Brendan Nyhan

Limbaugh up to old tricks

Mickey Kaus catches Rush Limbaugh mashing together two Ken Starr soundbites to accuse CBS of distortion, when in fact it’s Limbaugh who’s distorting Starr’s position on the nuclear option (he opposes it). As Kaus writes, “When people on the left do that, people on the right call it ‘Dowdification,’ no?” Well, yes, but somehow I doubt the anti-Dowd forces will jump on this one.

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