certainly raked Cook over the coals, but he said nothing about “cooperation” with Apple.
Look, in effect Apple has been a fan of users. Jobs “got there fastest with the mostest” more than once. He made the Apple II, which was the earliest useful PC to take off, he was first to mass market with GUI, and he was first with the smartphone. You could throw in the iPad too, if you wanna.
Rush is a tech fan, and he loves him some iPhone.
Tim Cook deserved a ration, and Rush delivered it. He did identify Cook as the CEO of Apple, but he said nothing about not using or talking about Apple products in future. Nothing.
So, how are people now going to know how to configure their iPhones and when to install updates?
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I love Rush and thinks he gets better every day. He’s truly a national treasure. Just wanted to weigh in after reading a few posts here from the anti-Rush snowflake section of Free Republic.
Without Rush then Apple is doomed! : )
If there was every any question it was answered in 2003 when Apple put Al Gore on it’s board.
FYI, here is a link to the morning update for today: https://art19.com/shows/rush-limbaugh-morning-update/episodes/2488ae4a-3f39-4d50-aea4-14ca2eb7f2dc
And he mentions the no cooperation with Apple at the 2:19 mark.
Apple loses one of their biggest shills. There aren’t enough fingers and toes in a migrant caravan to count the number of hours he has droned on about his issues and fed updates to the captive masses. Now what will he give away on his show? stuff from the store?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Banning ‘Hate, Division’ Is ‘Right Thing to Do’
Breitbart.com— by Robert Kraychik, December 3, 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook advocated for censorship of “those who push hate [and] division” across his company’s digital platforms during an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) event on Monday in New York City, NY.Cook was awarded the ADL’s first “Courage Against Hate Award” at the ADL’s “Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate.” The ADL described Apple’s top executive as a “courageous and visionary leader” who is “dedicated to fighting hate” and “racist vitriol.”
YouTube Video of Tim Cook speaking at ADL event.
Cook said:
Do not be indifferent to the bloodshed of your fellow man. Do not be indifferent. This mandate moves us to speak up for immigrants and for those who seek opportunity in the United States. We do it not only because their individual dignity, creativity, and ingenuity have the power to make this country an even better place, but because our own humanity commands us to welcome those who need welcome.It moves us to speak up for the LGBTQ community, for those whose differences can make them a target for violence and scorn. We do so not only because these unique and uncommon perspectives can open our eyes to new ways of thinking, but because our own dignity moves us to see the dignity in others.
Perhaps most importantly, it drives us not to be bystanders as hate tries to make its headquarters in the digital world. At Apple. we believe that technology needs to have a clear point of view on this challenge. There is no time to get tied up in knots.
That’s why we only have one message for those who seek to push hate, division, and violence. you have no place on our platforms. You have no home here.
From the earliest days of iTunes to Apple Music today, we have always prohibited music with a music of white supremacy. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do, and as we showed this year we won’t give a platform to violent conspiracy theorists on the app store. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do.
My friends, if we can’t be clear on moral questions like these, then we’ve got big problems. At Apple, we are not afraid to say that our values drive our curation decisions. And why should we be? Doing what’s right, creating experiences free from violence and hate — experiences that empower creativity and new ideas — is what our customers want us to do.
… We believe the future should belong to people who use technology to build a better, more inclusive, and more hopeful world.
Cook suggested that the Holocaust was a function of excessively free speech and expression, invoking Kristallnacht:
History is full of examples when those with power and those who ought to have good judgment instead look the other way. I believe the most sacred thing that each of us given is our judgment, our morality, or own innate desire to separate right from wrong. Choosing to set that responsibility aside at a moment of trial is a sin. We as individuals have the power to know, and feel, and act; and we ought to use it. That’s a lesson that Ruth Lansing knows well. Ruth just turned 100 on November 13th. She was recently interviewed by the BBC for a more solemn occasion, the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised Apple’s deplatforming of Alex Jones and Infowars while linking “immigration” with “hate.” He said, “[Tim Cook] has also shown leadership in tackling consequential issues that are core to ADL’s global mission in fighting anti-Semitism and hate in all its forms. On issues like immigration, LGBTQ rights, to online hate, and civil rights. … Apple was the first company to remove Alex Jones’s hateful anti-government conspiratorial rants from their platform, and other tech companies, as we know, followed their lead.” He described Cook as “nothing short of courageous” in his advocacy for online censorship.
Both Cook and Greenblatt linked the ascendance of President Donald Trump to what they said is a contemporary increase in anti-Semitism and other bigotries, with the former describing current times as “a moment when the struggle against hate has renewed importance.” The ADL regularly frames anti-Semitism as rising in America following Trump’s election to the presidency.
The ADL describes itself as “the world’s leading anti-hate organization” with a “timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.”
Watch Cook’s entire speech and Greenblatt’s introduction here. ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE !
rush has been irrelevant for a very long time. 98% of the stories and info "rush" talks about daily for over 20 million dollars a year, I already read here on Free Republic between 6 hours to two days beforehand!
rush is just now waking up to how nefarious Apple is? Boy, it took him a long time to wise up to a fact the overwhelming majority of us have known for years. I guess he liked all the $ and Apple perks he got, and milked it for all it was worth before he finally had this "revelation".
Rush is a little late to the party. This has been Apple’s stand for years.