Why There Will Never Be Another Rush Limbaugh (Thank God)
Before Fox News there was Rush Limbaugh. Before Breitbart, InfoWars and QAnon, there was Rush, purposefully polluting American minds for profit. Today s billion-dollar, name-calling conservative media traces its origins to the rise of Limbaugh s three-hour radio show. But now, with the host s passing this year, the nationally syndicated program represents a propaganda void that s unlikely to be filled.
That s not to say there will be fewer, less dangerous conservative voices in the media, spreading deliberate lies and dividing Americans. There won t be a shortage there, particularly on cable TV, online, and with burgeoning podcasts. But it does mean that in the increasingly fractured media landscape that the uniquely powerful and national position that Limbaugh occupied on the AM dial will not be replaced.
steve hilton, we have to leave it there. thank you so much. thank you. up next, why obamacare might not be on itsç last legs after all. first here is what some of our affiliates is covering tonight. nashville, a federal lawsuit alleging the driver of the school bus that killed six children actually had a habit of driving dangerously and slamming on the brakes to discipline the students. the suit says school officials were deliberately indifferent. he is charged with six counts of vehicle lar homicide. los angeles, another good reason to quit smoking. an e-cigarette explodes inman s. it was caught on video. it happened on a bus. he suffered burns to his side and hand. the fda reports about 66 similar explosions last year and early this year. this is a live look at las vegas from fox 5. one of the big stories there and all over the country tonight, the christmas holiday travel
steve hilton, we have to leave it there. thank you so much. thank you. up next, why obamacare might not be on itsç last legs after all. first here is what some of our affiliates is covering tonight. nashville, a federal lawsuit alleging the driver of the school bus that killed six children actually had a habit of driving dangerously and slamming on the brakes to discipline the students. the suit says school officials were deliberately indifferent. he is charged with six counts of vehicle lar homicide. los angeles, another good reason to quit smoking. an e-cigarette explodes in a man s pants. it was caught on video. it happened on a bus. he suffered burns to his side and hand. the fda reports about 66 similar explosions last year and early this year. this is a live look at las vegas from fox 5. one of the big stories there and all over the country tonight, the christmas holiday travel
done what it looks like he was going to do, which is to have the u.s. abstain, the resolution then passes. and it will never be reversed. because in order to be reversed, you gotta get security council to vote to reverse it. the chinese and russians would exercise a veto. this would have been one last shot at israel, and particularly at israel s prime minister from obama. an act of kind i don t know if it s ideological, but personal revenge. what trump did was unprecedented. for a president-elect to step in to publically oppose it and essentially to tell egypt that introduced the resolution, you better withdraw this or you won t have a friend in the white house at a time when egypt needs a friend in the white house. it was extremely effective. and extremely daring. you don t normally get that from a president-elect. what do you make of that? as charles said, there was the public and private with the president-elect reaching out to egypt s president.
civil war in 2011. efforts to repeal north carolina s bathroom bill haveç failed. republican lawmakers and incoming democratic governor thought they had a deal to get rid of the measure requiring transgender people to use the bathroom corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. the legislature was unable to come to an agreement. one of donald trump s big campaign promises was to repeal and replace obamacare. that may have become harder after the release of the latest enrollment figures. kevin cork is traveling with president obama in hawaii and takes a look at the numbers and the politics. reporter: in a year of political surprises, there s one more left yet. despite a looming change in the white house and a gop led congress bent on its destruction, the affordable care act got what its backers would call a dose of good news. enrollment went up by 7% according to government figures.