Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union Members

[FourScore]

I've been gone for a couple of dayls, so I apologize if this has already been posted.

Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members
In spite of their criticism of unions in Wisconsin, AlterNet has confirmed that leading right-wing pundits are American Federation Television and Radio Artists union members.
February 26, 2011

When it comes to the Wisconsin union fights, right-wing pundits Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have a couple of things in common. For starters, have all voiced their opposition to the plight of public employee unions in the state.

On Feb. 18, Limbaugh said on his radio program, "We are either on the side of the Wisconsin protesters or we are on the side of our country." Hannity has featured several guests critical of the union and its supporters, including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, on his Fox News television and radio shows.

On the Feb. 18 edition of "The O'Reilly Factor," O'Reilly stated, "Governments can't afford to operate" because of "union wages and benefits." But it turns out that opposing workers' rights isn't the only thing these blowhards have in common.

As it turns out, all three of them belong to the American Federation Television and Radio Artists union (AFTRA), which is the AFL-CIO affiliate for television and broadcast workers...

http://www.alternet.org/news/150054/confirmed:_union-bashing_right-wing_media_stars_hannity,_limbaugh_and_o%27reilly_are_afl-cio_union-affiliated_members/

[bbgrunt]

1. sweet, sweet hypocrisy.

[Liberty Belle]

2. Can a union kick someone out?

See how their tune changes if they can't get those union benefits.

[sabrina 1]

3. Why does anyone listen to these clowns? This should not

surprise anyone. Hypocrisy is their religion.

Same thing when they were bashing Clinton for not serving in the military. People just assumed, for a long time, that all of them must have served or they would not be attacking someone else for not doing so. And then we find out that all of them were too cowardly to fight in a war they supported (was there ever a war they did not support)

These people are so low on the scale of basic human decency, that it's an indictment of this country that they still have an audience.

[wtmusic]

4. "But if they happen to be writing a check, of course we'll cash it."

The hypocrisy doesn't get much clearer than that. I want to see someone get in their faces about it.

[Initech]

5. The solution is so simple: tax the fucking Wall St. criminal enterprise.