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Rush Limbaugh Livid Over Allegations That Some Radio Show Callers Are Actors

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A month ago, the online Jewish topics magazine Tablet published an article about actors being paid to call in to radio shows and pretend to be real callers. While Tablet didn’t name any specific shows that used the fakes, they mentioned that it was a service run by Premiere Radio Networks which, they pointed out, syndicates the radio shows of “Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity.” It wasn’t too hard for many people who read the piece to make the leap that those shows engage in the practice. Today, on air, Limbaugh vehemently denied the allegations.

In a diatribe spanning across a commercial break, Limbaugh accused Tablet of being “Leftist,” promised that he would take it as an insult if anyone suggested he should use actors, and explained that you “couldn’t script” the stuff on his show. He did say that fakers did call in sometimes, however, they weren’t hired by him. They were just Liberals trying to sneak their way onto the air.

It was a lengthy, passionate defense, yet I’m sure many listeners were, like me, distracted by one simple thought: How freaking sweet would that gig be if it actually does exist? Tablet says these actors make $40 an hour and they typically work an hour a day! Just to call in and improvise with a radio host for a while? That’s incredible! Seriously, I don’t know whether to publish this post or just put up a link to my Resume.

Premiere On Call, I don’t care what shows you do. Just contact me.

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  • BlueBunny

    KEEP POKIN THIS PIG! HE IS STUFFED FULL OF SHIT!

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Die Rush, die.

  • nutsofast

    Gordon gets paid?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Political correctness is pretending most Americans know much of anything about complex public policy issues.

  • Yoda002

    nutsofast said:
    Gordon gets paid?

    cha-ching You didn’t know that?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Political correctness is pretending that the country wouldn’t be better off if Rush Limbaugh were dead, or had never existed in the first place.

  • Black and Gold Brad

    Publius219 said:
    Die Rush, die.

    Can’t you just smell the New Civility?

  • Hugo Daun

    nutsofast said:
    Gordon gets paid?

    Yoda002 said:
    cha-ching You didn’t know that?

    It’s true…El Gordo DOES get paid.

    http://www.myspace.com/gordonbloyershow

    30-45K for his unparalleled work as a “political consultant”.

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • Newsjunky

    So if he’s THAT “livid” about it, why did it take him a month to vomit all over the airwaves about it? Me thinks he’s out of fresh ideas to feign anger over. Oink!!! Snort!!!

  • nutsofast

    Hugo Daun said:
    It’s true…El Gordo DOES get paid.

    http://www.myspace.com/gordonbloyershow

    30-45K for his unparalleled work as a “political consultant”.

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Thanks for the link.

    I laughed at the children – undecided

    Like thats an option NOW!
    HAHAHAHAHAHA

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    In Rush’s defense, Premiere produces and distributes lots of shows.

    Until someone comes forward and claims they’ve been paid to go on Limbaugh, I have to take him at his word that it has never happened to his knowledge and he has never used a plant to set him up for a scripted diatribe, but Limbaugh has no shortage of callers and he has a proven ability to entertainingly talk for hours on end. While, obviously the practice does occur, but as he suggests it may mostly be used by their entertainment programs and probably to seed the caller base for new talents going on the air.

    Though, of course, I don’t know that Hannity or Beck has denied it, so there’s always a chance that it has happened for them, especially in the early days of their shows.

  • Hugo Daun

    nutsofast said:
    I laughed at the children – undecided

    Like thats an option NOW!

    Like it EVER was!

    EWWWWWWWWWW!

  • Kitsune

    Publius219 said:
    Political correctness is pretending that the country wouldn’t be better off if Rush Limbaugh were dead, or had never existed in the first place.

    So, why is it OK for Progressives to wish death upon people, again?

  • WCinWI

    Magister said:
    In Rush’s defense, Premiere produces and distributes lots of shows.

