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Part Two: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

Behind the Bastards

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I'm Not a Bigot, I'll Just Rock the Magic Negro Guy.

Shapiro: Limbaugh was not the only person who stoked white resentment and anti-black bigotry in this period. Shapiro says Rush Limbaugh created the blueprint for all of those other right-wing media figures to act in a similar way. In 2010, Limbaugh was picked to address CPAC, the conservative political action conference. He was the main event that year and gave what he called his first address to the nation.

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