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Washington Post Editor Irked by Rush Limbaugh's Medal of Freedom Award
Newsbusters ^ | February 5, 2020 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 02/05/2020 12:05:16 PM PST by PJ-Comix

It really, really bothered Washington Post deputy editor of the "Morning Mix" feature, Timothy Bella, that Rush Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. It irked him so much that in his long article he kept returning over and over to the theme that Limbaugh was somehow not worthy of the award in comparison to others who received it.

The very title of Bella's article, "Rush Limbaugh joins the likes of Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks as recipient of highest civilian honor," even suggested that he was not as worthy as those others. That was followed by the same suggestion that Limbaugh did not really deserve the award right at the top of Bella's story and continued from there:

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Of course, TDS Jon Meacham was cited as some sort of moral authority.
1 posted on 02/05/2020 12:05:17 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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Washington Post Editor Irked by Rush Limbaugh's Medal of Freedom Award

Good.
2 posted on 02/05/2020 12:06:54 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (If cultural appropriation is wrong then how does a society benefit from diversity?)
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Tom Hanks
Ellen DeGeneres
Robert DeNiro
Robert Redford

..were somehow more deserving. I guess.


3 posted on 02/05/2020 12:07:38 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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That’s one of my favorite things about Trump.

He cheeses-off ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE!


4 posted on 02/05/2020 12:09:18 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: PJ-Comix

When the bad guys are mad you know you did the right thing. P. S. FUWP


5 posted on 02/05/2020 12:10:30 PM PST by Nateman ( Unless the left is screaming you are doing it wrong.)
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Hater’s gotta hate.


6 posted on 02/05/2020 12:10:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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Enimedia.


7 posted on 02/05/2020 12:13:41 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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Joe Biden as well


8 posted on 02/05/2020 12:15:02 PM PST by utdutt (Tax cut)
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Bill Cosby


9 posted on 02/05/2020 12:15:41 PM PST by kempster (w President of all time.)
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GREAT to be in the land of the FREE, and have the right to express your mind. I think Rush did a LOT for America and for Freedom. Washington Post, has done VERY little for Freedom, nice to know that they want to control all of the news outlets and it BETTER be in line with their slant.


10 posted on 02/05/2020 12:15:49 PM PST by rovenstinez
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I’m sure they said squat when the great moral leaders Ellen DeGeneres and Robert DeNiro received the same award.


11 posted on 02/05/2020 12:16:17 PM PST by laconic
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To: cld51860

Obama gave one to Joe Biden.


12 posted on 02/05/2020 12:16:19 PM PST by getitright (Finally- a president who offers hope!)
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Awww...are they jealous?


13 posted on 02/05/2020 12:19:10 PM PST by madison10
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Go F yourself. I am irked you are still breathing


14 posted on 02/05/2020 12:19:27 PM PST by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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That splattering all over the walls came from liberals’ heads exploding. There simply was not enough duct tape to prevent that from happening.

Love him or hate him, Rush Limbaugh is perhaps the most influential person EVER not elected to political office nor elevated within the hierarchy of any organization bearing great moral authority. He did it all on gentle (or maybe sometimes NOT so gentle) persuasion and by a merry dance through words to make a point that many have felt in their bones, but could never express in words. Even those who disagreed with him, still reluctantly conceded the points he made, if ever they actually chose to listen to Rush, and not what somebody else SAID about Rush.

And what the heck, he really made some converts, some of whom were even MORE enthusiastic than Rush, and the word kept right on spreading like ripples in a pond.


15 posted on 02/05/2020 12:22:01 PM PST by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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I AM IRKED THAT THE EDITOR’S WIFE IS SO UGLY.


16 posted on 02/05/2020 12:26:00 PM PST by chopperk
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Nothing against Mother Theresa or Rosa Parks, but I’m not aware of what if anything either did to limit the size and reach of government. That’s the definition of freedom and it IS a Medal of Freedom, correct?


17 posted on 02/05/2020 12:26:03 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: cld51860

Hmmm


18 posted on 02/05/2020 12:28:45 PM PST by Mercat
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Also Lorne Michaels and Gloria Steinem....


19 posted on 02/05/2020 12:29:00 PM PST by mkmensinger
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I hope he loses sleep over it for years....................


20 posted on 02/05/2020 12:29:01 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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