Rush Limbaugh - How Talk Radio Works

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In these excerpts from one of his early interviews, Rush reveals how the talk radio sausage is made. Like any form of entertainment, the primary goal is to capture the attention of the audience and compel them to keep listening. Rush is remarkably candid in describing his attitude toward his performance and the importance of caller screening.

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@paysonfox88 3 года назад

1:40 -- that is the one thing that Rush Limbaugh did that almost nobody else was able to pull off. It was pure genius what he was able to do in regards to people who didn't initially agree with him. He converted so many liberals to his way of thinking it's astounding. It was said and proven many times over, that when a young liberal (under 30 yrs old) listened to the show for just 4-5 weeks solid, they would over 50% of the time, begin turning conservative. He was just that damn good!

@TrollMeister_ Год назад

I know. I am one.

@CoCojoy420 3 года назад

Wow Rush is a badass, a bomb, boom, R.I.P.

@farche2 11 лет назад

Please note that "riling up" does not mean being dishonest.

@PseudoAdministrator 15 лет назад

Wow, Rush actually sounds like an intelligent guy.

@craigoutdoors30 2 года назад

He really was. If you listened for a few weeks you realized - Rush was not who the media told you he was. Not even close.

@naysayer1238 Год назад

@@craigoutdoors30 LOL I can't believe the power of the media to be able to make so many clueless like the OP was...

@anaximander66 4 года назад

Why do people think it's significant to Cypher his motives? I couldn't care less. Additionally there is no contradiction between his motive to profit and postulate his political perspective. I suspect those worried about his motives themselves think their favored sources are angelic in their nature. Well when you are fundamentally irrational you need to rely on something even if it's impossible lol.

@John031989 16 лет назад

So what did you just edit this to seem like astonishing glimpse into the "dark side" of Rush? Maybe I'm misinterpreting it.

@oberlepa 15 лет назад

Interesting interview with the most successful guy in the field. Regardless of what you think about his politics, you've got to admit he knows his craft. I wish there were a liberal radio host who could do as well, but I haven't heard one yet.

@MrColdwatercanyon 3 года назад

This is very good

@farche2 11 лет назад

Rush never said he was dishonest, or *only* trying to rile people up, as if he was saying something he didn't mean. He does with to elicit responses, to his opinions the truth (as he sees it). This clip does not discredit him.

@molloyx 15 лет назад

If its numbers you want, its numbers you'll get; Obama 69,456, 897; McCain 59, 934, 814. Limbaugh is reputed to have nearly 20 million listeners [ although anyone who tunes in for as long as a second is considered a 'listener']

@teresaa 15 лет назад

Wow Rush! Got plenty more de 14 million listeners. A lot of hispanics in San Diego got together to watch a complete video of your talk about ilegals which got edited and translated in spanish. We got the truth and yes this are the laws of Mexico! It's incredible how politicians lie! You got a bunch of new inteligent liseners who after listening could'nt agree more! Great show!

@arglbargl 10 лет назад

lol breaking kayfabe

@madProgenitorDeity 12 лет назад

The rhetoric of the character he plays is foolish, but Rush is definitely no dummy. He's excellent at what he does, and that's engaging people and deceiving them.

@mickatmidnight 15 лет назад

Right, he says it right there at :44, it's all a play on emotions, and it's all to make money. He's may not be making his listeners mad at him, but he's making them mad at something. He says that on average 50% of people will disagree, look how the election map of red and blue broke down during Limbaugh's heyday in the 90's. He has become what used to be a rock star.

@Champraves311 15 лет назад

This is compelling evidence that suggests that Limbaugh plays a character when the MIC is on.

@evanhunt1863 4 года назад

Mr. Limbaugh seems oddly honest about what he's doing. I mean, think about it. He made a career off of making people angry, and he pretty much admitted it.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

NOT what he said.

@drumrnva 14 лет назад

@hed357 Um....did you even WATCH this clip? This is a rare moment of candor by a master of entertainment. Judging by what you've just said, he was talking about YOU here. The clip demonstrates that he knows what plays well and generates ratings. (anger) He said "A lot of what I do on radio requires peoples' imagination to be fruitful." He's just selling the snake oil that you want. Get a clue and try some independent thought.

@dantro78 12 лет назад

The best parallel for talk radio and Rush's show would be professional wrestling; They're pretty much the same format. Rush's job is to get people agitated, that's what makes them listen. He's basically admitting that in these clips, that it's a work on his fans. And, just like the wrestling fans who believe pro wrestling is real, the people who believe what Rush is saying are a bunch of marks.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Nope.

