The media have repeatedly stated how "angry," "hostile" and "ugly" town hall meetings across America are becoming. They are of course largely ascribing the nastiness to conservatives voicing their opposition to (among other things) President Barack Obama and Congress' proposed government takeover of the health care system.
The press has been particularly offended by the "extreme" use of references to Adolf Hitler specifically and Nazis generally. One image they have repeatedly used as an example of this alleged right-wing extremism is a poster of President Obama - on whose face a Hitler mustache has been Photo Shopped - bearing the caption "I've Changed."
We have compiled a video montage (at right) of just some of the recent news programs that have ascribed this Obama-with-Mustache poster to conservative town hall attendees. (The Obama-with-Mustache image itself appears just below the fold.)
NBC's August 7 Nightly News comes as close as possible to saying Limbaugh printed and distributed the Obama-with-Mustache posters himself without actually doing so. As they show the image, reporter Kelly O'Donnell's voiceover proffers "Some anger on display gets stoked by the provocative megaphone of Rush Limbaugh" as they then immediately cut to video and audio of Limbaugh.
On Sunday's Meet the Press, David Gregory's voiceover at the time of their Obama-with-Mustache visual is "but the rhetoric has become extreme." The voiceover lands on the word "extreme" when the Obama-with-Mustache poster appears, and they too then immediately cut to video and audio of Limbaugh.
How's that for subtle? But there's a problem with this media narrative.
For written at the poster's bottom is the web address "LaRouchePAC.com," the political action committee website for Communist and perpetual Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
No right-winger he. And neither he nor his acolytes are likely ones to be "stoked by the provocative megaphone of Rush Limbaugh." In fact (from Wikipedia):
In 1979, LaRouche formed a Political Action Committee called the National Democratic Policy Committee (NDPC). LaRouche has run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States seven times, beginning in 1980.

The Obama-with-Mustache sign is in fact offered up on LaRouche's website as a "Mass Distribution Poster." It is an enormous full color .pdf suitable for all your town hall Communist protest needs.
If only the media had invested the five seconds I did to discover this.

And it's not the only Obama-with-Mustache image to be found on LaRouche's website. Here's another.
In fact, the Obama-Hitler theme (see right) is a recurring one for LaRouche. The top listing under the "Our Campaigns" header on his home page is "Stop Obama's Nazi Health Plan." Clicking on it leads you to a series of anti-ObamaCare videos, including one entitled "Hitler's T4 Program - Obama's Health Care Inspiration."
It could very well be that many (most? all?) of the swastikas and Hitler images on display at these rallies are being toted by supporters of the very Leftist LaRouche, and not the conservatives to whom the media so readily and repeatedly ascribe them.
A fact upon which they could have stumbled had they read the five words on - and not just gawked in horror at - the Obama-with-Mustache signs. And not then been in such a hurry to run to the airwaves to blame the "extreme" Right for them.
How can we expect lawmakers to read 1,000+ page bills when we can't get reporters to read a mostly monosyllabic placard?
While LaRouche's website address is blurry here, it was there as clear as a bell for all the Jurassic Press to see at the rallies on which they were allegedly reporting. Yet they all somehow managed to overlook it, and inaccurately ascribe a Communist's artistic handiwork to conservatives.
Sadly, as always, the media never the let the facts get in the way of a good beating.
H/t: Steve Gutowski, who actually read the sign.
—Seton Motley is Director of Communications for the Media Research Center and Contributing Editor for NewsBusters.org.




















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I get the impression that less and less of their...
August 12, 2009 - 08:10 ET by jazbopoo is sticking to the wall.
"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962"
Yep
August 12, 2009 - 10:42 ET by 10ksnookerAnd a lot of their poo is spattering back in their face.
It doesn't matter...you
August 12, 2009 - 08:14 ET by motherbeltIt doesn't matter...you know darn well that Limbaugh and all those right-wingers agree with it, and would do it!!
Another fake, but accurate story from the MOI.
