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Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was booked on a charge of prescription drug fraud, but as Jim Acosta reports, he has been released from custody and the charge could be dismissed if he cooperates. | Share
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The cries of Iraqi prisoners fall on deaf ears as far as Rush Limbaugh is concerned. But can he truly be faulted for that? After all, the political pundit's hearing is permanently impaired as a result of long-term OxyContin abuse. And how could a painkiller addict understand abuse to begin with? The man hasn't felt pain in years. Nevertheless, Limbaugh condoned the horrific treatment of Iraqi prisoners on his Thursday radio show, referring to it as a "brilliant maneuver" on behalf of the U.S. military.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Media Research Center President Brent Bozell blasted MSNBC for deliberately misrepresenting statements radio host Rush Limbaugh made Thursday about an anti-war activist who falsely and despicably passed himself off as an Army Ranger and Purple Heart winner. On Friday, MSNBC’s Hardball and Countdown programs wrongly adopted the dishonest spin of the far-left group Media Matters to attack Limbaugh.
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Rush Limbaugh surrendered to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in April 2006 after being charged with doctor shopping. According to investigators, the 55-year-old Limbaugh bounced from doctors in a bid to secure multiple prescriptions for powerful painkillers like OxyContin. In a settlement with Florida prosecutors, the felony case against the conservative radio star will be dropped in 18 months if Limbaugh continues to undergo addiction counseling and is not arrested again. He ... agreed to pay about $30,000 in fines and court costs.
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Rush Limbaugh started out in radio as a teenager in the late 1960s in his hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, using the name Rusty Sharpe. His father, a conservative judge whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern Missouri, had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
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Limbaugh auctioned off the "smear letter" sent to Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays by Sen. Harry Reid (and signed by 41 senators) to a charity benefiting children of Marines killed in action. The auction's winning bid was $2,100,100.00. The letter had attacked Clear Channel, whose Premiere Radio syndication arm syndicates the show, over comments made by Limbaugh in the "phony soldiers" case. [31] The winning bid, as announced by Limbaugh on October 19, 2007, was by Betty Casey, the trustee of the Eugene Casey Foundation. Shortly before the end of the auction, Harry Reid [32] and discussed the auction - and omitted the fact that Limbaugh personally matched the $2,100,100.00 donation, increasing the total donation to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation to just over $4.2 million. In his statement he said "I don't know what we could do more important than helping to ensure that children of our fallen soldiers and police officers who have fallen in the line of duty have the opportunity for their children to have a good education."
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