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19. Blame Bob Pittman, iHeart CEO, for Limbaugh and hatemongering

Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:00 PM

Apr 2017

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pittman_(media_executive)

As much as Limbaugh is at fault for inciting hate and getting Hillary defeated, Bob Pittman is the root cause. He could boot Limbaugh at any time. Pittman prefers keeping him to see how much money they can squeeze out.

Edit: plus Pittman is worth around $100 million, so he is in the 0.01% - he benefits from GOP hatemongering aimed to destroy government and cut taxes that mostly benefit ... the 0.01%.

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Blame Bob Pittman, iHeart CEO, for Limbaugh and hatemongering sharedvalues Apr 2017 #19

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