HUFFPO PULLS FAKE LIMBAUGH QUOTES

Jawa Report ^ | Thursday, October 15, 2009 | Barbarossa

[kristinn]

Not sure if anyone has picked this up yet, but the editors at the Huffington Post have pulled the fake Limbaugh "slavery" quotes from a 2006 Jack Huberman article. Huberman's book was one of the original sources for the fake quotes, apparently picking them up from the wikipedia entry where they first appeared.

A note at the beginning of the article now states:

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained quotes attributed to Rush Limbaugh, which Limbaugh has since denied making. As is our policy when a fact in a blog post is called into question, we gave its author 24 hours to substantiate the quote. Since he has not been able to do so, the quotes have been deleted from the post.

So Huberman wasn't able to back it up, they pulled the quotes. That's fair enough, I guess. I wonder if the rest of the "fact-check" media will be honest enough to follow their online lead. Don't hold your breath.

The Weekly Standard reported earlier today that this might happen. HT to them.

[newnhdad]

Their job is done, why keep lying?

[cranked]

I suppose they figure the damage has been done in the same sense as those libtards who continually proclaim “We won.”

[SoDak]

Well, no bigs on their part. The damage is done, and the “quotes” can be stowed away for a few years until needed again.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Pulled or not, Rush needs to pursue these liars with high-priced lawyers......

[freekitty]

They lie because it’s way of life with them.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Let’s see what CNN’s Sanchez does.

[Iowa Granny]

I would guess that El Rushbo’s attnys have made their point quite well with the people at the Huffpo, and they’ve decided to make the requested corrections

I’d have preferred to have seen him sue them for everything they have.

[scooby321]

:awsuit is coming. That is why he demanded he get kicked out of the group not quit.

[Freedom2specul8]

Do you know what rush’s final decision is re:pursuing legal action for slander etc.?

[Radix]

This person wrote a book with documentation from Wikipedia?

Orwell saw this sort of thing coming, I think.

[freekitty]

This must be a real threat if Huffpo starts pulling their false remarks.

[STARWISE]

BUMP!

And will CNN’s Sanchez Follow?

[truthkeeper]

I hope Rush sues all these creeps for every dime they have.

[DocRock]

"That is why he demanded he get kicked out of the group not quit."

Exactly. Smart legal move on his part.

[Stepan12]

This is like that Swedish paper that claimed that Israel was selling internal organs of Palestinians. Even though the Swedish guy admits that he isn't sure the story is true, he is touring Arab countries, getting money for his blood libel.

Now Rush Limbaugh is suffering a type of blood libel of his own.

Rush is a brother and I will pray for him.

[kristinn]

The AP has more:

Two of the racist quotes recently attributed to Limbaugh, which praised slavery and Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray, may have been falsified and then magnified in the media echo chamber.

The quotes were published in a 2006 book by Jack Huberman, "101 People Who Are Really Screwing America." Asked Thursday for the source of the quotes, Huberman said he had no comment. His publisher, Nation Books, also declined to comment.

[mylife]

Agreed

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Huffies don’t want to be sued?

I hope Rush will be suing the pants off of a lot of liars.

[mware]

The damage may be done, but only some of the damage. Wait til Rush’s attorneys get done with them.They cost him millions in earning with their liable.