Nightline Paints Conservatives, Including Limbaugh, as Too Cowardly to Help USO

NewsBusters ^ | January 24, 2006 | Brent Baker

[EveningStar]

In a December 23 USA Today front page story, “USO cheers troops, but Iraq gigs tough to book; Safety concerns, disagreement with war keeping many celebrities from volunteering,” reporters Martin Kasindorf and Steven Komarow related how actor/comedian Robin Williams, “who like [Al] Franken has been an outspoken critic of Bush's management of the war -- and [Wayne] Newton, a Republican who backs Bush, say some stars have turned down the USO because they thought such performances would amount to endorsing the war.” But in a Friday evening Nightline story, Terry Moran, through his use of soundbites from two left-wingers, portrayed cowardly conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh who isn't a stage performer, as the problem facing the USO in trying to get stars to go to Iraq and Afghanistan...

[EveningStar]

Read the rest. It's sickening.

[saganite]

Rush trashed this yesterday. They didn't bother to do any research or they would have known Rush went to Afghanistan.

[DTogo]

Rush went on his own to Afghanistan. But why bother with facts...

[EveningStar]

major barf alert ping

[EveningStar]

I didn't hear Rush yesterday.

[onyx]

I never watch Nightline.

[saganite]

It was good. Rush took them to the woodshed.

[MEGoody]

Uh, hate to tell Nightline this, but most 'performers' are liberals. If you are having a problem booking them, then it's mostly a problem with liberals.

[TASMANIANRED]

Rush ought to sue them for defamation.

He can prove the truth was available and online for a year.

They didn't find it deliberately .The purpose was to defame, not to publish the truth.

[neodad]

What's Nightline?

[raccoonradio]

Have heard the new hosts of Nightline are all libs. ABC=
Anyone But Conservatives (though they have G.Will on
don't they?...don't want much TV these days so I don't know
if he's still with 'em)

[EveningStar]

Neither do I.

[cubreporter]

It's always about those selfish pigs isn't it? Who needs them? I think most are probably afraid to go.

[skinkinthegrass]

...wonder if RUSH, menstions it today?
...Does he really have to?

btw...Who watchs Nightline, Anyway? :D

[merry10]

"And -- there is no transvestite soldiers"

Is this the same group saying that President Bush mangles English (last para of article).

mary

[onyx]

Saves a lot of barfing!

[Beth528]

Rush, has been to Afghanistan I heard the shows when he talked from there...He also said he called the State Department and ask to go to Iraq and the person that answered the phone said you are the most ask for person to come and talk to the troops but no one ever called him back..These stupid newspapers and other source's should get their dumb stories straight..

[ko_kyi]

Pretty poor reporting in a venue that presents facts to dozens of people nightly.

[goarmy]

Went to a Toby Keith concert last year, and he described to the audience what it takes for performers to go and entertain the troops (he went to Afghanistan). For security reasons, only two performers at a time could go to the troops toting nothing but guitars. According to the photos that were shown on the Jumbo-Tron, it looked as if he entertained soldiers at an FOB, but I could be wrong.

Interesting that Nightline didn't mention Toby and his numerous performances in Afghanistan. Probably because he had an on-air verbal jousting session with their icon, Peter Jennings.

[RoadTest]

Rush went to Iraq and visited with and encouraged the troops there.