Limbaugh-trailblazer for DT: bombastic, egotistical, he took advantage of grievance a hugely effective communicator but propelled by ugly rhetoric, hate-filled views+a deep mean streak.

He elevated conservative media into a coequal branch of party politics, and pioneered a style of rhetoric, argument, and entertainment that would come to define conservative politics.- Nicole Hemmer February 17, 2021ĬNN media analyst Bill Carter said Limbaugh blazed a trail for Trump: “Bombastic, egotistical, he took advantage of grievance a hugely effective communicator but propelled by ugly rhetoric, hate-filled views and a deep mean streak.” Rush Limbaugh radically transformed the Republican Party. “The trends you’ve seen in the GOP over the last five years have all been visible on Limbaugh’s show for decades - not just because he prefigured them but because he helped create Trump’s Republican Party,” wrote Nicole Hemmer, author of “Messengers of the Right,” a book about conservative media. Many other commentators credited or blamed Limbaugh with setting the radio stage for Trump’s presidency. Offered ignorance as 'common sense' thinking- Jeffrey P Jones February 17, 2021 Showed Roger Ailes the formula for right-wing broadcast successĥ. Stifled attempts to revive the Fairness DoctrineĤ. Jones argued that Limbaugh “made partisan propaganda into a consumable product with tremendous market value” and “laid the groundwork for the triumph of MAGA and Trumpism, a reality we will deal with for decades to come.”ģ. Jones, the executive director of the Peabody Awards, said on Twitter. His voice “made opponents into true enemies” and “revived overt and dog whistle racism,” Jeffrey P. Hannity went on to say that there would be no Fox News “or even some of these other opinionated cable networks” were it not for Limbaugh.Ĭonservative host and author Ben Shapiro tweeted similar sentiments: “RIP Rush Limbaugh, the creator of talk radio and by extension the alternative media, an indispensable and iconic conservative voice.” “There is no talk radio as we know it without Rush Limbaugh,” fellow broadcaster Sean Hannity said on Fox News in the minutes following the announcement of Limbaugh’s death. Rush Limbaugh was the first person I ever recognized existed largely as a Rorschach test.- Jane Coaston 🏔️ February 17, 2021

The New York Times podcast host Jane Coaston summed it up this way: “Rush Limbaugh was the first person I ever recognized existed largely as a Rorschach test,” she said on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. Right-wing media outlets and personalities extolled Limbaugh as a trailblazer – but the trail he blazed was exactly why critics derided him. Reactions to Rush Limbaugh’s death immediately devolved into arguments on social media on Wednesday – reflecting the fact that Limbaugh was always an American symbol of division.

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