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Thread #95893   Message #1870418
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
27-Oct-06 - 08:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Michael J Fox stem cell research video
Subject: RE: BS: Michael J Fox stem cell research video
I wasn't actually assuming you were a fan of Limbaugh, John. In fact I'd be astonished if you were. I did feel you were being swayed by a misplaced partisan loyalty.

We see what we see. To me it looked like sneering - and as I indicated, as well as being an outsider, I am not convinced by the case for this particular form of stem cell research, unlike some people who have angered by this.   

As a retired Social Worker who used to work in a disability team I've probably had rather more to do with people with Parkinson's than Mr Limbaugh apparently has. I suppose that may predispose me to interpret what I saw in that clip as "sneering". Whatever - I cannot see how it can be suggested to "demonstrate" that it was not intended that way.

As for the web-cam stuff - if the web-cam could show Limbaugh doing his wobbling act, I'm sure it could have been used to show a clip of Fox's ad. The technical quality of Limbaugh's clip on YouTube looks comparable, for practical purposes, to that of the Fox ad.

And my comment about the elections wasn't particularly about this incident. I just tend to assume that a time comes when ordinary people get fed up with this kind of media leech.