Rush Limbaugh’s riff today on the future of the Washington Post and the slow death of the Left-leaning “dead tree media” was pretty much spot on, but four little words quickly interjected into the middle — “the Left owns Twitter” —have caused quite a stir among the true deed holders. (The Right Scoop has the audio.)
Geez Rush said only the cynical get their news from twitter. "Twitter is owned by the left!"
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) August 6, 2013
Rush says the Left owns Twitter …that's not true. Reverse appears True.
— ?? Afterseven ✝️ (@Afterseven) August 6, 2013
Limbaugh’s the undisputed king of the conservative airwaves, but his official Twitter account follows precisely zero people, and we’re guessing he’s not spent a lot of time on Twitter recently. Liberal journalists are routinely called out on their bias, hashtag campaigns like #Gosnell and #Benghazi have forced those topics into the public awareness and the headlines, and even the progressives at this year’s Netroots Nation conference conceded they have a lot of catching up to do to counter the “Michelle Malkin effect.” And don’t forget Sen. Ted Cruz collecting #StandWithRand tweets to read on the Senate floor in support of Sen. Rand Paul’s epic filibuster.
That’s not to say liberals don’t have a presence on Twitter: they’re essential in setting up epic conservative hashtag hijackings like #ActionAugust and #ObamacareIsWorking.
I don't often disagree with Rush,but he thinks twitter has been taken over by liberals.. he should see my followers followers followers,ect.
— TWParks (@freeboy1972) August 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/truekeymusic/status/364789567267667969
Why does Rush hate twitter? He's woefully uninformed.
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) August 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/moderncomments/status/364806149154934785
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/364792555403083776
#rush may rule the radio but his understanding of new media is painful. The left most certainly does not own Twitter.
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) August 6, 2013
#TCOT
Rush, we use every form of media! Radio, FB, Twitter, websites, word of mouth, whatever it takes – grassroots!http://t.co/pFVP0AY0sa— CVP (@CV_People) August 6, 2013
Rush criticizing Twitter is the equivalent of someone saying conservative talk radio would never work in 1991.
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) August 6, 2013
l very much disagree with Rush's claim that Twitter is the dominion of the Left. There have been way too many victories on the Right here.
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) August 6, 2013
@SooperMexican Rush is right 98% of the time. His opinion on Twitter falls into that other 2%. He's allowed 2B wrong 1ce in a while.
— Lorraine Yuriar (@thekytikat) August 6, 2013
Truth:
@trscoop On this, Rush is wrong. Twitter is where we confront and debate libs to their faces, win and promptly get blocked. #Winning
— Keep Calm and Carry (@johnnyfriegas) August 6, 2013
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