One almost has to admire Brent Bozell’s ability to lie so nakedly.
In his weekly appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News how, Hannity played a two-year-old tape of liberal radio host Ed Schultz calling conservative host Laura Ingraham a “talk slut,” then asked Bozell, “Would a conservative survive that?” Bozell responded, “No, they’d be fired.”
Not only does Bozell know that’s not true, he put the Media Research Center’s full support toward conservative host after he did the same exact thing.
As we’ve detailed, when Rush Limbaugh went on a three-day tirade of misogyny against Sandra Fluke, calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute” among many other things. Bozell refused to publicly denounce Limbaugh for saying those words — after all, the MRC gave Limbaugh its inaugural “William F. Buckley, Jr. Award for Media Excellence” in 2007. The only outrage Bozell could work up was to tepidly declare, “Let’s all agree Limbaugh crossed a line.”
When it seemed Limbaugh might get fired for his misogynistic attack, Bozell tried to make sure he wasn’t by launching an “I Stand With Rush” website, where he declared that “I stand with Rush Limbaugh and appreciate the massive contribution that he has made to the conservative movement and our nation over the last 25 years.” (Oddly, that website disappeared about a week after it was launched.)
When presented with an opportunity to evenly apply his professed moral standards on a nonpartisan basis, Bozell refused. Instead, he defended the man who spoke the very same words he found offensive when they came out of the mouth of a liberal.
Not only is Bozell a liar, he’s a coward too.