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Limbaugh Scrambles to Un-Man Obama After Osama bin Laden killing
Posted: 05/13/11 12:48 PM ET  If journalism is the first draft
of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how
the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and
partisan purposes. In particular, conservative talk radio is a
good place to go if you want a fast-breaking take on what the
right-wing line on a given issue will be, and thus how
Republican and conservative candidates will position themselves,
now and in time for the next election.  I have long listened to
right-wing talk radio for just this reason, and it never fails
to deliver. When something important happens in the world,
before the intellectual journals on the right or left come out
with their analyses, or longer "think pieces" are published in
print or online, talk radio hosts come on the air and have to
respond in near-real time to events as they transpire. In the
process they develop conse