Poll: Are Conservative Talk Show Hosts Lying about President Obama?

Are Conservative Talk Show Hosts Lying about President Obama?

Conservative Media Moguls, like many Conservatives, have serious deficiencies in the scruples department and have no problem distorting, exaggerating and outright lying to make their case.

People like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh make their living exaggerating and distorting the truth.

Lies and distortion create controversy, controversy gets attention and attention is what brings in the bucks. This works well for conservative because they have a relatively gullible audience that rarely discuss issues outside the bubble they live in. .

Btw, I agree with others that have commented about the descrepency between your headline and your poll. The poll re; Obama and the Catholic Church would be fine if you also had a poll addressing the question about talk show host.

And yes, conservative TS host lie about Obama.

No, Obama is not trying to destroy the Catholic Church, he doesn't have to ..... they are doing a fine job destroying themselves.

Yes they lie, it's what they do.

When the GOP base is everything but foaming at the mouth for justification of their hatred towards Obama they will eat it all up and ask for seconds. The people that originally didn't like Obama because he is black now have a full catalog of fake reasons to hate him without letting anyone know they are just racist. (note: I'm not saying ALL Republicans are racist)

FoxNews and Rush Limbaugh know that if they ever changed their rhetoric and started giving Obama any due credit they will disenfranchise their base right before the elections. You think it's bad now? Wait until Obama (hopefully) wins reelection. There will be calls for impeachment for the next four years for anything. If he has another Solyndra type problem or if he gets a parking ticket, they will all be "grounds for impeachment" in the minds of conservatives.

The poster and me would like to see more truth in right wing reporting but until true reporting gets the ratings continue to expect lies and slander.

People like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh make their living exaggerating and distorting the truth.

So do Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and Larry O'Donnell.

This works well for conservative because they have a relatively gullible audience that rarely discuss issues outside the bubble they live in. .

Isnt it interesting how that also describes viewers of MSNBC. Hmmm....

So do Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and Larry O'Donnell

The difference is that if a person watching one of these shows and notice a preponderance of lying they can just turn to another channel. (Giving the liberal media claim credit) with FoxNews they are pretty much the ONLY conservative "news" channel (At least that's what they have been crying about lately). Even if there was a channel that zero lying and true reporting 100% of the time anytime credit went to Obama on anything, Righties would just dismiss it as another "liberal" news source. They really cling on to the whole Obama hasn't done anything good myth even though you would have to be completely blind to see that things are getting better due to some of his policies.

Oh, I think things are getting better, but I hardly think it has anything to do with HIS policies.

He bailed out GM...big deal. If someone threw that kind of money at me, no telling what I could do.

But there are no other "policies" that are making people perhaps loosen up their wallet, or employers hire.

We still have the same broken income tax system in place, yet NO one from either side wants to fix it....amazing.

Obama is Bush and Clinton rolled up...all over again.

Obama is Bush and Clinton rolled up...all over again.

Bush would give up his chainsaw to be part of that mix.

So do Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and Larry O'Donnell.

Of course they do. In your head.

Maddow is a world-class journalist. Limbaugh, Beck, and Coulter aren't even in the same universe as she is, as they haven't got a @!$%#ing CLUE what journalism means. Limbaugh is so bad at fact-checking that sometimes he doesn't even bother to ascertain the correct gender of the people he's attacking. Beck is disconnected from reality entirely, and Coulter does nothing but demonize liberals with her every breath.

I'd ask you to document where Maddow has said anything as remotely ridiculous as what Limbaugh and his hater competitors fart out on a daily basis, but I know there is no such thing, and you are just dropping a steaming turd anyway that you have no intention of backing up with links, so I won't bother coming back to look for one.

In the meantime, let's ask if Maddow has ever pretended to feed poisoned wine to a cardboard cutout of an elected official, recommended talking to the opposition with baseball bats, committed an actual case of real vote fraud (Coulter, who as far as I know has not been prosecuted because, after all, it's @!$%#ing OK if you are a @!$%#ing republican as @!$%#ing per @!$%#ing usual in this world where the @!$%#ing rules do not seem to apply to @!$%#ing mother@!$%#ers on the @!$%#ing right) proposed poisoning a supreme court justice, and so on and and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and mother-@!$%#ing so on.

The desperate, false equivalence you are reaching for is a pile of bull@!$%#. Period.

uh,.er.....shouldn't this article be tagged as satire?

Ain't So: what do you have your selling that's worth the GM deal to the American people??? didn't think so!

But there are no other "policies" that are making people perhaps loosen up their wallet, or employers hire.