@CajunCommie 15 лет назад

You're not saying anything. Species have gone extinct before humans too, that doesn't mean extinction now isn't man made. Now there ARE people around to experience the effects on a massive scale of the increase in the global mean temperature. Most of humanity is coastal and relies on agriculture for food, yet these two areas are the ones most affected by climate change--rising sea levels and shifting local climates changing growing seasons (just ask Australia about the last one).

@newalm 11 лет назад

What year was this interview? It looks like from the 1980's.

@timothyhudson948 3 года назад

1988

@333maxwell 15 лет назад

My commentary to Rush is in an original song I wrote and recorded and have created a video for to explain how millions and millions and bazillions and millions and a rew million more feel about Mr Limbaugh.. Some call it comedic parody but I was tongue in cheek serious when I created this all from scratch. Click my handle and see if it resonates with you as well.

@Adipatus 14 лет назад

Thanks

@farche2 11 лет назад

Let's pretend these occurred as you claim (though they didn't exactly). Do you see how these cases may be interpreted as his being mistaken, rather than dishonest? It is possible to be unknowingly wrong.

@philchemi 15 лет назад

If the left could figure this out rush would be in trouble.

@jerichothedrifter60 11 лет назад

Here's Limbaugh laying out his methods for manipulating people and playing them for chumps...the guy is cynical and actually contemptuous of his listeners, and not only do they stick up for him, they have the nerve to say that they're the only ones who can think for themselves and it's everyone else that's brainwashed. Sad.

@b-radagent2411 3 года назад

I did not get that at all from this. What I got is adding an element of showmanship, and taking a firm stance, not vacillate between two ideologies trying to appease all. As for his relationship with his audience, he has been very open about his debt of gratitude to his many listeners. So yeah, I would stick up for him. I appreciate hearing more than one facet and viewpoint to an issue, which I really can not get form typical media. There is almost always more than one valid viewpoint, and additional facts to be weighed

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Nope.

@oberlepa 15 лет назад

I agree, but you've got to entertain at the same time. That's why I love John Stewart, Al Franken, et al.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

All people with a smaller audience than Rush.

@skorpionsks 15 лет назад

lol, obama snorted half of peru up his nose between blunts and 40s.

@tarikabaraka2251 27 дней назад

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III fue un locutor de radio, comentarista político conservador y escritor estadounidense cuyo programa de radio The Rush Limbaugh Show se englobaba dentro del grupo de cadenas de radio Premiere Radio Networks.

@mickatmidnight 15 лет назад

exactly..Rush too, lol...many private citizens, etc. It's almost an American rite of passage nowadays it seems.

@CajunCommie 15 лет назад

I tried to, but I'm not a member of his site. If you'd like, I can give you my email address and you can send me some? I promise to read and get back to you.

@farche2 11 лет назад

And what, pray tell, is wrong with making money off of entertaining/informing the public? Commenters here are somehow gloating as though Limbaugh admitted that he's being dishonest with his listeners, but I saw nothing of the like, and you haven't quoted anything like that either.

@farche2 11 лет назад

Be so good as to quote the man then.

@skorpionsks 15 лет назад

Pretty much every politician has been busted for something.

@DeSwiss 14 лет назад

Oh, it's a video version of "Radio Talk shows For Idiots." How nice.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Nope.

@larry1824 Год назад

Terrific on Family Guy

@mickatmidnight 15 лет назад

yeah, didn't herr Bush get busted for somthing like that back in the day?

@CajunCommie 15 лет назад

How is Limbaugh productive? What nerds? This post says more about you than it does about people who don't like Limbaugh.

@Hopeful71 15 лет назад

"obama snorted half of peru up his nose" lMao, he had to stop at 50% because GWB beat him to the other half :)

@JaminKoehn 15 лет назад

psst...I hate to burst your bubble but Rush's show is not funded by taxpayers. That would be NPR...

@farche2 11 лет назад

"his exaggerations is a form of dishonesty" It rather depends on the specifics. Do you have a favourite Limbaugh exaggeration you consider dishonest?

@waywardwatchdog1 15 лет назад

There was more than one dummy on that set.

@renocalifornia 15 лет назад

he's pt barnum with a bigger audience. but his views spread division among americans. we have to be united before we can ultimatly recover and succseed.

@codakine 15 лет назад

good luck Zardoz. hasn't worked for 20 years. He IS an entertainer, but knows conservative policy, and sticks to his guns. Unlike a politician, he doesn't have to answer to constituents. You obviously listen to Olbermann. What do you call him?? he's not even close to a journalist, yet tries to come off as one.

@skorpionsks 15 лет назад

Lol truth truth.

@7איעך 3 года назад

May the soul be blessed to attain peace and unity. Even to those that found overwhelming disagreement: May his memory be a blessing.

