{"id":385852,"date":"2004-07-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=385852"},"modified":"2021-03-11T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:11:34","slug":"censor-rush-story-wont-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2004\/07\/08\/censor-rush-story-wont-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Censor-Rush Story Won\u2019t Go Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: This story does not go away. This is from the Hill today, Capitol Hill newspaper. &#8221; House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) is jumping into the debate over American Forces Radio and Television\u2019s broadcast of conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh\u2019s radio show. Democrats don\u2019t want Limbaugh to run on the taxpayer-funded network without parity for liberal talkers. Republicans see nothing wrong with the status quo. The network does not do niche programming; its list lurches across a spectrum of tastes including &#8216;Hints from Heloise,\u2019 &#8216;NASCAR Today,\u2019 CNN News Radio and National Public Radio\u2019s (NPR) &#8216;All Things Considered\u2019 and &#8216;Morning Edition.\u2019 Though NPR is often accused by the right of tilting to the left, the core of those programs is news, not opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385841\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/09\/illustrating.Par_.0001.ImageFile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"190\" \/>Weeeell, that\u2019s like saying Peter Jennings doesn\u2019t put his opinion in the news every night. &#8220;Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) put a provision into the Defense Department (DoD) appropriation to get more time for views of all sides. Hoyer, said spokesman Stacey Farnen, sees a need for &#8216;balancing opinion\u2019 and is having staff work on lining up a meeting with DoD folks before deciding on what legislative course to pursue. Fueling the fight over Limbaugh on military radio is the new progressive-funded Media Matters for America, run by converted conservative David Brock. [EIB Parody] The problem, said Feehery, is not Limbaugh but that liberals on radio are &#8216;not entertaining.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Dems will push for [something from Dead Air America] to get time on the network. Feehery said (Speaker of the House Dennis) Hastert will &#8216;absolutely not\u2019 tolerate tampering with Limbaugh.&#8221; Hubba hubba! Well, that makes me feel better. Speaker of the House on my side and I\u2019ve got Ted Stevens on my side and I\u2019ve got Sam Johnson in the House on my side. This is great. It\u2019s amazing. 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