Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Limbaugh adopts de facto death panel logic: “they sure as hell are not life panels”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/20/09 3:08 PM EDT

From the August 20 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:

Video file

Previously:

After repeated debunkings of “death panels,” conservative media backtrack to “de facto death panels”

Limbaugh falsely claimed he has “not used the word 'death panels,' except in quoting Sarah Palin”

The Latest

  1. Ben Shapiro calls out Steve Bannon for being a “confidant and PR adviser” to Jeffrey Epstein: “Seems to be quite damning”

    Video & Audio 11/18/25 2:29 PM EST

  2. MAGA TV on Trump’s Epstein cave: Masterful job, sir!

    Article 11/18/25 11:32 AM EST

  3. Newsmax host tells Catholic bishops criticizing Trump's immigration policies: “Stay in your lane, guys”

    Video & Audio 11/18/25 10:32 AM EST

  4. Nick Fuentes on the future of MAGA and the post-Trump GOP: “I was MAGA, but I'm not anymore. I've moved beyond that. MAGA was sufficient for 2016, but it isn't anymore.”

    Video & Audio 11/18/25 10:09 AM EST

  5. Greg Gutfeld warns Fox News viewers the Epstein files “will be distorted”

    Video & Audio 11/17/25 6:35 PM EST

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 104
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Rush Limbaugh

    Rush-Limbaugh-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. After years of right-wing media and election deniers pushing outrageous claim Venezuela stole the 2020 US election, the Trump administration is now probing for evidence

    Research/Study 02/10/26 10:11 AM EST

  2. Trump attacked Kamala Harris’ ethnicity while at a conference for Black journalists. Right-wing media have spent years doing the same.

    Narrative/Timeline 07/31/24 4:29 PM EDT

  3. As Haiti faces mounting humanitarian crisis, right-wing media figures defend Trump’s “shithole” comment

    Article 03/13/24 2:24 PM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS