Hartmann playing the Limbaugh (riots in Denver) tape NOW

[Bozita]

AAR

[lisa58]

1. how bad is it? is there a petition to the FCC yet?

[Bozita]

2. not yet mentioned

[gateley]

3. I heard it on Malloy last night -- it's pretty bad.

And he also played tapes of callers responding which were equally as damning.

Malloy suggested to contact the FCC.

Until or if there is a petition, I just e-mailed them.

He (Malloy) also brought up the Imus incident and how his advertisers were deluged with complaints.

So we need to contact Limbaugh's company, the advertisers, the FCC, and the DNC probably should issue a statement about it, too.

[NightWatcher]

6. post your email and the address that you sent it too

and I bet we'll send a few hundred copies of it to the fcc as well as to email lists of press and politicians

[gateley]

12. Here's the FCC site --

you want to file general complaint.

The show was on Wednesday, April 23.

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html


Post MY e-mail? WHy?

[NightWatcher]

15. just curious if there was a good form letter to follow

my letters to the government tend to get "ranty"

[gateley]

16. There's an actual form

on the FCC site.

The FCC doesn't allow for us to express our feelings at length, apparently. :P

I just posted a snip with part of his quote and added that I felt his singing of White Christmas envisioning a McCain presidency was racist.

They're probably not going to really read them all that closely - hopefully they'll get so many they'll just tally the numbers.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. You can't call inciting riot as "entertainment".

[CottonBear]

5. What riots? I've no TV or computer at home. Please give info. Thanks! n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

8. Here's one account:

It includes the Denver affiliate's official cover-up/take

http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2008/apr/25/rush-dreaming-denver-riots/

[CottonBear]

10. Thank you!

BTW, we wish you could have met up with us in Atlanta back in March! Hopefully, you can make it to our next get together!
:hi:

[bunkerbuster1]

17. Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.

I need to check back to the Georgia page more often.

[gateley]

9. Here's a link to the transcript

And there have been follow-up calls where he was just as vile.

Essentially:

Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments calling for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer. He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens. (I think I pulled this from HuffPo)

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042308/content/01125112.guest.html

[CottonBear]

11. Thank you. Do you think that Rove is behind this? I do. n/t

[gateley]

13. No. Limbaugh doesn't need to pick up any dirty tricks from Rove.

I think Limbaugh's ego is behind this.

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. And continuing it

in another segment. Go THOM!!!

[gateley]

14. Malloy's entire show last night was about this. nt