Rush Limbaugh’s influence on talk radio and the conservative movement is undeniable. The late conservative radio host’s nationally syndicated program “The Rush Limbaugh Show” energized a political media revolution in the decades following its initial debut in 1988.
Limbaugh is considered a pioneer of political media, but he also successfully resisted the left-wing smear campaign against him years before the advent of social media and modern “cancel culture.” His spokesman and strategist Brian Glicklich offered an insider’s perspective in a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial detailing how Limbaugh fought against the mob.