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Rush to Judgment:
Rush Limbaugh (right, with George H.W. Bush) started out as a Top 40 disc jockey but switched to talk radio in 1984. Limbaugh's show was syndicated nationally in 1988. He soon became America's top-rated radio host and generated controversy and profits by attacking "feminazis," "environmental wackos" and the "liberal media."
The repeal of the "Fairness Doctrine" in 1987 freed stations from having to present both sides of an issue, the same freedom newspapers have always had. |