I see no problem with
August 12, 2009 - 10:17 ET by mattmI see no problem with this. Other than the Holocaust, the Democrat Platform, Obama's agenda and Nazism have way more in common than anything Bush and the republicans ever proposed - yet the MSM was mum about all of the Bush-Hitler comparisons.
I'm beginning to understand
August 12, 2009 - 08:22 ET by BuxomAnnieMcGreggorI'm beginning to understand now that truth is no longer a goal for the State Run Media. "If you can think it... you can say it" I believe is there motto now. "If you can think it... you can imply it" is the sub-motto for those who have not yet arrived at Grand Master status.
flag@WhiteHouse.gov ...the first American"flag" that liberals can finally honor and respect! B.A.M.
WHERE'S THE TED BAXTER ALERT?!? IT'S B. WILLIAMS!
August 12, 2009 - 08:30 ET by SgthulkaPeople -
When posting/commenting on B. Williams always remember to alert potential viewers with the official Ted Baxter alert so that NB visitors can prepare themselves for the dim-witted innanity that's about to follow.
LOL@ Ted Baxter.
August 12, 2009 - 09:16 ET by jazbo"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962"
I am shocked, SHOCKED I
August 12, 2009 - 08:36 ET by DavartI am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you that the MSM would not research a story and spread false claims... then again I'm shocked, SHOCKED that anyone still watches them.
http://www.angrywhit...
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Don't you remember the SRM
August 12, 2009 - 08:49 ET by inquiringmindDon't you remember the SRM doing all of those stories during the last eight years about the angry liberal protesters depicting GWB as hitler and republicans as Nazis? Also questioning who was behind all of those protests as in were they organized or just Grassroots? Oh, wait a minute, that was in my dreams.
NBC, CNN and MSNBC All Assign Communist LaRouche's
August 12, 2009 - 08:44 ET by MES41067I thought it said they were all "DOUCHES" my eyes aren't they used to be.
(Lenin called them "useful idiots" I for one have no use for them.)
Trying to explain physics to a roach
August 12, 2009 - 09:19 ET by verbatimOne problem we face is we use logic and facts to try to understand the issues and how to come up with answers and solutions.
Our "discussion" and "debate" with liberals is like trying to explain physics to roach. It won't matter how clearly we explain things or how simply we break down the argument or how many facts we bring or evidence we present, liberals just won't understand what we are talking about.
and wasn't the whole
August 12, 2009 - 09:20 ET by seaniepand wasn't the whole Birther movement actually started in Hillary's camp?
I hate the New York Times more than it hates the US Military
Me thinks...
August 12, 2009 - 09:22 ET by Meredith1966Me thinks the media does this kind of junk for shock value and nothing more. They're not that stupid that they wouldn't have seen or been able to research where those posters came from--but let's face it, had they gone on the evening news and said "Lyndon LaRouche is behind this", most people would respond, "Who the hell is Lyndon LaRouche?". But, if they link it to Limbaugh, even by the thinnest of hair-thin threads, well, that's ratings, baby! So, rather than tell the truth about it, they sensationalize it by invoking the name of the Left's favorite boogeyman, Rush Limbaugh. I think Rush is probably flattered by it all, because he more than anyone knows how goofy these people show themselves to be, and he can take whatever BS they dish out. There's nothing true about the linking of this poster to him, so he can't be harmed by thier lie, and he'll use it to best effect by throwing it right back in their faces.
I feel bad for poor ol' Lyndon--fella can't get no pub, even with an Obama as Hitler poster!!
"The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately." - Calvin Coolidge
CALL THEM!!!
August 12, 2009 - 09:24 ET by regimeofterrorABC - 2124564040
CBS - 2129753691
NBC - 2126644971
Call these hacks and DO SOMETHING.
Saddam Hussein and terrorism. Trying to tell the rest of the story at http://www.regimeofterror.com
Psychometrics
August 12, 2009 - 10:04 ET by Free StinkerOne of the things Robert Heinlein used to write about was his idea that- one day - we would develope a "science" of using words to influence people. IIRC, he called it Psychometrics.
A modern day example would be:
Today, George W. Bush went to dinner and ate a segment of tissue from the carcas of an immature castrated bull . . .
