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Rush Limbaugh: CNN Unfairly Covering Wall Street Protests Compared To Tea Party

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Today on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh lambasted CNN and its “info-babes” (stay classy, Rush) for how they’re treating the Occupy Wall Street protesters. He played a recent clip of CNN’s Randi Kaye interviewing a protester on Wall Street and then compared it to an old clip of of Susan Roesgen getting in a fight with a Tea Party protester in 2009. The implication was clear.

One might argue that it’s unfair to compare two isolated clips featuring two different reporters and call them representative of an entire network. However, Limbaugh’s certainly on the right track with this.

It appears that the Occupy Wall Street protests have become the “Left’s Tea Party.” Sure, there are a ton of problems with that statement but the media’s been pushing the narrative and, now that even Rush Limbaugh’s picking it up, it’s clear it’s going to stick. So, if that’s now the case, it only makes sense to look at how different people and organizations have responded to them.

When Limbaugh wonders why no one is asking about the racial diversity of the Wall Street protests, he’s asking the wrong question. He’s got to think analogously. And, once he does that, he’s see that, for every time someone said the Tea Party was just old people, someone now is saying the OWS group are just hippies. For every accusation that the Tea Party was racist, there’s someone on the news now accusing OWS of being potentially violent revolutionaries. And, while the Right was always quick to jump on Barack Obama for saying anything seemingly negative about the Tea Party, we have a GOP presidential candidate agreeing that the Wall Street Protesters are “anti-Capitalism” shills trying to instigate “class warfare.”

The media has decided to conflate the two groups so now Limbaugh is right in seeing how they hold to their own standards. He’s also right in looking at CNN. Already, Fox News and MSNBC are acting exactly as you’d expect them to. We should watch, in the coming months, how the “down the middle” news outlets handle the two groups.

There’s plenty of future column fodder here for sure.

So, while I don’t think there’s nearly enough evidence to jump to Limbaugh’s (unsurprising) conclusion, I agree with his tactics. Lets watch and see how the media and our politicians play this.

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  • The Real Royal Emperor

    The source of Conservative Victimization Syndrome in America. If he’d pack up his Hillbilly Heroin and Viagra and head to the islands, we could probably contain this horrible disease. But Michelle-in-Utah has assured me he’s not going anywhere.

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm….racists attacking the first Black President or Main Street going after the people who bankrupt this country.

    Yes, those things should be covered exactly the same.

  • Valkyrie101

    The only difference between the wall street protests and random tea party protests, besides the much bigger tea party numbers, are the open carry guns at the tea party events.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    If these small freeloader crowds are hoping to get Obama re-elected as  the cowards protesting their drafted classmates of the Vietnam war got Nixon elected  their sadly mistaken. The real hope and change was already displayed by the hated Tea Party. These protesters are just as clueless as the original cowards (probably their parents) and can’t even protest the target right. They should be in Washington DC climbing the White House fence, storming the capitol and pepper spraying the capitol police so they can get their hands around Dick Durbin’s neck.
    Why is it okay for a $100.00 airport take off fee but not a five dollar bank fee. We tried to warn you this was coming since the democrats took control of congress in 06 and then adding the hope and change yes we can in 09. How’s that hope and change yes we can working out for you ?

  • Black and Gold Brad

    You see that marxist rabble as ‘Main Street’? 

  • Michelle

    Senior citizen stalker alert!!

  • Michelle

    Jon, the fact that you can’t find enough evidence to say Rush is right is down right shocking!!  Perhaps it’s because you are part of the corrupt, liberal media he’s referring to.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Not bad so far, but things will improve even more after the Comintern meets in 2013. I’m expecting to be named Commissar of the Re-Education Directorate. I’ll be in touch with you.

  • Doylegirard

    lumbaugh with his 38 million dollar contract doesn’t want to criticize greed.  

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Michelle-in-Utah obviously got her CVS from Lard Limbaugh.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Tough, Toots. I’m not going anywhere.

  • Michelle

    Well, I suppose he could be like Michael Moore and talk about greed, while suing someone for a higher share of profits for one of his movies. 

  • Michelle

    Or he could be like Alec Baldwin and criticize the big banks, while being a paid spokesman for Capitol One. 

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    I heard Rush is trying to start a new movement in this country: The Oxycontin Party!!

    The Party’s platform would include…. Making it legal to “Doctor Shop”, having Florida’s lack of prescription drug laws go nationwide and for everyone who is ignorant, over-weight and full of hate be treated with respect and credibility!!

    Plus, if you buy 10 cases Limbaugh Iced Tea and donate a $1000… you automatically qualify to win a pair of his sh*t stained underwear… signed of course!!