    Until someone comes forward and claims they’ve been paid to go on Limbaugh, I have to take him at his word that it has never happened to his knowledge and he has never used a plant to set him up for a scripted diatribe, but Limbaugh has no shortage of callers and he has a proven ability to entertainingly talk for hours on end. While, obviously the practice does occur, but as he suggests it may mostly be used by their entertainment programs and probably to seed the caller base for new talents going on the air.

    Though, of course, I don’t know that Hannity or Beck has denied it, so there’s always a chance that it has happened for them, especially in the early days of their shows.

    Anyone can make a claim. Until there is a physical proof of a check or other form of written/printed pay material saying that X person was paid to call Y radio host and got through (including taped material) there is no proof.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    Die Rush, die.

    Please see a doc for a new prescription of whatever mental medicine you need.

    And stop being a racist.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Kitsune said:
    So, why is it OK for Progressives to wish death upon people, again?

    I have no idea, nor do I really care what Progressives do. I have State Farm, and political club membership really isn’t that relevant at this point. Rush Limbaugh intentionally poisons public discourse, which prevents good policy from being discussed, let alone enacted. His death would, necessarily, lessen his influence and all of the negative societal consequences of that influence. Hence, hoping for his (natural) death is actually the patriotic thing to do.

    Which begs the question…Why do you hate America?

  • nutsofast

    WCinWI said:
    Please see a doc for a new prescription of whatever mental medicine you need.

    And stop being a racist.

    I think you mean Fat-ist

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    I have no idea, nor do I really care what Progressives do. I have State Farm, and political club membership really isn’t that relevant at this point. Rush Limbaugh intentionally poisons public discourse, which prevents good policy from being discussed, let alone enacted. His death would, necessarily, lessen his influence and all of the negative societal consequences of that influence. Hence, hoping for his (natural) death is actually the patriotic thing to do.

    Which begs the question…Why do you hate America?

    Why do you hate Obama?

  • WCinWI

    nutsofast said:
    I think you mean Fat-ist

    Last I checked, Rush worked out more than your crush Michael Moore. And Rush is also married to a babe. And Elton loves Rush!

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Is it just a co incidence that all three are CHRISTIANS?!

    Is there an Anti-Christian BIGOTRY here, on the part of the Jewish Left?

    If the roles were reversed, would the Left be screaming “Anit-Semitism!” to try to stifle any debate?

  • nutsofast

    WCinWI said:
    And Rush is also married to a babe.

    Because of his looks and warm personality I’m sure.

    Gordon could get a woman if he made that kind of money.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    Last I checked, Rush worked out more than your crush Michael Moore. And Rush is also married to a babe. And Elton loves Rush!

    And these factors, of course, make him an expert on things like healthcare policy, or economics, or foreign affairs.

  • nutsofast

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    Is it just a co incidence that all three are CHRISTIANS?!

    Is there an Anti-Christian BIGOTRY here, on the part of the Jewish Left?

    If the roles were reversed, would the Left be screaming “Anit-Semitism!” to try to stifle any debate?

    WTF?

  • nutsofast

    Limbaugh 59 and Rogers 33

    I’m sure they have so much in common.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    And these factors, of course, make him an expert on things like healthcare policy, or economics, or foreign affairs.

    Use your logic on any celebrity for a Lefty cause. Or even apply that to Obama and his business policies or lack thereof. How can someone that hasn’t run a business or governed at local levels understand the nuance of politics? I’ll wait for that reply.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    Use your logic on any celebrity for a Lefty cause. Or even apply that to Obama and his business policies or lack thereof. How can someone that hasn’t run a business or governed at local levels understand the nuance of politics? I’ll wait for that reply.

    What qualifies everyone who has run a business or governed at local levels to run the largest most powerful institution in human history?

  • BatBoy

    I think Media Matters does it all the time.

    That is just how those slimmy’s roll.

  • ImJustThatDamnGood

    Yes, I believe many poor conservatives are paid to fight against their own interest; if not then conservatives are totally crazy.

  • justanotherconservative

    WCinWI said:
    Why do you hate Obama?

    because he is so hateable.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    What qualifies everyone who has run a business or governed at local levels to run the largest most powerful institution in human history?