@zardoz73 15 лет назад

This is *exactly* why no one should take this guy seriously. Obama chided the Republicans yesterday for listening to too much Limbaugh or something. WTF, Obama, you did just what Limbaugh wants--you gave him free publicity. Olbermann calls him "comedian Rush Limbaugh", and I think that's the closest thing to the truth. Limbaugh is an entertainer, not a serious policy thinker or journalist. As soon as we just ignore him, he'll eventually go away. Same deal with Ann Coulter.

@ricadrew 15 лет назад

No, here's what you aren't capable of grasping. Fox is the balance

@superwhiz88 13 лет назад

50 Million dollars will covert anybody to talk BS on radio .. the sad thing is that there are fools actually believe his BS

@kraigthorne 14 лет назад

@louhallie How dare you insult President Obama!!!!

@mattc5937 3 года назад

2-17-21 Good Riddance!

@flint9889 3 года назад

Talking negative about the dead brings karma

@TehAsdfg 3 года назад

@@flint9889 Exactly the thing in what Rush Limbaugh made a career. Fuck him and the soggy brains than fall for his snake oil vendor performance.

@flint9889 3 года назад

@@TehAsdfg what I heard is that he was very nice and very generous. I mean. He never talked about killing people or promoting violence. Why must you talk negative against the dead. That's just bad karma. I've heard of stories cause of doing that

@TehAsdfg 3 года назад

@@flint9889 He had a segment called "AIDS update" that run for years. In said segment he openly mocks of people that passed away from HIV. Stop your bullshit of him being nice and generous. Guy was an horrible human being. Fuck him.

@SirBlackReeds 7 лет назад

Did anyone expect anything else from a shock jock?

@chrispile3878 Год назад

You do NOT get what Rush was.

@CajunCommie 15 лет назад

You're not making sense, are you claiming that kids with glasses who are into science and computers and get picked on in middle school join the democrats to get back at the handsome jocks who are all republicans? I really don't want that to be what you are saying because framing real life adult things in terms of elementary school politics is really sad.

@survivalofthekit 11 лет назад

Government paid, but it's blatantly not supporting the Government

@ENigma-um8zw 3 года назад

Gooooooodriiiiidance 😎🎶

@radiokevin 15 лет назад

ever stop to think that Rush doesn't really care about appearing credible or knowledgeable? rather he just likes getting people riled up , and makes some money because of it.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Nope.

@radiokevin Год назад

@@chrispile3878 nice 13 year later reply haha.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

@@radiokevin Well, I just watched it for the first time. RU-vid cheated me, I guess.

@enunna 13 лет назад

So he's basically admitting that his whole show is just an act. He even implies towards the end that he doesn't believe in what he says. I don't really have that big of a problem with an entertainer misleading the populace. The problem is that the shit he spews incites hatred and has actual political influence.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

He did NOT say that.

@survivalofthekit 11 лет назад

NPR.

@ColdDadaNothing 14 лет назад

Funny, if you listen to him speak here, he actually comes across as an intelligent person. Ironically, his program is a sharp criticism of his own audience: they'll idolize anyone willing to endorse the shit they believe, even if he's clearly only doing it for profit. More than one Rush fan I know would be crushed if they saw this. Or not; they'd most likely rationalize the fact that Rush is basically admitting he's a shameless attention whore... convince themselves Rush still cares about them.

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Nope.

@FordPerfect 15 лет назад

rush is a TROLL. and he makes money with it. sad but true.

@prost8 15 лет назад

Trepid ? wanker means tepid !!!

@chrispile3878 Год назад

Trepid. The opposite of intrepid.

@Putokote 15 лет назад

Right wing shock jock.

@TheDaisyTurtle 10 лет назад

Yes, but what is the upside to generating hatred??????? D

@dperry913MusicTracks 9 лет назад

The upside is many people find it addicting and they keep returning. SOME advertisers love this and it made Rush Limbaugh filthy rich. That's why he won't stop, until his advertisers all start jumping off his ship (which will happen eventually).

@dperry913MusicTracks 9 лет назад

Albert Johnson Which idiot would give him less material?

@dperry913MusicTracks 9 лет назад

Albert Johnson Who was the last idiot to do that in office?

@dperry913MusicTracks 9 лет назад

Albert Johnson Just as I thought, long on generic bitching and very, very short on specifics. You must be Libertarian. LOL See, I can type that too.

@dperry913MusicTracks 9 лет назад

Albert Johnson Here, let me help you with some actual information: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/obamacare-proving-not-a-burden-to-u-s-from-chipotle-to-wal-mart?hootPostID=f161599aa4512322cb471b2d89f0d309