  • TbagsRstupid

    boy, if I only had $1000

  • Bob

    guess Jabba the Rush missed the part where CNN partnered with the tea party for a debate. Or when they covered Bachmann’s teabagger address live, or when they treated Sarah’s speech to a scant crowd of teabaggers like it was the state of the union.

    Oh, that poor tea party – next thing you know they’ll be ignored as much as the antiwar movement was in 2003.

  • TbagsRstupid

    Are you the Senior Citizen or is she?

  • Anonymous

    King Of The He-Man Women Haters Club !!

  • Anonymous

    Oxycontin !!
    *drink*

  • Valkyrie101

    Fairness is not a Limbaugh strength. If he likes the protests, they are good old Americans, if he does not like the protests, they are communists.

  • Valkyrie101

    The difference is, Moore advocates that rich people, including himself, pay a bigger share of taxes.

  • Fu

    OWS is the TParty of the left… and now it must be true as Rusty is parroting the idea?

    Get thee to a journalism school, grow a brain, anything but for the love of god who writes the drivel on this poor excuse for a media linkage site?

  • Valkyrie101

    Yea, that’s a good one, Michelle, I got to admit.

  • Michelle

    And yet he doesn’t check that little box on his tax returns that allows him to pay more.  Why is that?  If you feel that strongly about it, why should you have to be forced to pay up?

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Which is in stark contrast to how Fox portrays the Tea Party versus…everything else.

  • Concerned Citizen

    Yet another example of the main stream liberal media bias. Its so blatant that if you do argue its not you’re just being a disingenuous partisan. Lefty rallies good, tea party bad. No diversity at lefty rally – no problem, no diversity at Jon Stewart – no problem, no diversity at Tea Party rally – RACIST!  

  • gordonbloyershow

    Your anonymous left-wing ignorant talking points are getting old. We need to pass that law the Obama administration is pushing so we can track anonymous liars like you. Then Obama will turn you over to Rosanne Barr for your beheading. 

  • gordonbloyershow

    You need to stop with your commie propaganda. What page are you on in Mao’s Red Book?

  • gordonbloyershow

    Pepople will vote for the black candidate for president that had a real job.

  • Glenn Haskell

    Rush . . . I was down by the Wall St protesters last week and its actually several blocks from Wall St. Its right across the street from the Ground Zero rebuild in a small park where food vendors sell their wares. Wall St is on lock down with strict enforcement so they don’t deface the area. They are a handfull of scruffy youths with ratty hair and pale skin. Probably went to collage on Mom and Dad’s investments or 401 k’s that Wall St had a hand in.

  • Glenn Haskell

    Rush . . . I was down by the Wall St protesters last week and its actually several blocks from Wall St. Its right across the street from the Ground Zero rebuild in a small park where food vendors sell their wares. Wall St is on lock down with strict enforcement so they don’t deface the area. They are a handfull of scruffy youths with ratty hair and pale skin. Probably went to collage on Mom and Dad’s investments or 401 k’s that Wall St had a hand in.

  • Glenn Haskell

    Rush . . . I was down by the Wall St protesters last week and its actually several blocks from Wall St. Its right across the street from the Ground Zero rebuild in a small park where food vendors sell their wares. Wall St is on lock down with strict enforcement so they don’t deface the area. They are a handfull of scruffy youths with ratty hair and pale skin. Probably went to collage on Mom and Dad’s investments or 401 k’s that Wall St had a hand in.

  • Valkyrie101

    See, there you go, gordon, you and rush are like twins. :-)

  • Valkyrie101

    That’s silly. So if he was a republican, and he proposed there to be no taxes on the rich, he should therefore not pay taxes?

  • Michelle

    Is there someone out there advocating for no taxes?  If there is, I haven’t heard it. 

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It depends who she is posting as. As Michelle-in-Utah, I think she is suppose to be 40′ish.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It was a little book. Val could read it in 30 minutes. You, 30 months.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Awww… poor little Rush supporter got his feelings hurt!! Are you going to start crying like a little girl??

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I suspect Michelle-in-Utah will be feeding Ramen Noodles to Little Brigham for the next couple of years.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    To paraphrase the Godfather of Krappy Pizza: “Nein. Nein. Nein.”

  • SXSX55

    Rush, the old sex tourist pervert, has clearly lost his marbles.

  • M. Thatcher

    “Today on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh lambasted CNN and its “info-babes” (stay classy, Rush) for how they’re treating the Occupy Wall Street protesters.”

    Hard to believe someone who supposedly follows Rush doesn’t know he has been using the term “info-babe” literally for decades.

  • Anonymous

    How is CNN unfairly covering anything compared to the Tea Party?  Last time I looked, CNN was the only news organization that has openly admitted a partnership with any type of political party, that being the Tea Party. 

