MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE...

Faiz Shakir at Think Progress found this LA Times article that calls out Pigboy Limbaugh and I say it's about damn time. The press doesn't seem to realize how much political influence Fats, Hannity and the other freakshows have and really needs to concentrate on demonstrating that they simply cannot be believed.

Right-wing media feeds its post-election anger
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity dive shamelessly in, talking about the 'Obama recession' and other partisan lines.
By JAMES RAINEY, On The Media
November 9, 2008

...many on the losing end of last week's election want to hold on to their anger. And there are those in the media -- led by the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity -- only too ready to feed that animus, along with their own ratings.

In a time when the nation calls out for cool leadership and rational discussion, Limbaugh stirs the cauldron, a tendency he proved in a particularly grotesque way last week when he accused Obama's party of plotting a government takeover of 401(k) retirement plans.

"They're going to take your 401(k), put it in the Social Security trust fund, whatever the hell that is," Limbaugh woofed. "Trust fund, my rear end."

A slight problem with Limbaugh's report: Obama and the Democrats have proposed no such thing.

To broadcast such a report -- so drained of context as to constitute a lie -- would be a shameless act at any time. But Limbaugh needlessly stirred the fears of the millions he holds in his thrall -- making the 401(k) thievery sound like nearly a done deal. Shameless.