Brent Bozell’s utter cowardice in issuing any meaningful criticism of Rush Limbaugh continues in his weekly appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show.
Bozell used this national platform to issue yet another tepid critique of Limbaugh’s misogynist attack on Sandra Fluke: “Let’s underscore here, Sean: Rush crossed a line, he acknowledges he crossed a line, he apologized profusely for doing that.”
In fact, Limbaugh did not “apologize profusely”; he apologized only for using the words “slut” and “prostitute,” not for the dozens of other attacks he hurled at Fluke.
Also, Bozell saying we should “underscore” his tepid criticism doesn’t make it any less tepid.
Bozell and Hannity, of course, spent much more time attacking Bill Maher than they did Limbaugh. Bozell at one point said that MSNBC’s Chris Matthews “called Bill Maher the funniest, smartest man in the business on February 27 when he was his guest. Can you explain hypocrisy any better than this?”
Apparently, according to Bozell, denouncing Maher while giving Limbaugh a pass doesn’t count as a better explanation of hypocrisy.