Rush Limbaugh Takes a Hit (CNN calls on Professional Rush-Hater Al Franken as a Rush "expert"!!!)

CNN ^ | October 2, 2003

[katz]

I only read parts of your post...Franken is NOT a credible source for which I read for up-to-date news reports. Tomorrow, I will listen to Rush and hear what he has to say. If I want conservative insight, then I will listen or read a conservative commentator. The Left smells blood and lives on blood.

[arasina]

Zahn is a Hillary. (There. I can curse without being offensive!)

For the record:

Fox Tops In Ratings For Seventh Straight Quarter
By CAROLINE WILBERT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Four news networks --CNN, Headline News, MSNBC and CNBC -- lost viewership in the third quarter, but powerhouse Fox News picked up steam, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In the third quarter, Atlanta-based CNN attracted an average of 440,000 -- down 15 percent from the same period last year. Sister network Headline News attracted an average of 170,000, down 25 percent.

MSNBC drew an average of 203,000 viewers, a 19 percent slide. And CNBC got an average of 160,000, down 23 percent.

Meanwhile, Fox increased viewership 17 percent, attracting an average of 730,000 viewers.

This is the seventh straight quarter that Fox has won the news network ratings war.

[Keith in Iowa]

In my book, Al Franken is a steming turd.

[shiva]

P.S Sent my donation to Free Republic tonight.

[Keith in Iowa]

Ooops...steaming turd. Al Franken is a steaming turd.

[arasina]

And the "night watchman" at the lab is a big ol' cat. :o)

[Paul Atreides]

The interesting part is that the people bashing Rush are the same ones who say that academic examinations/standards have to be lowered because blacks and other minorities are too stupid to keep up.

[Middle Aged White Male]

You know, for as much hatred that flows between Al and Rush this was a pretty tame interview. I don't think Al was a good "expert" to have on the show, but he had some class with... Much more class than CNN had in bringing him as a guest anyway.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I firmly believe that all of this stuff being "discovered" today and yesterday is going to backfire on the Dems, big time.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

They're on the march, to be sure. This week is going to be partricularly vitriolic. Facing oblivion, they have nothing to lose. Fortunately, they can always count on their "psycho-phants" in the media.

[Windcatcher]

Me too. The smear tactics on Arnold finally set me off enough to bite the bullet.

Maybe that's the way to get more donations. Push the Dems over the edge so they pull more stunts like this :^)

[nhoward14]

The stories this week are a "blitzkrieg" by the Dims.

[GOPJ]

CNN protected Saddam, his rapists, and his child killers from the eyes of the world too. Whatever respect CNN had was squandered years ago...

It figures CNN would invite Rush Limbaugh's worst enemy on the planet to talk about this issue.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

May everyone at CNN burn in hell for 10,000 life times!!!!!and then come back as a mouse in a lab.----------MAY ALL LEFT WING NUT'S STOMACHS BURN IN HELL. Of course that is just my learned opinion.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

And in mine, Al Franken is a short, monkey-faced moron. Does that make me a Franken expert according to the Communist News Network?

Not to defend Frankenstein, but the transcript was incorrectly punctuated. He was referring to his book, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot". He wasn't using 'in my book' to mean 'in my opinion' (though obviously that IS his opinion).

[Tabi Katz]

"In my book, Al Franken is a steming turd."

There's certainly a similarity, but Franken's just a tad more vile and repulsive.

[Joe_October]

No, No, Franken is a pedophile sissy (hey satire).

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This is the seventh straight quarter that Fox has won the news network ratings war.

And this is precisely why the "tolerant", "free speech" crowd will strive to muzzle the opposition and to crush dissenting viewpoints at all costs. Their hidden motto: "Free speech and tolerance for me, not for thee".

[lowbridge]

. I wasn't surprised by the racist comments he made on Sunday night. That's sort of par for the course.

Right from the beginning he lies through his buck teeth. Rush's comments were not racist, nor are racist comments "par for the course", where Rush's views are concerned.

[Visioneer]

What took you so long...I took their rancid propaganda off ALL my TV's long ago... I just regret not informing it sponsors when I did it.

I also refuse to listen to their so-called hourly "news" broadcasts on my car and home radios -- including those broadcast by many conservative stations.

Happy to report I haven't missed their sorry tripe a bit.