Limbaugh minimizes oil spill while denying minimizing oil spill Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/16/10 2:24 PM EDT From the June 16 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Video file Previously: Right-wing pundits ludicrously blame oil spill on environmentalists Limbaugh: “Mexico is still there” after Ixtoc 1 spill and “Exxon Valdez spill is cleaned up and everything is back to normal” Limbaugh: “Nature cleaned up itself” after Exxon Valdez oil spill Limbaugh complains “we need to depoliticize the environment” then uses the oil spill to attack “leftist groups”
