WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Jan 30, 2020

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the long knives are out for Crazy Bernie. Over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend, the Washington Post took his supporters to the woodshed.

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<v Speaker 1>They're mad Crazy Bernie fans are flooding social media with

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<v Speaker 1>vicious attacks on FOLCA hottas. One Bernie fan depicted her

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<v Speaker 1>face as a mask and then behind the mask was

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary Clinton. Other Bernie supporters portrayed Senator Warren as a snake,

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<v Speaker 1>the backstabber, and a liar. The Washington Post complains that

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy Bernie supporters are way more visible on Facebook than

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<v Speaker 1>polling shows they should be. The Post says that Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>gives individual Bernie users power over public discourse disproportionate to

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<v Speaker 1>their numbers at the ballot box. Now. The Post is

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<v Speaker 1>also mad that Facebook is letting Bernie supporters knock Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington University professor Stephen Livingston blames Facebook for whipping

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<v Speaker 1>up passions. He says that Facebook's algorithm activates people in

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<v Speaker 1>ways that accentuate extremism. It's bad that Facebook rewards emotionally

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<v Speaker 1>charge content and inflames political discourse. Now, to you and me,

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<v Speaker 1>this is hilarious. Sanders supporters are doing the warrant exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what drive by media types have been doing the conservatives

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<v Speaker 1>for decades. They create ugly narratives and then spread them.

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<v Speaker 1>They portray people they don't like politically and vicious ways

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<v Speaker 1>in order to activate their readers and inflame political discourse.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the real reason to drive by is at the

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<v Speaker 1>Post are attacking Facebook and Crazy Bernie is because they're jealous.