Media Matters for America: Rush Limbaugh Justifies Prison Torture; U.S. Guards Were 'Having a Good Time,' 'Blow(ing) Some Steam Off'

5/6/2004

From: Naomi Seligman of Media Matters for America, 202-544-9177

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Media Matters for America has posted Rush Limbaugh's comments (May 4, 2004, Rush Limbaugh Show) about the Abu Ghirad prison torture in Iraq. In discussing the torture of Iraqi prisoners, Limbaugh claims the U.S. Guards were "having a good time" and compares images of the torture to Madonna and Britney Spears concerts.

"Rush Limbaugh's consistently extreme commentary has operated with almost total impunity for far too long," Media Matters for America President David Brock said today. "Media Matters for America now has in place a system to monitor, analyze and correct conservative misinformation in the media -- including Rush Limbaugh, one of America's most influential political commentators."

"Limbaugh on torture of Iraqis: U.S. guards were 'having a good time,' 'blow(ing) some steam off'," and more analyses of conservative misinformation, can be found at the Media Matters for America website: http://www.mediamatters.org.

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Media Matters for America is the first organization to systematically monitor the media for conservative misinformation -- every day, in real time -- in 2004 and beyond.

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