Rush Limbaugh didn't say the magic words, but on Tuesday he basically accused the media of creating fake news about Hurricane Irma, which is threatening Florida after hitting Barbuda and Antigua. The storm's 185-mile-per-hour winds tied the record high for any Atlantic hurricane making landfall.
“These storms, once they actually hit, are never as strong as they're reported,” Limbaugh claimed on his syndicated radio show. He added that “the graphics have been created to make it look like the ocean's having an exorcism, just getting rid of the devil here in the form of this hurricane, this bright red stuff.”
Why would the media exaggerate the threat of a hurricane? Here's Limbaugh's theory:
There is symbiotic relationship between retailers and local media, and it’s related to money. It revolves around money. You have major, major industries and businesses which prosper during times of crisis and panic, such as a hurricane, which could destroy or greatly damage people’s homes, and it could interrupt the flow of water and electricity. So what happens?
Well, the TV stations begin reporting this and the panic begins to increase. And then people end up going to various stores to stock up on water and whatever they might need for home repairs and batteries and all this that they’re advised to get, and a vicious circle is created. You have these various retail outlets who spend a lot of advertising dollars with the local media.
The local media, in turn, reports in such a way as to create the panic way far out, which sends people into these stores to fill up with water and to fill up with batteries, and it becomes a never-ending repeated cycle. And the two coexist. So the media benefits with the panic with increased eyeballs, and the retailers benefit from the panic with increased sales, and the TV companies benefit because they’re getting advertising dollars from the businesses that are seeing all this attention from customers.
To state the obvious, these are potentially dangerous comments from Limbaugh, who is based in Palm Beach, Fla. He is encouraging listeners who might be in Irma's path not to take seriously the official guidance disseminated through the media.
Rush Limbaugh didn't say the magic words, but on Tuesday he basically accused the media of creating fake news about Hurricane Irma, which is threatening Florida after hitting Barbuda and Antigua. The storm's 185-mile-per-hour winds tied the record high for any Atlantic hurricane making landfall.
“These storms, once they actually hit, are never as strong as they're reported,” Limbaugh claimed on his syndicated radio show. He added that “the graphics have been created to make it look like the ocean's having an exorcism, just getting rid of the devil here in the form of this hurricane, this bright red stuff.”
Why would the media exaggerate the threat of a hurricane? Here's Limbaugh's theory:
There is symbiotic relationship between retailers and local media, and it’s related to money. It revolves around money. You have major, major industries and businesses which prosper during times of crisis and panic, such as a hurricane, which could destroy or greatly damage people’s homes, and it could interrupt the flow of water and electricity. So what happens?
Well, the TV stations begin reporting this and the panic begins to increase. And then people end up going to various stores to stock up on water and whatever they might need for home repairs and batteries and all this that they’re advised to get, and a vicious circle is created. You have these various retail outlets who spend a lot of advertising dollars with the local media.
The local media, in turn, reports in such a way as to create the panic way far out, which sends people into these stores to fill up with water and to fill up with batteries, and it becomes a never-ending repeated cycle. And the two coexist. So the media benefits with the panic with increased eyeballs, and the retailers benefit from the panic with increased sales, and the TV companies benefit because they’re getting advertising dollars from the businesses that are seeing all this attention from customers.
To state the obvious, these are potentially dangerous comments from Limbaugh, who is based in Palm Beach, Fla. He is encouraging listeners who might be in Irma's path not to take seriously the official guidance disseminated through the media.
Sounds like Rush was listening to George Noory's Conspiracy Radio last night.
Reckon Rush might be saying to not listen to all the hype, and think for yourselves, and protect yourselves using your own brains, instead of following the rest of the sheep?
If the Super Storm Sandy is any example, the hype worked rather well....
That storm was supposed to wipe out all life on the Eastern seaboard.
That's the problem with crying wolf. Nobody believes you when the wolf is actually there.
