1:40 -- that is the one thing that Rush Limbaugh did that almost nobody else was able to pull off. It was pure genius what he was able to do in regards to people who didn't initially agree with him. He converted so many liberals to his way of thinking it's astounding. It was said and proven many times over, that when a young liberal (under 30 yrs old) listened to the show for just 4-5 weeks solid, they would over 50% of the time, begin turning conservative. He was just that damn good!

@TrollMeister_

Жыл бұрын

I know. I am one.

Wow Rush is a badass, a bomb, boom, R.I.P.

Please note that "riling up" does not mean being dishonest.

Wow, Rush actually sounds like an intelligent guy.

@craigoutdoors30

2 жыл бұрын

He really was. If you listened for a few weeks you realized - Rush was not who the media told you he was. Not even close.

@naysayer1238

Жыл бұрын

@@craigoutdoors30 LOL I can't believe the power of the media to be able to make so many clueless like the OP was...

This is very good

So what did you just edit this to seem like astonishing glimpse into the "dark side" of Rush? Maybe I'm misinterpreting it.

Interesting interview with the most successful guy in the field. Regardless of what you think about his politics, you've got to admit he knows his craft. I wish there were a liberal radio host who could do as well, but I haven't heard one yet.

Why do people think it's significant to Cypher his motives? I couldn't care less. Additionally there is no contradiction between his motive to profit and postulate his political perspective. I suspect those worried about his motives themselves think their favored sources are angelic in their nature. Well when you are fundamentally irrational you need to rely on something even if it's impossible lol.

Wow Rush! Got plenty more de 14 million listeners. A lot of hispanics in San Diego got together to watch a complete video of your talk about ilegals which got edited and translated in spanish. We got the truth and yes this are the laws of Mexico! It's incredible how politicians lie! You got a bunch of new inteligent liseners who after listening could'nt agree more! Great show!

Rush never said he was dishonest, or *only* trying to rile people up, as if he was saying something he didn't mean. He does with to elicit responses, to his opinions the truth (as he sees it). This clip does not discredit him.

lol breaking kayfabe

Thanks

If its numbers you want, its numbers you'll get; Obama 69,456, 897; McCain 59, 934, 814. Limbaugh is reputed to have nearly 20 million listeners [ although anyone who tunes in for as long as a second is considered a 'listener']

What year was this interview? It looks like from the 1980's.

@timothyhudson948

3 жыл бұрын

1988

Right, he says it right there at :44, it's all a play on emotions, and it's all to make money. He's may not be making his listeners mad at him, but he's making them mad at something. He says that on average 50% of people will disagree, look how the election map of red and blue broke down during Limbaugh's heyday in the 90's. He has become what used to be a rock star.

The rhetoric of the character he plays is foolish, but Rush is definitely no dummy. He's excellent at what he does, and that's engaging people and deceiving them.

@hed357 Um....did you even WATCH this clip? This is a rare moment of candor by a master of entertainment. Judging by what you've just said, he was talking about YOU here. The clip demonstrates that he knows what plays well and generates ratings. (anger) He said "A lot of what I do on radio requires peoples' imagination to be fruitful." He's just selling the snake oil that you want. Get a clue and try some independent thought.

My commentary to Rush is in an original song I wrote and recorded and have created a video for to explain how millions and millions and bazillions and millions and a rew million more feel about Mr Limbaugh.. Some call it comedic parody but I was tongue in cheek serious when I created this all from scratch. Click my handle and see if it resonates with you as well.

May the soul be blessed to attain peace and unity. Even to those that found overwhelming disagreement: May his memory be a blessing.

The best parallel for talk radio and Rush's show would be professional wrestling; They're pretty much the same format. Rush's job is to get people agitated, that's what makes them listen. He's basically admitting that in these clips, that it's a work on his fans. And, just like the wrestling fans who believe pro wrestling is real, the people who believe what Rush is saying are a bunch of marks.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

Mr. Limbaugh seems oddly honest about what he's doing. I mean, think about it. He made a career off of making people angry, and he pretty much admitted it.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

NOT what he said.

This is compelling evidence that suggests that Limbaugh plays a character when the MIC is on.

You're not saying anything. Species have gone extinct before humans too, that doesn't mean extinction now isn't man made. Now there ARE people around to experience the effects on a massive scale of the increase in the global mean temperature. Most of humanity is coastal and relies on agriculture for food, yet these two areas are the ones most affected by climate change--rising sea levels and shifting local climates changing growing seasons (just ask Australia about the last one).

I agree, but you've got to entertain at the same time. That's why I love John Stewart, Al Franken, et al.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

All people with a smaller audience than Rush.

Terrific on Family Guy

Let's pretend these occurred as you claim (though they didn't exactly). Do you see how these cases may be interpreted as his being mistaken, rather than dishonest? It is possible to be unknowingly wrong.

Be so good as to quote the man then.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III fue un locutor de radio, comentarista político conservador y escritor estadounidense cuyo programa de radio The Rush Limbaugh Show se englobaba dentro del grupo de cadenas de radio Premiere Radio Networks.

Lol truth truth.

exactly..Rush too, lol...many private citizens, etc. It's almost an American rite of passage nowadays it seems.

If the left could figure this out rush would be in trouble.

Pretty much every politician has been busted for something.

Here's Limbaugh laying out his methods for manipulating people and playing them for chumps...the guy is cynical and actually contemptuous of his listeners, and not only do they stick up for him, they have the nerve to say that they're the only ones who can think for themselves and it's everyone else that's brainwashed. Sad.