    I think the quality of a candidate is the combination of those two. I don’t separate the two.

    And stop pretending you think the US is the land of the most powerful institution in human history.

  • WCinWI

    justanotherconservative said:
    because he is so hateable.

    Haha I only meant Publius since he wishes death on people. He’s clearly a racist and hates Obama.

  • BFD

    Why would Rush have to pay for callers when there are plenty enough of you real ignorant racist rednecks out there to do it for free.

    It doesn’t make sense.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    I think the quality of a candidate is the combination of those two. I don’t separate the two.

    And stop pretending you think the US is the land of the most powerful institution in human history.

    Stop trying to fit me into your silly caricatures and stop oversimplifying complex issues so your tiny brain can easily process them.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    WCinWI said:
    Anyone can make a claim. Until there is a physical proof of a check or other form of written/printed pay material saying that X person was paid to call Y radio host and got through (including taped material) there is no proof.

    If you look at the service’s website and click through to the audition form, you’ll see that by submitting your name for consideration, you would be signing a confidentiality agreement that would prevent you from disclosing your participation or any of of the procedures used.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    I think the quality of a candidate is the combination of those two. I don’t separate the two.
    .

    So the guy who owns the local dollar store and serves on the City Council is thereby qualified to be President?

  • WCinWI

    Magister said:
    If you look at the service’s website and click through to the audition form, you’ll see that by submitting your name for consideration, you would be signing a confidentiality agreement that would prevent you from disclosing your participation or any of of the procedures used.

    Correct – proving that a whistleblower would have proof of this after their contract is over. Unless the confidentiality agreement lasts forever. I’m not interested in giving the site web hits.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Publius219 said:
    Stop trying to fit me into your silly caricatures and stop oversimplifying complex issues so your tiny brain can easily process them.

    How else does a 2 bit brain process 64 bit thoughts?

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    So the guy who owns the local dollar store and serves on the City Council is thereby qualified to be President?

    No. I think that someone that has mayoral, serving on a commission and has served as Governor. I think executive experience is essential. Those qualities coupled with private sector is your best combo. And I don’t operate on sexist terms so it can be a female too.

    I wouldn’t call me stupid – I’ve earned my masters and cite articles with stats when I feel like it.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Publius219 said:
    So the guy who owns the local dollar store and serves on the City Council is thereby qualified to be President?

    Yeah because in America.. all that matters is money and luxury now.

  • WCinWI

    The Tea Weasel® said:
    How else does a 2 bit brain process 64 bit thoughts?

    You’re assuming that there are 64 bit thoughts to handle. Now drop me from your convos and get a hobby. :)

  • WCinWI

    WCinWI said:
    No. I think that someone that has mayoral, serving on a commission and has served as Governor. I think executive experience is essential. Those qualities coupled with private sector is your best combo. And I don’t operate on sexist terms so it can be a female too.

    I wouldn’t call me stupid – I’ve earned my masters and cite articles with stats when I feel like it.

    *mayoral experience, has served on a commission and has served as Governor.

  • ImJustThatDamnGood

    BFD said:
    Why would Rush have to pay for callers when there are plenty enough of you real ignorant racist rednecks out there to do it for free.

    It doesn’t make sense.

    good point

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    No. I think that someone that has mayoral, serving on a commission and has served as Governor. I think executive experience is essential. Those qualities coupled with private sector is your best combo. And I don’t operate on sexist terms so it can be a female too.

    I wouldn’t call me stupid – I’ve earned my masters and cite articles with stats when I feel like it.

    So really, you just mean Sarah Palin is qualified to be President, right? Did you know that Alaska has less people than Albuquerque, New Mexico? Or that Alaska is a welfare state? Or that Sarah Palin is an idiot irrespective of life experience?

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    WCinWI said:
    Correct – proving that a whistleblower would have proof of this after their contract is over. Unless the confidentiality agreement lasts forever. I’m not interested in giving the site web hits.

    The “site” is a page on the Premiere Radio Network’s web. It is a division of Clear Channel. They produce and/or distribute Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, John Boy & Billy, Ryan Secrest, America’s Top 40, Randi Rhodes, Jesse Jackson, Alan Colmes and several smaller shows.