I happened to catch part of this in my car at lunch yesterday. I thought it strange, but Rush often does satire. Sometimes comedy falls flat. Perhaps he believes that the media is in cahoots with retail. He does 250 shows a year. Hard to make them all winners. People forget that.
Rush clarified several time after the Media lied about what he said.
He said that the Media and the weather people are reporting the severity of this storm is directly related to Climate Change and they are trying to scare the public into believing CC is the cause.
He did not say they were hyping the severity of the storm for ratings, he said they were saying this storm is the direct result of CC.
I didn't catch the show but he's right that doom porn gets great ratings so the MSM way over emphasis the worst case scenario and flat out makes some of it up. If Irma does hit South Florida as a strong cat 4 storm it will be devastating.
They try and hype an inch of snow in the northeast anymore.
The snowfall forecast is almost always for twice what we actually get........ They call for 2 to 4 inches and nine times out of ten we get 1 to 2 inches.
He's right... The weather-people, even around here, hype some storm like it's "YER ALL GONNA DIE"....and then it hits more like a purring kitty...
Well, in fairness, them weather-people gotta do whatever they can to protect their jobs...
Meteorology is hardly an exact science. They gather what info they can and attempt to put them together. Then things change unexpectedly. They don't know enough about how these storms work to make totally accurate predictions. They try to figure out a worse case scenario and go with that. It gets bad when they calculate low and it comes in way higher. Protect their jobs? They do a darn good job of if considering how unpredictable the weather can be.
Rush is right, in a way. There IS a symbiotic relationship between business and media. He outlines it correctly. I don't believe it's a conspiracy, though. Both the media and business do what's in their own best interest. It just so happens that those things not only mesh but mutually multiply.
What is the harm in over-warning people? If people evacuate because of the warnings and the storm does little damage, what's the problem? But if the media UNDER-report the danger and people die...
Good point , Rocky..... Like with my previous snowfall prediction comment; now that I think about it when they over-estimate the snowfall prediction nobody says a word. If we get a lot more than they were calling for....... That's when folks get upset. So in the event of more serious events it's better to over-warn and also to C.Y.A.
Rush Limbaugh didn't say the magic words, but on Tuesday he basically accused the media of creating fake news about Hurricane Irma, which is threatening Florida after hitting Barbuda and Antigua. The storm's 185-mile-per-hour winds tied the record high for any Atlantic hurricane making landfall.
“These storms, once they actually hit, are never as strong as they're reported,” Limbaugh claimed on his syndicated radio show. He added that “the graphics have been created to make it look like the ocean's having an exorcism, just getting rid of the devil here in the form of this hurricane, this bright red stuff.”
Why would the media exaggerate the threat of a hurricane? Here's Limbaugh's theory:
There is symbiotic relationship between retailers and local media, and it’s related to money. It revolves around money. You have major, major industries and businesses which prosper during times of crisis and panic, such as a hurricane, which could destroy or greatly damage people’s homes, and it could interrupt the flow of water and electricity. So what happens?
Well, the TV stations begin reporting this and the panic begins to increase. And then people end up going to various stores to stock up on water and whatever they might need for home repairs and batteries and all this that they’re advised to get, and a vicious circle is created. You have these various retail outlets who spend a lot of advertising dollars with the local media.
The local media, in turn, reports in such a way as to create the panic way far out, which sends people into these stores to fill up with water and to fill up with batteries, and it becomes a never-ending repeated cycle. And the two coexist. So the media benefits with the panic with increased eyeballs, and the retailers benefit from the panic with increased sales, and the TV companies benefit because they’re getting advertising dollars from the businesses that are seeing all this attention from customers.
To state the obvious, these are potentially dangerous comments from Limbaugh, who is based in Palm Beach, Fla. He is encouraging listeners who might be in Irma's path not to take seriously the official guidance disseminated through the media.
I happened to have listened EXACTLY as to what Rush said. Complete, cherry picking horseshit article, taking statements out of context or outright distortion. Not surprised at you posting this though.
i was driving around and heard part of what he was saying. I won't totally disagree with him. but on the other hand i would consider myself a fool to ignore taking whatever precautions i could to lessen the risk. as i remember, some of those storms did cause a little damage.
