- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
From the Dept. of Most Encouraging Statistics: According to an Annenberg poll conducted this spring, about 40 percent of Americans consider Fox News talk show host Bill O'Reilly a "journalist" -- while only 30 percent of the people surveyed said they considered famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to be one. (The poll was conducted from March 7 to May 2, before Mark Felt was revealed to be Deep Throat, but even if that news had boosted Woodward's number another 10 percent, would a tie between the two take us from astonishing to uplifting?)
Meanwhile, more than a quarter surveyed said that another champion of judicious reportage, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, was a journalist. Limbaugh said Monday that he was "not really surprised" by the results showing that 27 percent of Americans would describe him as a journalist. "I am America's anchorman, doing news play-by-play 15 hours a week for nearly 17 years now," Limbaugh said, "and this is just more evidence that the old media's monopoly-like dominance is finished."
The poll covered 10 different writers, TV news anchors and broadcast personalities, with respondents simply asked, "Please tell me if you think (the individual named) is a journalist or not?" Apparently, the question made no specific reference to differences between reporters and commentators.
Rusty and me
I love my cousin Rush Limbaugh, even though I don't agree with him. Now please stop judging me by my last name.
By Julie Limbaugh, Salon
Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party
The conservative radio host loves to talk about himself -- and the GOP base loves to listen, as the rapt throng at CPAC Saturday proved. That makes party bosses nervous.
By Thomas Schaller, Salon
Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox and the cruelty within
Here's hoping that Rush's inexcusable attack against Fox has repercussions.
By Alex Koppelman, Salon
Rush Limbaugh is still a big fat idiot
The blowhard is gone, but sports fans shouldn't forget how ESPN cynically sold them out for a few bucks.
By King Kaufman, Salon
Limbaugh admits addiction to pain medication
Rush Limbaugh announced on his radio program Friday that he is addicted to pain medication and that he is checking himself into a treatment center immediately.
CNN.com
The Rush Limbaugh Show's official website
The occasional de facto leader of the Republican Party gets his say.
Conservative Like Me: The Rush Limbaugh Story
And now... loons of the left prove that it isn't a monopoly
Limbaugh Pleasures Himself Over Kennedy Death Prediction