Skip to main content

Donate to Media Matters' Year-End Fundraiser Donate Arrow

  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

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

Donate to Media Matters' Year-End Fundraiser Donate Arrow

Media Matters for America

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

Rush Downplays His Role In Promoting “Barack The Magic Negro”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 11/01/11 4:29 PM EDT

From the November 1 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

Video file

Previously:

Limbaugh's “Colorblind” History Of Racially Charged Comments

Rush Contrasts Himself, “As Close To Average American As You Can Get,” With Obama, “A Blank Slate ... The Magic Negro”

Limbaugh: Many People Saw Obama “Just Like The Magic Negro Song” And Said “We Can Vote For This Guy ... We're Good People”

Don't let right wing lies set the agenda. Donate now!

The Latest

  1. Right-wing media continue to praise Trump's legally questionable boat strikes in the Caribbean

    Research/Study 12/04/25 8:20 AM EST

  2. Jesse Watters pits Minnesotans with “deep Scandinavian roots” against the Somali population

    Video & Audio 12/03/25 8:59 PM EST

  3. On YouTube, Nick Fuentes says “we kind of need to rethink” having “a multiracial religiously pluralistic society”

    Video & Audio 12/03/25 6:52 PM EST

  4. DOD watchdog report on Pete Hegseth set to demolish Fox’s Signalgate defenses

    Article 12/03/25 4:29 PM EST

  5. As Trump threatens regime change in Venezuela, right-wing media embrace opposition figure María Corina Machado

    Narrative/Timeline 12/03/25 1:29 PM EST

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 19
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Rush Limbaugh

    Rush-Limbaugh-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. 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

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

    Article 03/13/24 2:24 PM EDT

  3. Former Rush Limbaugh producer gushes over similarities between Tucker Carlson and Limbaugh

    Video & Audio 09/09/22 5:27 PM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign up for email updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2025 Media Matters for America

RSS