  • nutsofast
  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:

    I wouldn’t call me stupid – I’ve earned my masters and cite articles with stats when I feel like it.

    Education doesn’t equate with intelligence. You’re still very stupid, no matter how many years you sat in a classroom or how hard you crammed the night before an exam.

  • tgk

    Magister said:
    Though, of course, I don’t know that Hannity or Beck has denied it,

    A quick email to Glenn Beck’s executive producer asking the question was met with a definitive, ‘No, we have never used actors.”

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uncovered-another-soros-funded-attack-on-glenn-beck-and-talk-radio/

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    So really, you just mean Sarah Palin is qualified to be President, right? Did you know that Alaska has less people than Albuquerque, New Mexico? Or that Alaska is a welfare state? Or that Sarah Palin is an idiot irrespective of life experience?

    Hahaha please stop with your hatred of female politicians. PDS is a disease. You should really seek help for it. I merely think that someone that has worked their way up through the system is more beneficial. I think to be a woman in politics is an asset.

    Are you for affirmative action? If you’re for the equality of everyone, I would hope that you’re interested in getting rid of black only colleges and acceptance rates of race based on quotas.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    Education doesn’t equate with intelligence. You’re still very stupid, no matter how many years you sat in a classroom or how hard you crammed the night before an exam.

    I also have a stellar resume for someone my age and am interested in getting a third degree – if possible.

    Now I would zip it as you have shown many times how you don’t wish for debate and instead wish to be a typical liberal hack.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    Education doesn’t equate with intelligence. You’re still very stupid, no matter how many years you sat in a classroom or how hard you crammed the night before an exam.

    So then you should support Rush. :) Good to see you can support Rush and his rise to fame!

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    I also have a stellar resume for someone my age and am interested in getting a third degree – if possible.

    Now I would zip it as you have shown many times how you don’t wish for debate and instead wish to be a typical liberal hack.

    I’m guessing you probably didn’t know what the word “caricature” meant in one of my prior posts.

  • WCinWI

    Magister said:
    The “site” is a page on the Premiere Radio Network’s web. It is a division of Clear Channel. They produce and/or distribute Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, John Boy & Billy, Ryan Secrest, America’s Top 40, Randi Rhodes, Jesse Jackson, Alan Colmes and several smaller shows.

    Yes – So then that proves my point. It’s a normal confidential form. Nothing is stated for after “employment” which is what I was referring to.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    tgk said:
    A quick email to Glenn Beck’s executive producer asking the question was met with a definitive, ‘No, we have never used actors.”

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uncovered-another-soros-funded-attack-on-glenn-beck-and-talk-radio/

    Interesting to note. Though a cynic might wonder how long that producer has been with the program, whether an actor or two may have been used while Beck was still in Tampa and whether Premiere actually told their talent that their calls were being seeded. But like Limbaugh until I hear differently, I’ll take Beck’s producer at their word.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    I’m guessing you probably didn’t know what the word “caricature” meant in one of my prior posts.

    Sure I did. You are a pretty vile person – hiding behind a computer screen and issuing a death threat.

    You’re quite comical.

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    So really, you just mean Sarah Palin is qualified to be President, right? Did you know that Alaska has less people than Albuquerque, New Mexico? Or that Alaska is a welfare state? Or that Sarah Palin is an idiot irrespective of life experience?

    Do I also know that Alaska is the most federally locked state? What’s your point?

    As I said, you’re comical.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    Sure I did. You are a pretty vile person – hiding behind a computer screen and issuing a death threat.

    You’re quite comical.

    I think it’s fair to say that I have deconstructed at least some of your silly arguments and you have merely responded by arguing against positions that you presume (without evidence) that I believe. Google Strawman argument.

    Clearly all of your degrees have not brought you intelligence. Perhaps you should try fvcking yourself with them, that way they’ll have given at least some personal satisfaction.

