Oct 16 2009
Think Progress Ambushed by Facts
The Center for American Progress’s Amanda Terkel issues this apology for writing that Rush Limbaugh praised slavery and wanted Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin to get a posthumous Medal of Honor:
The quotes attributed to Limbaugh of him praising slavery have not been substantiated. We have amended the post to strike through that claim, and we [...]
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Oct 16 2009
HuffPo Retracts False Limbaugh Quotes; When Will CNN & ThinkProgress?
The Huffington Post has retracted two quotes author Jack Huberman falsely attributed to Rush Limbaugh. Huberman wrote on the liberal website in 2006 that Limbaugh said James Earl Ray “deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor” and that Limbaugh praised slavery because “streets were safer after dark” back then. The HuffPo’s Mario Ruiz did not reply [...]
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