    But hey, what do you expect its 12pm to 3pm so someone must be victimizing the Tea Party, the GOP.  I guess when you’re that drugged up, its sort of understood you wont be able to remember last week, let alone last CNN debate. 

  • Guest

    Those protesters can lick my sweaty teabag. Lick it good…lol

  • Moosenuts99

    Apparently your hands can hold THOUSANDS!!

    You must be a giant!

  • Moosenuts99

    People might. Don’t count on CONS to.

  • Moosenuts99

    There is plenty diversity with Occupy Wall Street. You just won’t see it on Fox

    OPEN YOUR EYES AND YOU WILL SEE

  • Moosenuts99

    What airline are YOU flying and how can you afford that?

    And…clearly you know nothing about this protest.

  • Moosenuts99

    What airline are YOU flying and how can you afford that?

    And…clearly you know nothing about this protest.

  • Anonymous

    Poor OWS protesters- they need to learn a skill so we will know what kind of work they are out of.

  • Moosenuts99

    BLACK AND GOLD BRAD DEFENDS THE 1%

    HOPE YOU AND YOUR KIDS LOVE YOUR LIFE

  • Anonymous

    LOL

    Yeah, well diversified if you count white!

    As diversified as a Bill Maher, Jon Stewart or Dave Letterman audience!

  • Anonymous

    I have a feeling that your mouth and tongue  have had a passionate  love affair with Rush’s “sh*t stained underwear”  both signed and unsigned, skippy!

  • Anonymous

    Or Tommy Lee Jones hawking of a a large financial institution.

  • Anonymous

    donate a $1000… you automatically qualify to win a pair of his sh*t stained underwear… signed of course!!

    “boy, if I only had $1000 ”

    I have a feeling you have been doing that for years for nothing, skippy, and liking it!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Lol!! You can have all the “Feelings” you like… doesn’t mean they’re right!! A perfect example would be having “feelings” that your family likes you… but I’m sure you’re wrong on that one too!!

  • Anonymous

    How old are you, Ted?

  • Anonymous

    Poor thing- Clinton was the first black president; Obama is the first mulatto president.

  • Anonymous

    Next time, say it in English- BTW, why are your lips brown?

  • Anonymous

    From what I have seen of ‘em, they have already done just that!

  • Texan

    The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economy that is “close to faltering,” Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday in his bleakest assessment yet of the fragile U.S. recovery.

  • Moosenuts99

    You’re not paying attention to it AT ALL, are you?

    Hahahahahaahahahaha

    Ignore at your own peril

  • Anonymous

    Says the supporter of Anthony Weiner- did he send you a d!ck shot for your screen saver, skippy?

  • Moosenuts99

    Suing for his rightful share outlined by a contract is not greed.

    How would you like YOUR employer to not pay you for your work, and then when you ask for your pay you get called GREEDY…that’d be fair to you,based on your comments here.

    Oh,’that’s right,’YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the non-responsive reply, Mr. Microcephalic!

    Just take some Homo-seltzer at night, and in the morning, you will wake-up feeling yourself.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    *S*O*C*K*   *P*U*P*P*E*T*   *A*L*E*R*T*

    Time to milk the ponies, Jeff.

  • Texan

    nary an original thought, namejackin sock puppet.

  • Texan

    “We’re in a “robust” economy!”

    fake king

  • Anonymous

    Here’s that fat-faced addict, Brush Himoff, spewing distractions away from the “Wall Street Freedom Spirited” protesters! Utilizing the Every Idiot Bastards(EIB) network he wants the Taxation Eradication Anglers(TEA) party to get more “Air Time” rather than the “Wall Street Freedom Spirited” protesters! This is ‘Ol Brush Himoff”s latest attempt to keep his mug in the headlines like Palin, who is saying she’s not running! These Toxic Talking heads of the FOX-hole will never raise their heads and smell clean air! With over 50% of American’s wanting the president jobs plan passed ‘Ol Brush Himoff wants to sway the topic away from jobs and the incompetence of the Trashy Economic Anarchist(TEA) party controlled Republican/GOP party! President Obama should hold the Treasonous Errant Antagonist(TEA) feet to the fire and keep calling their bluff! This is quite a collaboration, unions, Ben Bernanke and the Wall Street protesters! Most of the blame belongs to the Trash Talking heads of the Terrifying Errant Anarchist(TEA) party run Republican party and their constant trash talking! With the current economic recovery close to faltering, the 112th Congress continues to do absolutely nothing to help with jobs, taxation or any grand gesture to fix this floundering economy! Our condolences to the Steve Jobs family for their loss!

  • Anonymous

    Baldwin criticizing his employer, who the hell does he think he is, Charlie Sheen

  • Valerie

    Rush run out of pills and young Dominican boys again?

  • cdnhawk

    Rush calling CNN women “info babes”..is funny. Has he watched Faux lately….info blonde bimbos!