  • WCinWI

    If we had had any form of a debate, then sure you would’ve deconstructed something I said. You’re basing your retorts to me as some sort of argument. I don’t see you posting any article or me posting an article to you, therefore an argument wasn’t conducting.

    Thanks for being a great representation of an Obama supporter. I enjoy being entertained by you folks until you get crude. Ta ta!

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    Update (via Gawker): In response to Rush’s rant, a Premiere spokesperson has clarified that the service is new and it isn’t used for their News/Talk shows.

  • im_lovin_it

    WCinWI said:
    I wouldn’t call me stupid – I’ve earned my masters and cite articles with stats when I feel like it.

    Why, might I ask, do you keep referencing this? What does it have to do with anything? If I said I was working on my dissertation for a doctoral degree in Neuroscience would you believe me? Would that bring anything relevant to the topic at hand? Would you care?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    WCinWI said:
    If we had had any form of a debate, then sure you would’ve deconstructed something I said. You’re basing your retorts to me as some sort of argument. I don’t see you posting any article or me posting an article to you, therefore an argument wasn’t conducting.

    Thanks for being a great representation of an Obama supporter. I enjoy being entertained by you folks until you get crude. Ta ta!

    Because you always see debate teams pausing to link to articles when they’re clearly expressing personal opinions.

  • Hugo Daun

    Magister said:
    Update (via Gawker): In response to Rush’s rant, a Premiere spokesperson has clarified that the service is new and it isn’t used for their News/Talk shows.

    And the EIB (egocentric impotent blimp) probably knew that all along…

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    Because you always see debate teams pausing to link to articles when they’re clearly expressing personal opinions.

    Hugo Daun said:
    And the EIB (egocentric impotent blimp) probably knew that all along…

    I am assuming that debate teams list actual case law and other statistical proof, depending on the debate issue at the time. What topics have we debated? Do tell because I saw nothing in terms of actual debate between either of us. Merely snarking back and forth.

    Perhaps you go on tons of sites and wish death threats on people. I just find it highly unusual.

    Entertain away. :)

  • jerrybobphil

    Please whether it Rush Limbaugh or Howard Stern or your local morning show they all use “fake” callers from time to time. Its a show after all. This isn’t new and has always gone on.

  • glenn113

    No, no. This is exactly what’s going on. Trust me. I know. An average Joe got past Limbaugh’s screener to correct Limbaugh with facts that he was lying about what Pres. Reagan did and didn’t do and Limbaugh couldn’t prove otherwise. Limbaugh sounded like Ralph Cramden on the Honeymooners, huma, huma, huma. The guy is no actor at all. Anyway, he called into to a progressive radio show host and told the host how he got past Limbaugh’s screener. He even recorded their conversation. So the radio host let everyone know how to get thru to Limbaugh and how to call Limbaugh out when he lies which is 98 % of the time.
    That’s the story.

  • JohnKWilson

    Obviously, Rush Limbaugh isn’t using fake callers because he doesn’t care what any callers think. What’s interesting to me is that Limbaugh today invoked a huge number of conspiracy theories about Obama while he was complaining about this conspiracy theory that nobody really seems to believe (see my blog, limbaughbook.com).

  • glenn113

    So evidently alot of people learned from this guy and Rush is pissed off because Snurdly isn’t catching them..

  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    No, no. This is exactly what’s going on. Trust me. I know. An average Joe got past Limbaugh’s screener to correct Limbaugh with facts that he was lying about what Pres. Reagan did and didn’t do and Limbaugh couldn’t prove otherwise. Limbaugh sounded like Ralph Cramden on the Honeymooners, huma, huma, huma. The guy is no actor at all. Anyway, he called into to a progressive radio show host and told the host how he got past Limbaugh’s screener. He even recorded their conversation. So the radio host let everyone know how to get thru to Limbaugh and how to call Limbaugh out when he lies which is 98 % of the time.
    That’s the story.

    What state was he calling from? This could be an illegal act.

  • glenn113

    I don’t know nothing. Quite frankly I love to hear Limbaugh get caught lying which is almost all the time. It’s starting to snowball. And people have their facts right in front of them so Limbaugh can’t dispute any of it.

