Mytzlplk
Governor
but being even a little wrong in this case could reasonably be declared inexcusable.
here's a pretty good, but perhaps incomplete list as to why the rightwinger false equivalence is exactly that. It's also in plain and simple english that all but the most stupid of them can digest.
It really is sad what is happening to the de facto leader of the repub party, but at least he's in the news, as compared to the unindicted war "he who cannot be mentioned" criminal Bush who he replaced as such.
http://www.americablog.com/2012/03/howie-kurtz-is-right-and-wrong-about.html
here's a pretty good, but perhaps incomplete list as to why the rightwinger false equivalence is exactly that. It's also in plain and simple english that all but the most stupid of them can digest.
It really is sad what is happening to the de facto leader of the repub party, but at least he's in the news, as compared to the unindicted war "he who cannot be mentioned" criminal Bush who he replaced as such.
Come on, Howie. You're a good journalist. You know as well as I do that Rush Limbaugh is a bigger and better story than Bill Maher (sorry, Bill). What's makes a story "news" is a tough thing to define, but it's not tough to recognize "news" if you have a gut for news. A few reasons Limbaugh is bigger news than Maher.
1. Limbaugh has a much bigger audience than Maher.
2. Limbaugh has far more political power than Bill Maher. As David Frum wrote recently for CNN, Democrats don't pee their pants when Bill Maher criticizes them. Rush Limbaugh got an apology from the (other) head of the Republican party.
3. This isn't Limbaugh's first time at the dance. He's been far more controversial, and offensive, than Bill Maher. That is to say, Limbaugh's hands are far less clean than Maher's; this is hardly his first offense, or his fiftieth.
4. Bill Maher attacked someone who attacks others just as viciously. Limbaugh attacked an innocent, and a relative unknown.
5. Advertisers started leaving Limbaugh (which is news), while Maher is on HBO and doesn't have advertisers.
1. Limbaugh has a much bigger audience than Maher.
2. Limbaugh has far more political power than Bill Maher. As David Frum wrote recently for CNN, Democrats don't pee their pants when Bill Maher criticizes them. Rush Limbaugh got an apology from the (other) head of the Republican party.
3. This isn't Limbaugh's first time at the dance. He's been far more controversial, and offensive, than Bill Maher. That is to say, Limbaugh's hands are far less clean than Maher's; this is hardly his first offense, or his fiftieth.
4. Bill Maher attacked someone who attacks others just as viciously. Limbaugh attacked an innocent, and a relative unknown.
5. Advertisers started leaving Limbaugh (which is news), while Maher is on HBO and doesn't have advertisers.
http://www.americablog.com/2012/03/howie-kurtz-is-right-and-wrong-about.html
