Posted on 11/30/2004 11:07:33 PM PST by RepublicanAttackMachine
I'm a subscriber to Rush 24/7, and I've been watching for a while. However, does anyone know what sites Rush is checking during his show on the computer over his shoulder during the breaks? I know I always see the Drudge Report, but does anyone know what the other sites he uses for the up-to-date info are? I'd assume this site and DU, but those are just guesses!
(Okay, okay...so he doesn't check Sacred Cow Burgers. It's not 'cause I haven't tried...)
Im sure he keeps an ongoing track of AP, the Alphabet Network websites, ect.
In between that, he's probably also checking out his own self and engaging in by-play with his crew.
Rush needs an overhaul.
Rush calls his show "show prep" for other talk shows, but based on his flow of topics, it sure sounds to me as though FR is his show prep.
Rush has called out FR in the past (especially on some breaking news items).
He doesn't always tell how he learns of a post or thread on DU. He may be emailed these or see an FR thread (like DU Funnies). Wall Street Journal has even hit print with some offensive DU threads still online.
I heard him say a few weeks ago that MSNBC had one of the slowest sites to download. I guess he frequents it enough to know that because it sounded like he was a repeat customer.
He also gets hotline.com which is about $5000 a year to subscribe.
It sounds like he has Fox News on during his program, but I'm not sure about the websites he visits.
BTW, he mentioned today that he alone reads his e-mail (he does not delegate to a surrogate).
I think he visits a site by Rich Galen.
I would assume he's hittng the links on the Drudge page.
I'm sure Rush gets most of his "really good stuff" from private emails or phone calls.
And no, "We" don't have that email address or phone #...
Listening to Rush was a real treat in the early 90s, because you when you heard the chainsaw rip into the Environmental Update theme, or the "Fierce and feminist" beat start, you had no idea what was coming next. It was great.
Many of us were online then, at GEnie maybe, or AOL, but there was no Free Republic, and few newspapers were online yet. Rush hit news stories that the local papers and newscasts didn't touch, stuff we had no idea was out there.
Point is, Rush had his sources then, and he has them now. The difference is that the evolution of the web has put many of them at our findertips as well, and usually before his show airs. Doesn't mean he doesn't do his own homework. He did just fine without us before FR came along!
Based on pictures of him lately I'd say he's checking out foodtv.com
Hey, Rush proto-typed the genre'.
That darned human factor!
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