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Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70

posted 4 years ago by Satan2016 (25907)
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Doesn't mention him talking about the benefits of smoking!

https://www.foxnews.com/media/rush-limbaugh-dead-talk-radio-conservative-icon

Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

Limbaugh helped boost Trump’s influence prior to the 2016 election simply by taking him seriously as a candidate when other established conservatives didn’t want the former reality television star anywhere near the Republican Party. Many of Limbaugh’s listeners eventually became Trump supporters and the radio legend continued to defend Trump throughout his presidency despite occasional disagreements.

Limbaugh was eventually enshrined in the Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was a five-time winner of the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for "Excellence in Syndicated and Network Broadcasting," a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and was named one of Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People in 2008 and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009.

[–] Satan2016 (25907) 4 years ago

Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021): A Giant of Talk Radio and American Conservatism
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/02/17/rush-limbaugh-1951-2021-a-giant-of-talk-radio-and-american-conservatism/

Liberals detested Limbaugh, both for the size of his audience and for the precision of his critiques of the left-leaning mainstream media. He inspired millions of Americans, including Democrats, to embrace conservative views. One was Andrew Breitbart, the founder of this website, who recalled: “I marveled at how he could take a breaking news story and offer an entertaining and clear analysis … [he] the professor I always wanted but never had the privilege to study under.”
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Andrew Breitbart: How Rush Limbaugh Inspired Me
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/02/17/andrew-breitbart-how-rush-limbaugh-inspired-me/

One day I asked [my future father-in-law Orson Bean] why he had Rush Limbaugh’s book The Way Things Ought to Be on his shelf. I asked him, “Why would you have a book by this guy?”

And Orson said, “Have you ever listened to him?”

I said yes, of course, even though I never had. I was convinced to the core of my being that Rush Limbaugh was a Nazi, anti-black, anti-Jewish, and anti-all things decent. Without berating me for disagreeing with him, Orson simply suggested that I listen to him again.