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CNBC's Francis channels Limbaugh on response to AIG bonuses: “This feels like mob rule”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 03/20/09 2:15 PM EDT

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Previously:

  • County Fair: Anchoring MSNBC Live, CNBC's Francis says tax legislation to recoup bonuses seems “a little bit ridiculous,” “silly”
  • County Fair: Limbaugh on response to AIG: “We now have mob rule the way it started in Nazi Germany”
  • County Fair: Channeling Limbaugh on AIG bonus tax, Doocy notes the “pitchfork and torch crowd”
  • County Fair: Matthews repeatedly refers to Congresspersons supporting tax as “villagers” going after AIG bonus recipients with “torches”
  • County Fair: Cavuto echoes Limbaugh's defense of AIG from “lynch mob”
  • Limbaugh joined by other conservatives standing up for AIG against “mob rule”

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