Monday, September 21, 2009

Time Mag Flashback 1995: 'Is Rush Limbaugh Good for America?'

As reported Thursday, Time magazine this week published a rather lengthy article entitled, "Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?"

It turns out this piece is in the upcoming September 28 issue with Beck himself on the cover next to the headline, "Mad Man: Glenn Beck and the angry style of American politics" (pictured right).

Apparently, this is somewhat of a retread for Time, for back in 1995, the magazine asked more positively on its January 23 cover, "Is Rush Limbaugh Good for America?"

The sub-headline read,

"Talk radio is only the beginning. Electronic populism threatens to short-circuit representative democracy." [?]

The interior article offered some rather ominous insights concerning the direction of this medium and how the Left might combat it...

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