“The Rush Limbaugh Show” on The Daily Caller

While Media Matters for America has been eager to argue that conservative talker Rush Limbaugh’s radio show has suffered in the wake of controversial remarks he made recently on his show, the liberal attack group is not telling the whole story when it claims the program’s flagship station, WABC 770 AM in New York City, has had to broadcast dead air during commercial breaks because of the flap. (more)

The Occupy Wall Street movement has had an incredible ascendency over the last few weeks. But despite its ambiguous aims — one has to wonder how this movement would measure up with other similar movements throughout history. (more)

Talk about your Monday from hell. Not only did Bridgett Nickerson Boyd‘s car break down on her way to work, but when she pulled over to the side of the freeway, a sheriff’s deputy named Mark Goad pulled behind her, wrote her a ticket for driving on the shoulder, decided to arrest her, followed her to the hospital when her suddenly racing heart prompted a call to paramedics, then took her into custody again after she was treated by doctors and finally drove her to jail. (more)

Many observers were surprised to see Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain winning the Florida straw poll on Saturday — particularly because of his convincing margin of victory. But conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh has a theory about Cain’s success: Cain stuck to conservative principles and avoided pandering to too many constituencies. (more)

After the 2010 midterm election, many in the pundit class were predicting a “triangulation” or shift to the center by President Barack Obama so they he could set himself up for a 2012 reelection bid. And though he’s been described as a “mean, vindictive, little guy” and “cold” in the past and now, that triangulation might be dead, which gives us some more insight into Obama’s character according to conservative talker Rush Limbaugh. (more)

It’s been almost five months since the Republican Party won a landslide midterm election and took control of the House of Representatives. Has its message been lost? (more)

Who knew those who live in glass houses actually do throw stones? (more)

Below-freezing temperatures, icy streets, and blinding blizzards have plagued the country for two weeks now. Buried in all that snow is the five year anniversary of the Sundance premiere of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” (more)

Liberal radio show host Mike Malloy may be the only left-leaning figure to boast having “rhetoric of rage,” and perhaps this explains why Malloy found it unusual that MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann listed him as one of “eight or ten people” who have not repudiated violence. (more)

Critics of the Republicans who rode the so-called Tea Party wave into office often argue that the new congressmen don’t offer specifics on one of their key goals — reducing the size of government. But those who have made concrete recommendations are demonized for wanting to cut or privatize entitlement spending. (more)

The reactions to President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday in conservative circles have been mixed – some have praised it and some have given it low marks for failing to preserve the traditional idea of what a solemn memorial service should be. (more)

Talk radio maven Rush Limbaugh is making waves for his Jan. 10 radio broadcast, in which he claimed the Democratic Party, which “seeks to profit out of murder,” openly “wishes for a disaster in order to profit from it.” (more)

There’s an opportunistic “conservative media” ready to pounce on President Barack Obama. Who knew? (more)

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Elton John is famous for speaking his mind, and he’s at it again, this time in a fascinating and lengthy interview with the Telegraph newspaper, in which he goes in-depth about his past addiction issues, new music (which the paper describes as “his best in more than 30 years”) and his relationships with controversial conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh and rapper Eminem. (more)

At the end of last week Facebook announced that it had allied with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to remove what it considers anti-gay references from the social networking site. (more)

While some may argue that drunkenly hitting and (ultimately) killing a pedestrian with a car would be an automatic disqualification from attaining your own cable news show, Rick Sanchez beat the odds and spent six years as one of CNN’s most recognizable faces. Karma caught up to Sanchez last Friday, however, when CNN fired the anchor for calling Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart a bigot and implying that the Jews control the media on a SiriusXM radio show. (more)

Karl Rove says there are no hard feelings between him and radio host Rush Limbaugh over his own outspoken comments on Delaware’s Republican Senate candidate, Christine O’Donnell. (more)

At a briefing today to discuss the administration’s efforts to rescue the auto industry, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh—and every other critic “sitting in the cheap seats” –for criticizing the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler as a “government takeover” that smacks of socialism. (more)

The Daily Caller has highlighted some of Journolist’s worst moments — such as when liberal members of the media plotted to kill important stories about the presidential campaign. (more)