  • jjay7381

    Rush Limbaugh? Mad about something? I’M SHOCKED!

  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    I don’t know nothing. Quite frankly I love to hear Limbaugh get caught lying which is almost all the time. It’s starting to snowball. And people have their facts right in front of them so Limbaugh can’t dispute any of it.

    Can’t use double negative in a sentence. So then if you don’t know a story, why would you write about it without knowing the facts? Why would you condone a potentially illegal act?

  • glenn113

    WCinWI said:
    Can’t use double negative in a sentence. So then if you don’t know a story, why would you write about it without knowing the facts? Why would you condone a potentially illegal act?

    There’s absolutley nothing illegal about it. No one is harrassing him. His phone is open for callers.
    Ok, I don’t know anything about it. Is that better?

  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    He even recorded their conversation. So the radio host let everyone know how to get thru to Limbaugh and how to call Limbaugh out when he lies which is 98 % of the time.

    You said the following:

    He even recorded their conversation. So the radio host let everyone know how to get thru to Limbaugh and how to call Limbaugh out when he lies which is 98 % of the time.

    Depending on which state you live in, that’s illegal.

  • Color Me Badd

    Mike Stark pwns Rush Limbaugh!

  • glenn113

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnJ2OR3GZs This is it. and it funny as hell.

  • kvon

    El Rosho doth protest too much…

  • glenn113

    WCinWI said:
    You said the following: He even recorded their conversation. So the radio host let everyone know how to get thru to Limbaugh and how to call Limbaugh out when he lies which is 98 % of the time. Depending on which state you live in, that’s illegal.

    bullcrap. Limbaugh has a tollfree number. anyone in the world can call him……sorry dude.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    @WCinWI: Recording a radio show might produce some copyright questions, but they would be settled by a civil court. Now, perhaps if the caller recorded the screener, it’d depend on which state, but I don’t know that’s what @glenn113 claims.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Who do you think these libs with phony names are that post here? Paid shills for Obama. Nobody can be as dumb as these folks. They even continue the lie after they have been proven wrong. GBR and RRK are the most obvious ot he group. Neither one of these guys could even get a job at Wendy’s.

  • glenn113

    copyright is only if someone is using it to make a profit. And the radio host sure isn’t. He just played the call.
    Oh well, chalk one up for the good guys.

  • Pablo

    Magister said:
    Though a cynic might wonder how long that producer has been with the program, whether an actor or two may have been used while Beck was still in Tampa and whether Premiere actually told their talent that their calls were being seeded.

    That would be Stu Burgiere. He’s been there from the beginning.

  • Pablo

    glenn113 said:
    bullcrap. Limbaugh has a tollfree number. anyone in the world can call him……sorry dude.

    Recording the call is another matter. Unless it’s disclosed it can be illegal.

  • WCinWI

    Pablo said:
    Recording the call is another matter. Unless it’s disclosed it can be illegal.

    That’s where I was going with it. There are certain states that don’t allow the copy of phone calls without disclosure. Thanks for being a sane voice on this issue. :)

  • WCinWI

    Magister said:
    @WCinWI: Recording a radio show might produce some copyright questions, but they would be settled by a civil court. Now, perhaps if the caller recorded the screener, it’d depend on which state, but I don’t know that’s what @glenn113 claims.

    What Pablo said above me. :)

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Who do you think these libs with phony names are that post here? Paid shills for Obama. Nobody can be as dumb as these folks. They even continue the lie after they have been proven wrong. GBR and RRK are the most obvious ot he group. Neither one of these guys could even get a job at Wendy’s.

    Says the guy whose Myspace lists his salary at 30,000-45,000/year, the low end of which I would bet is very comparable to Wendy’s.

  • puck30

    Dear Premere Radio Networks

    I am writing in concern with the radio actors that you employ for your radio shows, could you please not put on so many lunatic whack jobs callers on the Randi Rhoades Show.

    thank you

  • Yukon Jack

    Publius219 said:
    So the guy who owns the local dollar store and serves on the City Council is thereby qualified to be President?