  • LJB57

    Right on Rush, keep up the GOOD WORK.
    …the liberals heads are starting to Pop on a grand scale.

  • LJB57

    Stupid little Skank.

  • LJB57

    HEY EVERYBODY!!… did you know Leedog got Banned from TVN for attacking and stalking female posters?
    He posted the most disgusting vomit imaginable, just letting ya know there’s a weirdo in your…oh yeah this is mediaite, never mind.  

  • LJB57

    Stupid jackass…Obama’s going down, now how do you like it.

  • Mr. Hyperbole

    did anyone forget CNN held a debate co-sponsored by the Tea Party? Don’t give me the BS that CNN didnt cover the Tea Party equally as Occupy Wall Street

  • Mr. Hyperbole

    did anyone forget CNN held a debate co-sponsored by the Tea Party? Don’t give me the BS that CNN didnt cover the Tea Party equally as Occupy Wall Street

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    I ask this: is bailing out people who have been making 100 million a year that
    didn’t know what they were doing or so stupid they let themselves get into it
    capitalism?  

  • Michelle

    Thom Hartmann Says Broadcasting ‘Dumb’ Quotes From Wall Street Protesters is ‘Media Crime’
    Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2011/10/05/thom-hartmann-says-broadcasting-dumb-quotes-wall-street-protesters-med#ixzz1ZyHcyjnpYeah, how dare they broadcast our crazies!!

  • gordonbloyershow

    The only person on drugs around here are you and RRK.

  • Anonymous

    Didn’t CNN then give Susan Roesgen the boot once her contract expired?

  • Tedderman

    It’s wrong to compare the two groups because there is no Freedom Works group training and organizing the members and directing their protest.  There is also no Koch brothers funding insuring the protesters have spokesmen and loud speakers and a loud mouth stirring the crowd at every event.  There’s also no Fox news bus traversing the country with some “Grifter” jumping out and interviewing the leaders of the then leaderless Tea-party  movement.  No Tommy, you cannot conflate these two groups. no matter what Rush tells you.

  • Tedderman

    And yet he’s been nothing but a perfect gentleman since he’s been here.  By the way, do you know what lible is?  Since you’re already well into your fifties, why don’t you just worry about yourself?

  • ozonator

    T-baggers are legal terrorists stopping congress in it’s tracks.  However, our Wal-Sreet bonus army has been arrested for just stopping traffic.

  • LJB57

    Why don’t you mind your own Business you simple minded idiot.

  • Yukon Jack

    So, tell us: What is “LIBLE”?

    You are obviously well into your early teens. Mentally, that is. 

  • Norbit

    We have a “mainstream” advocacy media in America today.
    They work to misrepresent facts in order to promote the Democratic Party agenda.
    Want a test?Compare the difference in how the “mainstream” media treated two relative newcomers onto the political scene back in the last election, Obama and Palin.That’ll be Check & Mate!

  • Michelle

    Philly Reporter Sent to Cover Wall St. Protests Is Also a Media Matters Fellow

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/philly-reporter-sent-to-cover-wall-st-protests-is-also-media-matters-fellow/

  • Anonymous

    Rush must have missed the Erin Burnett report, then.

  • Dflojak

    the 100 dollars is in the new legislation,  moron, it’s in Harry Reid’s bill. Oops.

  • Dflojak

    How’d they fit, you wearing them or have them over your head?

  • Irish189

    Considering the people on wall st really weren’t getting any coverage till this week, other then a quick mention here and there it seems reasonable to conclude that no one wanted to cover it until they were basically forced too

  • Tedderman

    Now you’re just a “Guest” who’s out stayed his welcome.

  • Brincar

    Gilligan(hannity)would know

  • Brincar

    he dated an ‘info-babe’ from CNN or MSNBC i believe…but that didnt last long..she saw him naked.

  • Guest

    Yea that is how to cover a debate but when it comes to covering teaparty gathering it is a whole different ballgame with SEIU and all.

  • Guest

    then you must be reading the NYT where they too love the protesters

  • LJB57

    Looks like you’re obsessed punk,I like upsetting goofy little liberals, it’s funny the way they/you all talk and spew the same idiotic replies..LOL

    ps…I only go to that silly site occassionally to laugh at and goad twits like you, BCing U.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheStilettoBlog Victoria Knox

    Occupy Haight Ashbury

    The “Occupy Wall Street” protesters finally figured out what they want – sorta; their Website lists 13 proposed demands. As a beleaguered taxpayer, conservative and patriotic American, The Stiletto has her own list of demands for President Barack Hussein Obama, Congress and the Supreme Court – her revolution will be televised on C-SPAN … Read more at: http://thestilettoblog.com/2011/10/06/the-daily-blade-occupy-haight-ashbury.aspx

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