{"id":8818,"date":"2013-01-11T16:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T00:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8818"},"modified":"2013-01-11T18:04:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T02:04:35","slug":"rush-limbaugh-flu-epidemic-is-trained-media-making-excuses-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8818","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh: Flu Epidemic Is &#8220;Trained Media&#8221; Making Excuses For Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an epic rant that abandons all semblance of sanity, Rush Limbaugh today blasted media outlets that have been alerting the public to the serious nature of this year&#8217;s flu season. Already dozens of Americans have died and thousands have been hospitalized across the nation. But Limbaugh sees a conspiracy in the press to use this <em>&#8220;phony&#8221;<\/em> flu epidemic as a preemptive explanation for the coming economic collapse. He says&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The purpose of this story is to give everybody in Washington an excuse before the flu outbreak even hits. I know that the reports of the flu outbreak are starting to trickle in now. But we do not have an epidemic yet. We may, who knows? But what\u2019s being established now is that if and when we have a flu epidemic, that\u2019s why the economy slowed down.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qwC8BsdZzU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The news that set Limbaugh off was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/100369848\" target=\"_blank\">story published by CNBC<\/a> that noted that a <em>&#8220;Major Flu Outbreak Threatens to Slow Economy Further.&#8221;<\/em> Limbaugh declared that <em>&#8220;This headline is a made-to-order, built-in excuse to cover for slipshod economic policies out of Washington.&#8221;<\/em> The article on CNBC stated correctly that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;On average, seasonal flu outbreaks cost U.S. employers $10.4 billion in direct costs of hospitalization and outpatient visits, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That doesn&#8217;t include the indirect costs related to lost productivity and worker absenteeism.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, amongst the news outlets that are serving as <em>&#8220;trained media&#8221;<\/em> for Obama is Fox News. All day they have been broadcasting warnings about how serious the flu is, including its potential cost to the economy. Neil Cavuto&#8217;s business program featured both Fox Business Network contributor, Charles Payne And Fox&#8217;s senior medical contributor, Dr. Marc Siegel, to specifically discuss the flu&#8217;s impact on business.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren&#8217;t already clear that Limbaugh had degenerated into an incoherent nut case spewing delusional tales for his dimwit followers, this nonsensical commentary should remove all doubt. And his dittoheads would do well to recall what he said on election day back in November:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign2012\/limbaugh-so-wrong.jpg\" alt=\"Rush Limbaugh\" \/><\/center><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an epic rant that abandons all semblance of sanity, Rush Limbaugh today blasted media outlets that have been alerting the public to the serious nature of this year&#8217;s flu season. Already dozens of Americans have died and thousands have been hospitalized across the nation. But Limbaugh sees a conspiracy in the press to use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[183,33,71],"class_list":["post-8818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-wankery","tag-barack-obama","tag-fox-news","tag-rush-limbaugh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-2ie","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9152,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9152","url_meta":{"origin":8818,"position":0},"title":"Rush Limbaugh Is Ashamed Of America. 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