11/11/2023 0 Comments Jerry garcia rush limbaughAnd you have to also acknowledge that he was an incredible beneficiary, perhaps the first big one, of - the Reagan administration set aside something called the fairness doctrine, which essentially said that on radio stations and television stations, anywhere that had a license across the country from the FCC, they had to give equal amount of time to somebody on an opposing side if there was a real strong point of view being expressed. INSKEEP: Did you just describe what made him successful, that mixture of racism and bigotry?įOLKENFLIK: Well, I think you first have to start with the idea that he identified an audience that felt it wasn't being served, people who felt that the mainstream media, people felt that the greater establishment wasn't serving people who were conservatives or culturally conservative. But there were a lot of people who took great exception with what he offered and for very good reason. And he was a very charismatic figure on the air. He wove this into what he saw as satire and pastiche. He would go after people of color and women, gays and lesbians and even AIDS victims for being AIDS victims, you know, in ways that trafficked in stereotypes and sometimes were outright bigoted. But, you know, it's worth pointing out he was a guy who kind of owned the libs before the phrase existed, decades before. Maybe they listened to it some, maybe they heard about it. And then there were a cohort of people who took great exception to what he had to say. But what did he mean to people who were not listening?įOLKENFLIK: Well, you know, people would hear the name Rush Limbaugh and think, oh, well, he's a conservative or, oh, well, he's an important voice out there, a successful radio host. Millions of people listen to that show and loved Rush Limbaugh. INSKEEP: What we just heard from Sarah at the end there is right. David, good morning.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik has covered conservative media and Rush Limbaugh for years.
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