. . . Barrack Obama also went to dinner and enjoyed a nice, juicy steak.
I'm starting to think that the MSM is negining to develop Psychometrics, and using it to the fullest extent possible to consfuse or even outright decieve the American people.
Yup, but it has many names already...
August 13, 2009 - 16:56 ET by retroconPropoganda.
Brainwashing.
Lying.
here's one i just made up.
Verbal Alinskining
We (the Libs, SRM) must make Nancy Pelosi's statement come true.
August 12, 2009 - 10:38 ET by Red Jeep"They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare.”
Now we have a swastika(s?) painted on Rep. David Scott's office. He was the Rep. who told off a Doctor in his district at a town hall meeting. Gee, wonder who did that....
Now BO with a Hitler mustache. I thought this was a joke at first.
These BO libs and the SRM are truly evil people, who will stop at nothing to get their way.
Well you know
August 12, 2009 - 10:49 ET by nwahsWhen Rush spends 15 minutes of a show comparing health care reform to the rise of the Third Reich, there's bound to be misunderstandings. But I'm sure Rush is fine with it. It gives him further chance to nuance :)
But I get it - this is red meat for the sharks :D
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Hey Nwahs, It looks like
August 12, 2009 - 11:39 ET by SvenHey Nwahs,
It looks like this guy marching outside of Dingle's office with the Obama Hiltler image was actually a Dingle supporter. Seems this guy was also passing out pro Healthcare literature after the meeting.
Rush and others have been talking about this...trying to get the link. Will post more when I get the information.
Re Busted
August 12, 2009 - 12:07 ET by slickwillie2001Here ya go: http://theblogprof.blogspot.com
That blog leaves out Cavuto's critique of Palin's comments
August 12, 2009 - 17:42 ET by nwahsHere's part of the segment the link you give leaves out.
http://www.youtube.c...
I get no points for being a Neil Cavuto fan?
Anyway here's some of what he said about Palin's remarks.
"We have that going on in our health system now. We have rationed care in our health system now."
I've mentioned this in many posts to be called a liar.
"I don't think we can advance debate in this, with either name calling or hyper-vected adjective using here, and think we're going to make progress here, because then we are no better than the folks that we chastise, right?"
And I've posted the same sentiment to be called a liberal.
Niel Cavuto is cool :) He's like Rush with brains.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
C'mon...
August 13, 2009 - 17:13 ET by retroconTo compare the kind of insurance and medicare rationing happening now to what will result from this gov take over is rediculous.
The bill is clear, the gov will make the rules, set the prices, decide what can go into a policy. Add to that the gov not having to make a profit, and pfffft, no private insurance -- bureaucrates deciding who can live and who will die.
Logans Run, Soylent Green, here we come... All extreme? All future visions of government, using any means possible, to control, control, control. Obamas Science Czar, Emanuals bro, both hold opinions that align very well with these futures.
On movies... maybe dental quality will get to the point of Sir Laurence in the Marathon Man. ouch.
Yes, and thats why I posted about it on Monday
August 12, 2009 - 17:46 ET by nwahsI posted about that plant on Monday, before Rush mentioned it on his show today. See- I'm ahead of you :)
http://newsbusters.o...
From my Monday post:
There are reports of others. In fact, 2 opponents of health care reform
were just on Neil Cavuto on Fox News, and they told a story of person
carrying an Obama/Hitler sign. After the meeting, this same person was
passing out information about the proposed health care reform. He was a plant.
As I said in an earlier post, doing anything but rejecting these
dubious theatrics , derails the message ( the government is incompetent
to run health care) and opens the opposition up to plants.
Just a note. In that same segment with Neil Cavuto, Neil Cavuto says Palin's Rhetoric was over the top. See the above reply to Slickwillie.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Absolutely there will be
August 12, 2009 - 13:48 ET by HockeyKidAbsolutely there will be misunderstandings, because you and your ilk understand neither the Third Reich, health care "reform", nor Rush. As you repeatedly demonstrate, a mind aligned with liberalism is incapable of simple reason.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I understand Rush, perfectly
August 12, 2009 - 15:12 ET by nwahsI understand Rush. He's not that deep.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
When did this become about deep?
