Limbaugh repeated false Judicial Watch attacks linking Obama to FARC
Summary: On his radio program, Rush Limbaugh quoted from a Judicial
Watch
blog entry that falsely claimed an "electronic mail[]" allegedly from the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said that "associates of
FARC
were scheduling a sit down with" Sen. Barack Obama "to lobby him."
Limbaugh
also read aloud a ****tion of the blog entry that misattributed a quote
from
right-wing news website WorldNetDaily to "evidence seized" from FARC,
thereby falsely suggesting that a FARC spokesman said the group "see[s]
'more help coming next year if Barack Obama becomes president.' "
On the March 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program,
Rush
Limbaugh quoted from a March 6 entry on Corruption Chronicles, "A Judicial
Watch Blog," that falsely claimed an "electronic mail[]" allegedly from
the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said that "associates of
FARC
were scheduling a sit down with" Sen. Barack Obama "to lobby him."
Limbaugh
also read aloud a ****tion of the blog entry that misattributed a quote
from
right-wing news website WorldNetDaily to "evidence seized" from FARC,
thereby falsely suggesting that a FARC spokesman said the group "see[s]
'more help coming next year if Barack Obama becomes president.' " Limbaugh
claimed that the Corruption Chronicles entry "back[s] up Iowa Congressman
Steve King, his comments that Al Qaeda and Islamofascists will be dancing
in
the streets if Obama wins," adding: "I'm just telling you what's on these
blogs out here."
In fact, the do***ent in question -- a letter allegedly written by
recently killed FARC spokesman "Raśl Reyes" -- does not make the claim, or
anything like it, "that gringo associates of FARC were scheduling a
sit-down
with Obama."
http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fworldnetdaily.com%2Findex.php%3Ffa%3DPAGE.view%26pageId%3D58071
Limbaugh is a professional liar. If you keep that in mind, you can put
the
pus that oozes from his mouth in proper perspective. In short, you can
safely assume that anything he says is false, until proven otherwise.
The only difference is that a boat anchor serves a useful purpose, and
Rush does not.
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