Howard Kurtz Feigns Ignorance of Limbaugh's Racism

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux03jkdeeT0

Does anyone think that Howard Kurtz isn't fully aware of the documentation that Media Matters has done of the daily bigotry and racism that comes out of Limbaugh's mouth? Kurtz plays devil's advocate to ESPN's Mike Wilbon as to whether it was fair or not for the NFL to decide they didn't want Limbaugh owning a team and for black people to feel that he is racist.

Kurtz points to a single quote which Limbaugh claims he never said, and uses that as a reason to either ignore or pretend he doesn't know about all of the other racist things Rush has said on his radio show.

While I would not expect Mike Wilbon to be aware of the work Media Matters has done with documenting Rush Limbaugh's quotes, I don't know how Howard Kurtz can call himself a "media critic" and not be. Maybe he chooses to ignore them since he's been in their line of fire as well. Who knows.

I don't want Rush Limbaugh or anyone else having things they didn't say attributed to them. But Kurtz buying into Limbaugh's claim that he's some kind of victim and not actually a racist because one lousy quote out of hundreds might have been wrong looks like lazy journalism to me. One click here- Limbaugh Wire- and taking the time to read some of the work that's gone into that site and Kurtz wouldn't have to be asking his black guests what black people might have heard from Limbaugh on the radio that offended them. He'd already know.

http://crooksandliars.com/

This gave me agita. Kurtz tried to portray Limbaugh as a victim because a quote that was attributed him was false.

He keeps on and on at Michael Wilbon. Wilbon won't back down. Rush may not have said that one statement, but he has

said enough at other times to make it clear he makes racist statements.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Kurtz is a paid tool. Always has been and always will be, and a show on CNN

won't change that....in fact, that's why he has a show. :shrug:

[KharmaTrain]

2. I Don't Call Him Whorie For Nothin'

Typical...this shitstain is one of the more dangerous right wing shills...and, yes is he one. He pretends to be the "media critic" yet his criticism is almost always aimed at the left while given a token shrug or tsk tsk when a wingnut goes off the deep end. His angle is always that the wingnut isn't be understood or that the "left" is somehow making mountains out of molehills. Surely some of this has to do with his wife who is a GOOP operative.

I saw that interview and turned it off...there is so much tape of rushbo's racism it wouldn't take long to dig up an hour's worth. Yet, as you say, Whorie made rushbo look like the victim and went with the talking points. Wilbon tried to stay on the issue, Whorie somehow worked in Olbermann and Maddow (some of his favorite targets) into the mix with the typical "they say it, too game".

If any show describes the disconnect of the corporate media with the rest of the country, Whorie's the man. What's worse is he's given a lot of leeway under his guise of "media critic" that only helps to cement the talking points from distortion and rumor into "assumed" fact. These are the most dangerous of the operatives, but Chicken Noodle Nuze knows that.

[Captain Hilts]

3. His wife was an RNC fundraiser and part of the GWB transition team in 2000. nt

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. kurtz is a piece of shit, paid media whore

He has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt over the years that he is a dishonest media critic.