CBS Showcases Broadside Against Limbaugh as Hitlerian Racist. (I See MORE Stupid People!!!!)

CBS on Sunday gave air time to a broadside against Rush Limbaugh which impugned him as a racist afraid of anyone who is non-white doing well and suggested that Limbaugh’s “edgy” attitude is Hitlerian.

On CBS’s Sunday Morning show Nancy Giles, identified as a “contributor” to the program, charged that Limbaugh lives in “a world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason they're allowed entry or incredibly attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.” Giles snidely contended on the program hosted by Charles Osgood: “So as Rush's world has steadily crumbled it's no wonder he allegedly had to turn to prescription painkillers.”

Like any good liberal out to smear a conservative, Giles soon brought up Hitler: “Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too.”

But Giles could not get her basic facts straight, such as how a pre-game show airs before, not after, a game. Limbaugh made his comment in question, about media coverage of quarterback Donovan McNabb, during his then-regular gig on ESPN’s NFL Sunday Countdown carried at 11am EDT. Nonetheless, Giles tried to suggest how stupid Limbaugh was in doubting McNabb’s ability after he had just won a game: “Last Sunday he said this about Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb, who had just led his team to a 23-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills, quote...”

Of course, Limbaugh’s remarks came before the game. At the time Limbaugh spoke, the Eagles had yet to win a game all season, having lost 17-0 and 31-10 before winning for the first time in their third game played a few hours after Limbaugh spoke. See this page for the Eagles’ record: philadelphiaeagles.com

MRC analyst Brian Boyd caught the October 5 commentary from Giles in which CBS showed a head shot of her against a plain background as she talked, intermixed with same video and still shots to match her angry words.

Giles began: "What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaugh's world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason they're allowed entry or incredibly attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent. “[Over shots of drug headlines] So as Rush's world has steadily crumbled it's no wonder he allegedly had to turn to prescription painkillers. “Last Sunday he said this about Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb, who had just led his team to a 23-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills, quote: 'The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. He got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve.' “What a headache for Rush to see the success of black quarterbacks like McNabb. Doesn't Donovan know his place? Blacks can't call plays and control the offense. They can run fast, catch and tackle. Brute strength, not brainy. “Question: has Rush ever played football or any competitive sport? Has he thrown a football, a frisbee, anything? Clearly some sort of exercise would do him good. Endorphins -- good, natural drugs. “As a young radio DJ, Rush told a black caller to quote 'pick the bone out of your nose and call me back.' He famously called Chelsea Clinton the White House dog. And asked his listeners quote, 'have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?' [graphic of Wanted poster with all photos of white guys and Osama bin Laden turning into Jackson head shots] “It's obvious why ESPN hired Rush, the man knows sports. When a Mexican runner won the New York City marathon, Rush said it was because quote, 'an immigration agent chased him for the last ten miles.' “Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too. Disney, who owns ESPN, should take a bow." Limbaugh at the NAB convention last week: "The great people at ESPN did not want to deal with this kind of reaction and so I decided to resign." Giles: "Sadly, with his resignation, Rush will be silent from NFL Sunday Countdown forever. Too classy to apologize, Rush said quote, 'being honest is what's called for. I have to be who I am.' No you don't Rush. Be someone else. Please."

Giles obviously has no sense of humor since Limbaugh’s marathon quip was clearly a spoof.

The Nancy Giles of CBS News may be the same some-time actress who has had small roles in movies and TV shows over the years (she looks similar to me), but via a Google search I was unable to find a picture of her. If it is the same woman, check her Internet Movie Database page for a rundown of her credits: www.imdb.com

That Nancy Giles had a small role as a secretary in the Working Woman movie and played a nurse on the China Beach TV series on ABC in the 1980s.

As noted in the October 2 CyberAlert, the quotes she used to prove him a racist are a decade-plus old, are taken from a left-wing book which offers no context for them and many of them have no dates and thus are suspect.

-- The media on Wednesday turned Rush Limbaugh’s comments Sunday, on an ESPN pre-game NFL show, about media coverage of a black quarterback, into a media frenzy. ABC and CBS impugned Limbaugh as a racist by likening his comment to broad generalizations about the entire Negro race uttered by Jimmy the Greek and Al Campanis. ABC’s Peter Jennings rued how “we’ve been down this road before.” Dan Rather offered these options: “Were or were not Rush Limbaugh's comments about an NFL player racist, a ratings grab or both?” Using a far-left columnist as her source, NBC’s Katie Couric recited a litany of supposedly racist remarks Limbaugh has made on his radio show over the years, but failed to put them into the context of parody. See: www.mediaresearch.org

-- ABC’s Ted Koppel on Thursday night described Rush Limbaugh as “frequently offensive” and rejected the notion that he’s “a good and decent man,” saying that calling Limbaugh “hateful” may be “going a little too far,” but that “he says and does things on the radio that are so disparaging of homosexuals, African-Americans, the homeless....it’s not gentlemanly, it’s not kind.” Earlier, on World News Tonight, in a story which like Nightline looked at how Limbaugh has supposedly said worse things on radio than he did on ESPN, Dean Reynolds cited the far-left, but naturally unlabeled, Al Franken as an expert on Limbaugh and, to suggest Limbaugh is a racist, Reynolds dug out an undated ten-year-old plus quote which one far-left group got from an anti-Limbaugh book. See: www.mediaresearch.org

Katie Couric joked about Rush Limbaugh’s reported addiction to pain killers. On Monday’s Tonight Show, the co-host of NBC’s Today offered this spiel: “When I do the Today show out here I get up at 2am because out here you have to be up and ready to go at 4 because it’s 7 in the east. So I was getting a little tired, but I feel actually good because I flew out here and Rush Limbaugh sat next to me on the plane. He gave me some vitamins.” She then spun her head to flip her hair as she smiled and yelped: “Whaa! It feels good!”

Tonight on the Tonight Show liberals will be the target of a guest as Dennis Miller is scheduled to make an appearance.

ABC’s Ted Koppel on Thursday night described Rush Limbaugh as “frequently offensive” and rejected the notion that he’s “a good and decent man,” saying that calling Limbaugh “hateful” may be “going a little too far,” but that “he says and does things on the radio that are so disparaging of homosexuals, African-Americans, the homeless....it’s not gentlemanly, it’s not kind.”

We already know Koppel has a sizable liberal bias. We know that, behind the scenes, he is not even-handed with guests, despite his saintly demeanor. We know he manipulated David Horowitz to look bad.

Still, I am inclined to think that Koppel does not actually know he is wrong about Rush. Ted is conflating Political Correctness with civil discourse. In his universe, you cannot take a position against a victim agenda without being a bigot.

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