    That person is FAR better qualified than a former communist agitator .. community organizer.

  • glenn113

    WCinWI said:
    That’s where I was going with it. There are certain states that don’t allow the copy of phone calls without disclosure. Thanks for being a sane voice on this issue. :)

    You would be correct if there was a reasonable expectation of privacy involved. There is absolutely none recording a talk show host call..That’s laughable. Hell if that was the case you tube wouldn’t be in business….

  • glenn113

    Pablo said:
    Recording the call is another matter. Unless it’s disclosed it can be illegal.

    There is no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in recording a talk show host. Are you kidding me? There would be no such thing as youtube..

  • Pablo

    glenn113 said:
    There is no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in recording a talk show host. Are you kidding me? There would be no such thing as youtube..

    The recording you referred to was a conversation with the screener, and not with the host, nor on the air, right?

  • glenn113

    No, with Limbaugh, on the air.

  • glenn113

    The guy just told everybody what you have to do to get past the screener.

  • felixw

    I often hear people calling in conservative talk shows with the daily talking points from the DNC. So, yes, those people are actors. But the real stars of the thespian arts are the news anchors on the major networks, who act as if they are reporting the news, but exclude stories that might be embarrassing to their hero in the White House. They are playing the role of journalist without actually becoming one. They should institute a new category in the Emmy Awards to honor these pretenders.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    Another day, another unsubstantiated, unsourced and unverified attack on conservative opinion shapers.

  • glenn113

    However the caller was 100% correct. Limbaugh new it but couldn’t admit it.. that’s the funny part…he sounded like Ralph Cramden on the Honeymooners….

  • glenn113

    It was not an attack. It was a legitimate question that Limbaugh got caught lying and “got caught” are the main words. Because Limbaugh will never debate anyone with any knowledge on politics…… but hey, I even listen to Limbaugh once in awhile. He is a great entertainer. He really is.

  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    No, with Limbaugh, on the air.

    Then yes, it would be illegal to tape record someone on the air, without your acknowledging that you were tape recording them. This of course depends on the state involved, but this is an illegal action.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    glenn113 said:
    It was not an attack. It was a legitimate question

    My input was regarding the Mediaite and linked articles, not some strawman call-in to Rush’s show that libs seem to think blows the lid off the notion Reagan was made of marble.

  • glenn113

    WCinWI said:
    Then yes, it would be illegal to tape record someone on the air, without your acknowledging that you were tape recording them. This of course depends on the state involved, but this is an illegal action.

    Well geeze. I guess you tube should be shut down then.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

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    The Democratic Party of Deception put $105 Billion advance funding in ObamaCare – hiding it from Congressional review.

    Update:

    *ObamaCare gives HHS unprecedented authority & control over virtually every aspect of the nation’s health care – and nationalizes the student loan program.

    *They’re implementing Cap & Trade through the EPA.

    *They want to impose the Fairness (Stop Conservative Viewpoints) Doctrine through FFC.

    *They have central control of our financing system through the FedReg bill – that encumbers small banks and businesses, but engorges large ones.

    They rammed through their “Legislative/Regulatory” Coup for two years, and now we’re ramming it back!!!!!!!!

    Bachmann for PRESIDENT – Someone for Real Hope & Change, not the Teleprompter Type!

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    WCinWI said:
    Then yes, it would be illegal to tape record someone on the air, without your acknowledging that you were tape recording them. This of course depends on the state involved, but this is an illegal action.

    glenn113 said:
    Well geeze. I guess you tube should be shut down then.

    …and if you’re going to record tonight’s “Two and Half Men”, you might want to send Charlie a tweet.

  • ClearThinker

    This jack wagon is in a neck and neck race with Glenn (cry me a river) Beck to see who can be more exteme in the vile lies and misrepresentions the spew daily!

  • Paleoconservatarian

    ClearThinker said:
    This jack wagon is in a neck and neck race with Glenn (cry me a river) Beck to see who can be more exteme in the vile lies and misrepresentions the spew daily!

