Conflicted Limbaugh: Bush Advisor and Military Broadcaster

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

Rush Limbaugh broadcasts his right-wing vitriol on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRN), which is paid for with your tax dollars, AND he is an Advisor to the Bush Campaign. That's a major conflict of interest. But, don't expect the "liberal" media to see a problem with it.

From Rush Limbaugh:

Rush Limbaugh Becomes Official Unpaid Advisor to Bush-Cheney '04
September 13, 2004

I made an official announcement to open the program today. I have become, and have been for a while, an official, unpaid advisor to the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign, and we decided to go public with this because there's no problem with it whatsoever.

There was thought about my stepping down from the Golden EIB Microphone two or three days a week on the days that I was giving advice, but we decided not to do that. There's no conflict here. There's absolutely no conflict whatsoever. The line has been successfully
blurring now for years and years and years.

I will not be giving up my precious seat behind the Golden EIB Microphone. I will continue to serve both functions with credibility on both sides, an official unpaid advisor to the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign '04, as well as your host here on the EIB Network.

(screen shot of Limbaugh's web site)

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Related:

"Limbaugh stirs Democrats’ angst over Forces Radio," Hans Nichols, The Hill, September 14, 2004

"The Republican Noise Machine," Mother Jones, September 1, 2004