August 13, 2009 - 17:40 ET by retroconIt's about liberty.
It's about freedom.
It's about responsiblity (individual, not elitist).
And if it were about "deep," that would imply that those on the left writing and reading these bills would have put thought into the implications of their words. Since just a little "deep" thought will show a pretty clear path to governmental abuse, either the authors are as shallow as a street puddle, or they understand the "deeper" implications, and are intentionally moving down the path to "screwtopia," as I call that vision of the future.
The proper phrase is:
I am a US Citizen! Don't tread on me!
August 12, 2009 - 10:52 ET by jessieHI might make it my screensaver.
Phony Outrage
August 12, 2009 - 11:06 ET by justbob223Where was all this righteous indignation when Bush was constantly called "Hitler," and "Dictator," and conservatives constantly referred to as Nazis? What hypocrites!
A plot twist worthy of M. Night Shyamalan
August 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by lotr...only far more despicable.
Nice detective work Seton.
And once again, I cannot help but to notice that we have utter silence from our NB resident pop-liberal apologists.
"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann
Liberals can dish it out when a Republican is...
August 12, 2009 - 12:04 ET by jawebster1President, but when one of their own is depicted as Hitler they scream like banshees. Plain and simple. Obama is a Socialist and he wants to take away our Freedoms and he must be stopped. If depicting him as a prominent "National Socialist" helps, so be it. People are finally realizing who this guy, who befriended Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers and who has hired over 40 Czars, and who has a nice smile, really is. Jim Webster
Joseph Goebbels, Robert Iger Jeff Zucker and Leslie Moonves
August 12, 2009 - 13:01 ET by John Galt1776Someone should do a caricature incluidng all four of these media propagandists
Oh yes, if it isn't Bush's
August 12, 2009 - 15:14 ET by bigtimerOh yes, if it isn't Bush's fault, it's got to be Rush's.
These same people whining over this bull are the very same people who loved to show all the horrendous, sickening, at times filthy posters they had of Bush everywhere all the time.
Their hypocrisy gets very very old.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
Shock of all shocks..
August 12, 2009 - 15:54 ET by sam12663These lapdog buffoons did not comply with the first rule of journalism; verify, verify, verify. Are we really surprised by this? Of course, you will not see any form of apology, retraction or correction. Just like their almighty chosen one, they cannot admit mistakes. And they wonder why their ratings are lower than the slime created when David Axelrod walks.
President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood
style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to
be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
The US News Media
August 12, 2009 - 16:32 ET by DoktorFrankenMost all of the news media in the United States should fold up their operations in shame. When bloggers throughout the country are doing better reportage than the alleged ''experts'', then it's time to check out the food service industry jobs.
I am ashamed for them and can never watch another news show or read a newspaper again. Jake Tapper at ABC (for his truthfulness and courage) and the Canada Free Press are two of the most obvious exceptions. There are others, I know, but most all of America get their ''information'' from the usual suspects.
Side Info
August 12, 2009 - 16:43 ET by DoktorFrankenI had a close friend, he went to Harvard (very late in life.), and was a LaRouche follower and lawyer for the party. His son was Field Organizer (Obama for America) for a midwestern state in 2008 - now working for ''Organizing for America'' and Obama's ''Housing Coordinator at Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009'' (??).
I wonder why I haven't been close to my friend since before he went to Harvard?? And now, it seems, that father and son may be at odds - yet still both Leftist Whackos. And I have amazed my old friend(s) that I became such a Conservative. Phone calls are few are very curt.
Life is strange.
More Pictures
August 12, 2009 - 18:42 ET by slickwillie2001More pictures and links here:
Communists Infiltrate Tea Party Protests – Wave Obama-Hitler Signs: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
sw... Hey, I enjoyed the
August 12, 2009 - 18:49 ET by bigtimersw...
Hey, I enjoyed the comments, especially the very last one there so far anyway, about the guy with the gun on his leg yesterday...he said it all as far as I am concerned.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
Stutteringly stupid
August 12, 2009 - 23:16 ET by GeronLPar for the course for the liberal media