@b-radagent2411

2 жыл бұрын

I did not get that at all from this. What I got is adding an element of showmanship, and taking a firm stance, not vacillate between two ideologies trying to appease all. As for his relationship with his audience, he has been very open about his debt of gratitude to his many listeners. So yeah, I would stick up for him. I appreciate hearing more than one facet and viewpoint to an issue, which I really can not get form typical media. There is almost always more than one valid viewpoint, and additional facts to be weighed

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

I tried to, but I'm not a member of his site. If you'd like, I can give you my email address and you can send me some? I promise to read and get back to you.

Oh, it's a video version of "Radio Talk shows For Idiots." How nice.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

2-17-21 Good Riddance!

@flint9889

3 жыл бұрын

Talking negative about the dead brings karma

@TehAsdfg

3 жыл бұрын

@@flint9889 Exactly the thing in what Rush Limbaugh made a career. Fuck him and the soggy brains than fall for his snake oil vendor performance.

@flint9889

3 жыл бұрын

@@TehAsdfg what I heard is that he was very nice and very generous. I mean. He never talked about killing people or promoting violence. Why must you talk negative against the dead. That's just bad karma. I've heard of stories cause of doing that

@TehAsdfg

3 жыл бұрын

@@flint9889 He had a segment called "AIDS update" that run for years. In said segment he openly mocks of people that passed away from HIV. Stop your bullshit of him being nice and generous. Guy was an horrible human being. Fuck him.

lol, obama snorted half of peru up his nose between blunts and 40s.

Gooooooodriiiiidance 😎🎶

And what, pray tell, is wrong with making money off of entertaining/informing the public? Commenters here are somehow gloating as though Limbaugh admitted that he's being dishonest with his listeners, but I saw nothing of the like, and you haven't quoted anything like that either.

yeah, didn't herr Bush get busted for somthing like that back in the day?

psst...I hate to burst your bubble but Rush's show is not funded by taxpayers. That would be NPR...

No, here's what you aren't capable of grasping. Fox is the balance

"his exaggerations is a form of dishonesty" It rather depends on the specifics. Do you have a favourite Limbaugh exaggeration you consider dishonest?

NPR.

he's pt barnum with a bigger audience. but his views spread division among americans. we have to be united before we can ultimatly recover and succseed.

There was more than one dummy on that set.

50 Million dollars will covert anybody to talk BS on radio .. the sad thing is that there are fools actually believe his BS

@louhallie How dare you insult President Obama!!!!

This is *exactly* why no one should take this guy seriously. Obama chided the Republicans yesterday for listening to too much Limbaugh or something. WTF, Obama, you did just what Limbaugh wants--you gave him free publicity. Olbermann calls him "comedian Rush Limbaugh", and I think that's the closest thing to the truth. Limbaugh is an entertainer, not a serious policy thinker or journalist. As soon as we just ignore him, he'll eventually go away. Same deal with Ann Coulter.

good luck Zardoz. hasn't worked for 20 years. He IS an entertainer, but knows conservative policy, and sticks to his guns. Unlike a politician, he doesn't have to answer to constituents. You obviously listen to Olbermann. What do you call him?? he's not even close to a journalist, yet tries to come off as one.

How is Limbaugh productive? What nerds? This post says more about you than it does about people who don't like Limbaugh.

"obama snorted half of peru up his nose" lMao, he had to stop at 50% because GWB beat him to the other half :)

ever stop to think that Rush doesn't really care about appearing credible or knowledgeable? rather he just likes getting people riled up , and makes some money because of it.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@radiokevin

Жыл бұрын

@@chrispile3878 nice 13 year later reply haha.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

@@radiokevin Well, I just watched it for the first time. KZread cheated me, I guess.

Government paid, but it's blatantly not supporting the Government

You're not making sense, are you claiming that kids with glasses who are into science and computers and get picked on in middle school join the democrats to get back at the handsome jocks who are all republicans? I really don't want that to be what you are saying because framing real life adult things in terms of elementary school politics is really sad.

Did anyone expect anything else from a shock jock?

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

You do NOT get what Rush was.

Trepid ? wanker means tepid !!!

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Trepid. The opposite of intrepid.

So he's basically admitting that his whole show is just an act. He even implies towards the end that he doesn't believe in what he says. I don't really have that big of a problem with an entertainer misleading the populace. The problem is that the shit he spews incites hatred and has actual political influence.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

He did NOT say that.

Yes, but what is the upside to generating hatred??????? D

@dperry913MusicTracks

9 жыл бұрын

The upside is many people find it addicting and they keep returning. SOME advertisers love this and it made Rush Limbaugh filthy rich. That's why he won't stop, until his advertisers all start jumping off his ship (which will happen eventually).

@dperry913MusicTracks

9 жыл бұрын

Albert Johnson Which idiot would give him less material?

@dperry913MusicTracks

9 жыл бұрын

Albert Johnson Who was the last idiot to do that in office?

@dperry913MusicTracks

9 жыл бұрын

Albert Johnson Just as I thought, long on generic bitching and very, very short on specifics. You must be Libertarian. LOL See, I can type that too.

@dperry913MusicTracks

9 жыл бұрын

Albert Johnson Here, let me help you with some actual information: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/obamacare-proving-not-a-burden-to-u-s-from-chipotle-to-wal-mart?hootPostID=f161599aa4512322cb471b2d89f0d309

rush is a TROLL. and he makes money with it. sad but true.

Funny, if you listen to him speak here, he actually comes across as an intelligent person. Ironically, his program is a sharp criticism of his own audience: they'll idolize anyone willing to endorse the shit they believe, even if he's clearly only doing it for profit. More than one Rush fan I know would be crushed if they saw this. Or not; they'd most likely rationalize the fact that Rush is basically admitting he's a shameless attention whore... convince themselves Rush still cares about them.

@chrispile3878

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

Right wing shock jock.