Bozell: Obama Assault on Conservative Talk Radio Has Begun

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2009

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Bozell: Obama Assault on Conservative Talk Radio Has Begun

Alexandria, VA – President Barack Obama took a shot at conservative talk radio king Rush Limbaugh by warning GOP leaders that "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.” This attack came during a meeting on Capitol Hill held to discuss Pres. Obama’s hefty $1 trillion stimulus package. One White House official attempted to cushion the jab by alleging that the President was pointing to the fact that “There are big things that unify Republicans and Democrats” and that “partisan politics” should not get in the way of accomplishing “very important things.”

President of the Media Research Center Brent Bozell doesn’t buy it:

“Now we know what Barack Obama means by ‘unity’ and a nation working ‘as one.’ It means it’s his far left way and no other way. If he had his way, the President would have us all reading the New York Times and listening to left-wing Air America. He knows his only opposition to enacting a radical left-wing agenda is conservative talk radio.

“Further, there’s something eerie, Big Brother-like in Obama’s actions. He will deny it, of course, but this is an attack on Limbaugh’s and all conservatives’ right to free speech. He wants to set the stage for the Fairness Doctrine. And he’s doing it through character assassination.

“I said the day after the election that Rush Limbaugh would become public enemy #1 if the Obama administration had its way. The attack on him personally and on all of conservative talk radio generally has officially begun.”

To schedule an interview with MRC President Brent Bozell or another MRC spokesperson, please contact Tim Scheiderer (x. 126) or Colleen O’Boyle (x. 122) at (703) 683-5004.