So now it turns out Rush is evacuating. Hope his disciples didn't stay.
Sycamore
text messagd a friend of mine who i worked with for many years. born and raised in arizona, but for some reason decided to move to sarasota, florida. relocated there a couple of months ago. He said yesterday they were going to ride it out, although they had plenty of ability to leave, to experience the event. He was in a evac zone B if it went to A they would go to a shelter. I text messaged him a little while ago and no answer which does not surprise me. ten foot storm surge, 100mph winds, and 8 to 10inches of rain. you don't find that much in northwest phoenix.
So now it turns out Rush is evacuating. Hope his disciples didn't stay.
Sycamore
So you're not taking responsibility for your intentional skewing of the original post, leaving out the key component about climate change, and instead doubling-down on trying to make Rush and others seem like idiots?
So now it turns out Rush is evacuating. Hope his disciples didn't stay.
Sycamore
So you're not taking responsibility for your intentional skewing of the original post, leaving out the key component about climate change, and instead doubling-down on trying to make Rush and others seem like idiots?
I didn't skew the post, intentionally or otherwise. I copied and pasted it from somewhere else, hence the quotes.
I would never try to make Rush look like an idiot.
He is a former disk-jockey, who dodged the draft, dropped out of college and became addicted to opiod pain relievers.
I realize some hang on his every word as revealed truth. My theory is he is not a dumb guy. But he knows what dumb guys want to hear.
Weathermen hyping the forecast has been going on for decades. 30 years ago ? A well known Cincinnati weatherman eventually stepped down after it came out that he was intentionally hyping expected snow fall totals, recommending that people only drive in four wheel drive vehicles, and later came out that he had a financial interest in a local Jeep dealer...
Two or three years ago, I sent a scathing email to local television station with regard to the way one of their "meteorologists" had obviously over-hyped the POTENTIAL for tornadoes during a rain event. Good "theater". But totally inappropriate and unwarranted. Received a response back a couple days later defending the meteorologist and claiming (paraphrased) that in essence it was their God given responsibility to warn all of their viewers of potential hazards...
Television runs on viewership. Drama draws viewers. Regardless if it is factual or fabricated...
Rush was correct in the weather hype. He didn't say the storm wasn't dangerous, but that people must evaluate what is being said. The local hyple the weather here all the time to get you to stay tuned. Considering the millions of dollars of equipment they have, they are still wrong quite often on weather events.
So now it turns out Rush is evacuating. Hope his disciples didn't stay.
Sycamore
Typical inane comment from this moron. According to FCC regulations Rush could not broadcast his show from Florida. So he left to arrange subsequent shows next week. Now that the hurricane will hit the west coast, he may be back sooner.
I listened to all of Rush that day. He's right for the most part, except that he seems to have forgotten that not every non-liberal has a private jet on standby. I guess that's the .02%'
The media accused Rush of telling people to not buy bottled water. Which is complete BS. I listened to that whole segment. He said "fill up empty water bottles, milk jugs, your bathtub," etc. As in, "you have an endless supply of fresh drinking water: your tap- so fill up everything now." If you spell Evian backwards it's 'niave.' And it's $2/bottle or more with gouging.
It's going to be really expensive to flush a toilet @ $2/bottle of water.
Originally Posted by RockyRaab
Rush is right, in a way. There IS a symbiotic relationship between business and media. He outlines it correctly. I don't believe it's a conspiracy, though. Both the media and business do what's in their own best interest. It just so happens that those things not only mesh but mutually multiply.
What is the harm in over-warning people? If people evacuate because of the warnings and the storm does little damage, what's the problem? But if the media UNDER-report the danger and people die...
Hey pinko commie biotch, glad I'm still living in your little head rent free. I thought you and ocock buttfugged each other on the regular so I just assumed he told you.
