why did Russert feel compelled to legitimize Rush Limbaugh

[digno dave]

by mentioning him on MTP? That's all we need, a mainstream media dweeb tossing around Rush's opinions like they count for more than an ounce of urine.

[opihimoimoi]

1. Its a Suck Fest.

[Syrinx]

2. as I understand it,

He said something like "even Rush Limbaugh" says you are a lying sack of shit.

edited for clarity.

[KissMyAsscroft]

3. I hate Russert as well...

But I dont think he was trying to legitimize him...

I think he was just pointing out that even his crazed base thinks he is nuts...

[maggrwaggr]

4. yeah, he was saying even Rush says you're the biggest spender

ever

[DemBones DemBones]

5. Because Russert is a bought and paid for

shill who does whatever his corporate masters ask.

"When Tim Russert joined NBC News in 1984, he began a personal transformation from Democratic congressional aide to broadcaster-in-charge of General Electric’s political interests. His early efforts for the network drew some criticism from the GE corporate suites as being “too knee jerk”, a euphemism for “insufficiently pro-GE/ Republican”. The executives at General Electric viewed with hostility the Democratic Party that wanted to burden them with obeying laws that the company preferred to break and complying with regulations that it preferred to ignore. While Republicans turned a blind eye to the serial environmental crimes and bribery committed by GE, the Democrats were less submissive. The company was especially upset that the Democratic Party had taken a position against transferring public ownership of the broadcast airwaves to the media conglomerates."

"The ambitious Russert soon learned that, in order to climb the ladder at NBC News, he had to please two sets of managers: the news executives who were ostensibly his bosses, and the employers of the news executives. In the years that followed, he refined the strategy to ingratiating himself to General Electric Chairman Jack Welch."


from a must-read article by David Podvin, posted recently by SoCalDem


http://www.makethemaccountable.com/podvin/media/020109_Russert.htm

[Manix]

6. ..on the plus side it plays into Kerry's pitch to paint Bush as

an extremist and ties him to right wing nutbars.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. He kept repeating over and over...

"Listen to your critics. Listen to Rush Limbaugh." Apparently Tim hasn't heard the news that Rush is a drug addict. Tim did what I expected him to do. Ask a hard question, get a half-assed answer, then close the subject and let Bush off easy. Tim is only tough on Democrats. He never follows up on Republicans.

[KG]

8. they both belong to the fraternity of highly paid propagandists.

they tend to stick up for one another.

[DS1]

9. no matter why he was brought up, Bush said he was wrong

in the most dismissing manner possible, it was great!