Payroll tax cut extentions would. It might not seem like a bunch of money but every bit helps and when the flip side is giving more tax breaks to companies who haven't been hiring in the first place it seems that that is just giving companies more for doing less. What happens when these companies get their tax breaks yet don't start hiring? Oh well? Obama played this well by offering tax breaks for employers hiring inside the US and additional breaks if hiring people unemployed for more than a year in his jobs plan but of course that whole plan wasn't even brought to a vote.

We still have the same broken income tax system in place, yet NO one from either side wants to fix it....amazing

Judging by the ideas put forth by GOP candidates, they aren't interested in fixing it either. Come on, how low of a tax rate do we need from companies for them to start hiring? Zero? And what GOP plan would fix our tax system? Flat tax? That helps the rich and hurts the poor. 999? Same thing. The solutions presented by Republicans fix nothing except the tax burden on the rich while putting the responsibility solely on the poor. Can't say I've ever heard of a tax system working out where the poor carry all the burden.

Obama just declared war on....[this space for sale]

its not a lie if you believe it.

so, the question should be 'are they lying? or are they just stupid?'

thisbusymonster,

#1.7 I appreciate you support the left position on this, but that obsenity lace rant you posted does little to support your position, because your message is lost in all the @!$%#ing this and @!$%#ing that bull@!$%#.

The quality of that comment makes you look like an immigrant from msnbc.

If the right wing propaganda spewers stopped lying about President Obama, there wouldn't be enough right wingers left to matter.

Someone said it is not a lie if you believe it. Huh ?? That makes no sense to me. Truth is not subjective, it is Truth or it is false.

Most of what the right wingers sling is bull spit and is false.

As far as President Obama trying to destroy Catholicism ?? Who knows what his intentions are in that regard ?? Maybe he is trying to shake them up-the leadership- and say their pedpohile hiding lies and their lack of understanding is revealing them as not being of Christ, but as a supporter of His enemy.

I was confused about that too, steven. The headline has to do with talk shows and the only poll has to do with the Catholic church. ?...??

Looks sorta like the poll got posted to the wrong headline.

I was confused about that too, steven. The headline has to do with talk shows and the only poll has to do with the Catholic church. ?...??

It's because Right Wing talk shows are who started this whole "war on religion" allegation.

a tweet trick catching me pressing yes in haste before noticing the faint heading over the poll. Now I say with a NO twice over.
The media both D and R, make hay over every talking point to stay in business. one only has to watch Chris Matthew getting into a tis as if he's serious over the issue; while the straight answer is to put all religions in context under the same constitution. Why are other religions not speaking out ?Why are catholic institute employees not asked for their views ?
here's my take:
The abortion /contraceptive issue is for women, The catholic autocracy will be violating the constitution to deprive women's rights. LIBERTY in Law
For the government to entertain catholic dictatorship is to be unfair to other religions. SEPARATION of church and State.

The real solution for the constitutional mandate of Welfare is the long overdue single payer system run by the government, NOT the profit taking private "health" industry. it's very existence puts the human body into the same category as the car insurance industry, the indignity of paying for body part "protection" and arguing for itemized coverage.

agagnu, This what I did.... then noticed the completely different question in the faint print over the poll.

Hi Tweetheart, to add a second poll just repeat the process. Click on the "Add Poll" icon in the editor and you will see your existing poll that you can edit or at the bottom a button to "Add Poll". Click on that and you are in business, add your poll just like the last one, preview then add it :o)

My Pleasure. It's funny because I had just found the article and it just happened to open to your comment, what was I to do, a Lady in distress. lol

I hope that helped. I left a comment some where down the road ---->

"I wasn't trying to fool anyone."

No problem, tweetheart...I have problems with all this posting stuff and how to's as well. That's why I haven't posted but one or two things here on the Vine. By the time I figure out how to do it, someone else has already seeded the topic or posted a related article. :-))

tweetheart44, thanks for the correction. If it were not for people like you seeding the vine there would not be this form for us all to enjoy.

Keep great up the work.

Agreed, tweetheart. I also feel that if they Catholic church is engaged in a business to make money that is open to the public and hires non-Catholic employees, they should also be required to play by the same rules as every other for-profit business that is open to the public. That includes providing the same level of health coverage, and the Catholic owned for-profit business should not be tax exempt, or exempt from complying with the law just because the business is owned and/or operated buy the church,

As usual.....the Catholic church wants their cake and eat it too. They say it is wrong for their Priests to be predators on young boys, yet, they don't want anyone outside the church investigating any claims against them because it is much harder, if not impossible, for the church to cover up the incidences and/or deny the accusations when outsiders are watching.