    “vile lies.” I laugh. You people can prove no such tapestry of lies; thus your need for character assassination.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Publius219 said:
    Says the guy whose Myspace lists his salary at 30,000-45,000/year, the low end of which I would bet is very comparable to Wendy’s.

    I guess you don’t understand that I work part-time only. You sure are stupid.

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  • Yoda002

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I guess you don’t understand that I work part-time only. You sure are stupid.

    How many times are you allowed to call Rush’s show? Are you paid per call or on a weekly basis? Do you read from a script? and how do you get past the call screener? I need to know these things.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I guess you don’t understand that I work part-time only. You sure are stupid.

    Since not knowing/caring about your personal life makes one stupid.

  • whytee

    LOL. This story should make a lot of “personas” that comment on Mediaite nervous.

  • ChrisNH

    The laughable irony is that the biggest Obama-lovers out there really ARE no-talent-to-do-anything-else-in-life ACTORS.

  • Nationman

    you should scream more rush, it would make it more believable.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Cade/1489490460 Dave Cade

    Limburger is always livid..what else is new?

  • murphy0071

    Limbaugh is afraid of actors, when everything from his mouth is bought and paid for by someone else, particularly the Nazis.

  • Armageddon T Thunderbird

    Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, O Reilly and those on Fox News are all just actors. They are all acting like they are somehow American Patriots when they are just the opposite.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I guess you don’t understand that I work part-time only. You sure are stupid.

    You make 30K a year working part-time at Wendy’s? WOW!

  • hgovernick

    Publius219 said:
    Since not knowing/caring about your personal life makes one stupid.

    Yes. Good point. It does. It makes gordonblowhardshow stupid.

  • hgovernick

    ChrisNH said:
    The laughable irony is that the biggest Obama-lovers out there really ARE no-talent-to-do-anything-else-in-life ACTORS.

    The “biggest Obama-lovers out there”? Do you mean those who weight the most? The tallest? The widest? The highest IQ?

    Or are you just another uneducated, no-talent-to-do-anything-else-in-life-but-fail-as-a-WRITER?

  • hgovernick

    The fact that Limpballs struggles so vehemently to deny the allegation makes me believe even more strongly that the allegation is true.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    hgovernick said:
    The fact that Limpballs struggles so vehemently to deny the allegation makes me believe even more strongly that the allegation is true.

    When did you stop beating your wife?

  • Darr247

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    When did you stop beating your wife?

    Do you still wear the same panties J.Edgar Hoover wore, Leo?

  • hgovernick

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    When did you stop beating your wife?

    I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.

    You’re so dumb you sit on the television and watch the couch.

    Is your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory? Regardless, you’ll never be the man your mother is, but I’ll bet you’re the first in your family born without tail.

    Is it true you never sleep with your wife because you heard she’s a married woman?

    I can see that your inferiority complex is fully justified. Have you considered suing your brains for malpractice?

    What am I? Flypaper for freaks!? Learn from your parents’ mistakes – use birth control!

  • Paleoconservatarian

    hgovernick said:
    I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.

    You’re so dumb you sit on the television and watch the couch.

    Is your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory? Regardless, you’ll never be the man your mother is, but I’ll bet you’re the first in your family born without tail.

    Is it true you never sleep with your wife because you heard she’s a married woman?

    I can see that your inferiority complex is fully justified. Have you considered suing your brains for malpractice?

    What am I? Flypaper for freaks!? Learn from your parents’ mistakes – use birth control!

    Boy, where did that come from? Man, I really must have hit a nerve with you. That string of ad hominems and personal attacks you so vehemently offer up to distract from the allegation makes me believe even more strongly that you’re a wife beater.

  • hgovernick

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    Boy, where did that come from? Man, I really must have hit a nerve with you. That string of ad hominems and personal attacks you so vehemently offer up to distract from the allegation makes me believe even more strongly that you’re a wife beater.

    Naw… it’s just too easy to peg you for what you are.

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