March 08, 2009

Covering for Limbaugh, Wallace ignores radio host's repeated statements that he hopes Obama "fails"

Media Matters - Covering for Limbaugh, Wallace ignores radio host's repeated statements that he hopes Obama "fails"

On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace purported to correct Gov. Tim Kaine's statement that Rush Limbaugh "has been saying that he wants the president to fail" by asserting that "Limbaugh says -- and I think if you read what he says, he wasn't saying, 'I want the president to fail' -- he was saying, 'I want his policies, his agenda to fail,' and that he disagreed with them and thought they were bad for America." In fact, Limbaugh has repeatedly said he wants President Obama to fail while also specifying that he wants Obama's policies to fail.