And you are right, no one is forcing anyone to use contraceptives, they just have to ensure that they provide same opportunity for coverage of contraceptives those employees who wish to use them, whether no not they are Catholics. Perhaps they are afraid to find out how many of their own Catholics do use them.

I dunno, tweetheart, here is a list of the World's 15 largest land owners:

http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-biggest-landowners-2011-3?op=1

1. The Queen of England. 2 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and 3. Catholic church

Only Queen Elizabeth II of England owns entire countries.

If you dont like Fox, then dont watch it...Its as simple as that.

And if you want to talk about a "gullible audience, then you must include MSNBC as well.

It ain't so , is quite so.
I choose not to watch Fox because the fart smells. it turns out that watching MSN covers everything adequately because the talking heads debunk the foxfarts and the limpbarks with facts.

it turns out that watching MSN covers everything adequately because the talking heads debunk the foxfarts and the limpbarks with facts.

Such a well thought out and astute post.

But if you think that MSNBC tells "facts" all the time...well, you might need some counseling in that area.

#6.3. What do you expect from a MSN viewer.

#6.4 Decidedly more than what would be expected from a Fox repeater.

where do you Tyler and IAS get your information? From one source? Or multiple sources.

You have got to admit that there is a lot of disinformation floating around.

Where do we focus the efforts and discussions that will be best for the country? It sure isn't in the ubiquitous slander and libel the President experiences from conservatives.

I don't believe in a purely liberal nor a purely conservative approach to this country's problems. Why do the extreme and divisive issues always have to be the focus?

The thing is, that Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, will ACTUALLY apologize for the error......sometimes news is breaking as they go on air and not all the facts are available for broadcast......

However, those aren't news shows anymore than Hannity, O'Reilly, Van Sustern are news shows.....I'm not even sure I'd call Fox and Friends or Morning Joe news shows, although they have more news content than the other previously mentioned shows.

But, there is one thing that I've NEVER, NEVER seen on MSNBC....and that is changing the party affliation of a scandal plagued politician.......Fox, it's almost routine for them to change the (R) to a (D)......hell, they even did it to their wonder boy Scott Walker.....

If you dont like Fox, then dont watch it...Its as simple as that.

kinda like the contraception issue .. if ya don't wanna take it.. don't take .. or the abortion issue.. if ya don't want one, don't get one.. but no.. the right has to FORCE their agenda on others... just live your lives with out trying for force edicts on others.. stop being OPPRESSIVE @!$%#S...

I tried to watch Fox but just got fed up with the obvious lies and had to turn the channel. That simple thing was enough for me but what impact does it have to those who continue to watch it? We have already heard of the recent study that showed Fox viewers are less informed than any other news channel viewers. These are the people that will be voting for the POTUS and on issues. Unless they seek out other sources for information, they will vote the Fox propagandist way probably against their own interest. Then when sh!t happens who will they blame? the POTUS, the dems or anyone except themselves. It's said and could be detrimential to their health and wellbeing. Oh well. Do you think Roger Ailes or Ruppert Murdock cares?

".....but what impact does it have to those who continue to watch it? "

That's where the problem lies. Some people only watch Fox and they tend to hang out with other people that watch Fox, so when they get in a conversation regarding the nations issues, they are all in agreement. This kind of "in a bubble" interaction, where they all agree with one another, is what convinces these people that they are in the right.

We have already heard of the recent study that showed Fox viewers are less informed than any other news channel viewers.

Do you have a link or reference for that study? I would be interested to see how old it is. Because a couple of years ago, I read an in depth Pew Research survey regarding the media, that indicated pretty much the same thing.

That survey also found that Fox viewers, on an average, have a lower level of education. Which is not intended to imply Fox viewers are not intelligent, just that most of them have not gone much higher than High School. Whereas, viewers and readers of more left leaning media tend to have attended at least two years college. The study indicated the more liberal the media, the higher level of education of their audience.

So trusting, but when one is obsessed, one does not see. Could it be that god is obsessed or is made out to be, by the likes of Santorum et al?

With any luck, the woodpecker had a needle and thread with her to sew the host's mouth shut?

It ain't so, quite so,
after all media is the recipient of all the vile super pac ads., their profits this year must be enormous.
one should buy more media stocks and get a share of the wealth distribution handed out from the corporate communists.

abort abort abort

Hugh,

I suspect you are not tracking my article any more, so I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for repeatedly referring to you as Hugo... MY BAD!!! I hope you will accept my apology.

tweetheart, Please accept my apology for putting this off-topic comment in your article. Please delete it if you wish.