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Lib Radio Host Ed Schultz Admits Using ‘Fake Callers’ Coached by Congressional Dems
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:04pm by
Meredith Jessup
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In trying to get his progressive talk radio show off the ground at the start, host Ed Schultz candidly admitted Wednesday to using fake callers to fill air time. In addition, Schultz admits congressional Democrats helped coach callers on what to say:
h/t Radio Equalizer
Schultz’s shocking admissions comes as a George Soros-funded publication baselessly accuses conservative radio titans Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck of the same practice. As we reported Tuesday, all three hosts flatly deny the accusations.
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Comments (222)
matinva
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pmAnother HUGE ‘I told you so’ for Rush. How long has Rush been saying, “Any time you hear liberals accusing conservatives of doing something, you can bet they’re up to their eyeballs in it.”?
‘Nuff said. Special Ed is a fraud, as are most liberals.
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:34pmTrue. They knew that this was coming so they fired a lie off the bow.
Report Post »LiveNation
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pmWell, how else would they know to cast the acqusation. I’d bet that anything the left has accued, has been tried by the left.
psycodad36
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:52pmsurprised only that he fessed up,what would he be able to do ,as in performance that anyone would willingly pay to see or hear,except(spooky dude).all liberalism is a lie.they need to lie to get what they want,and that is YOUR subserviance.
Diane TX
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:50pmGreat news!
WI Republicans pass anti-union bill by striping out financial parts! Ha! The unions are going nuts!
R. Wirz von Urikon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:45pmYeah!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Don
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:26pmGood!!!
Report Post »Tea-Bone
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:10pmyee-haw! Let‘s all git out an shoot our guns in th’ air!
Report Post »Smug
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:48pmTruth be told he’s still paying people to call in. Why else would anyone give this piece of work the time of day.
Report Post »Don
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:24pmWow! Your really kind, piece of work. Come on you can do better than that. He is a bottom feeder at best.
Report Post »tinydd
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:48pmNothing to say on this waste of good air.
kc_chiefsfan
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:47pmWow! And I had such high hopes and respect for Mr. Ed. This shouldn’t surprise anybody since no one even knew who he was at the beginning and nobody is really listening now! This just goes to show that everything the Left accuses the Conservatives of, THEY HAVE/ARE ALREADY DOING IT!
LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:45pmI’d really love to know Who the Congressional Democrats were; that were doing the coaching !!!!! Wouldn‘t that be a stick of dynamite up someone’s keester…..LOL….. It could happen…karma has a way of working things out….Gotta love it.!!!!!
rwsasinger
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:42pmSHOCKING!!!!! OH NO…progressives are liars? My world now has no meaning.
This is too funny…He’ll get kudos from his lame ass friends….Shyster Shultz.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:41pmHe has to hire callers because no listens to him. Guess what Ed, nobody stills listens to you. If it were not for the Blaze, you would have nobody replaying your gibberish.
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:37amThis is very true. I don’t ever listen to him. The ONLY time I see him is here on the Blaze. I don’t even play the video b/c he is so irritating to look at and irritating to listen to.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:41pmEd has never made any secret of the fact that he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I didn‘t think he’d be dumb enough to admit this fraud. Clearly, they assume Rush, Hannity and Beck are engaging in the same sort of phony politics they themselves use. “Projection”
ThmsMgnm
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:41pmBack in the old days of the Soviet Empire it was said that the CIA would frequently learn what the KGB was up to…..by reading or listening to what the Soviet Leaders alleged the CIA to be doing.
LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmYou couldn’t pay me to talk to MR. ED….Must have cost them a fortune to pay off all those fake callers…LOL Liberals are such idiots!!!!
Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmThat explains it! I wondered who would be stupid enough to call this blabbering blowhard idiot, now we find out that they were paid and the Dems were directing them what to say. Ed you are a fat tool.
N34W118
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmWhat a complete moron ……………
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmLibs always accused others of doing wrong because they figure if they do it, everyone else must be doing it. A few days ago they accuses Beck, Hannity, and Limbaugh of doing this.
CURMUDGEON
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:39pmBoom… Fail soros and your minions!! How does Ed live with himself?? Or, is that the source of the anger he exudes on air, being unable to escape himself and the lies he propagates.. I have never been so happy to not be somebody..
Report Post »N34W118
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:39pmWhat a moron.
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:38pmEd you have got to be joking! Soros is going to be pi@@ed that you let out one of the LibSoProCommie crowd’s secrets! But, we all knew you couldn’t make in a legitimate world in alegitimate way!
Restored One
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:42pmHe wont get paid tomorrow.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:36pmOne way to end an actors career.
Daniel4
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:36pmAnd what was it in this article that should surprise us?
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:36pmShocking admission? Well, I guess we could be shocked that he admitted it, but not that he did it.
Report Post »BigBouy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:35pmStill no callers Ed.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:31pmI called his show recently to see if he would let a conservative speak. I was shocked at how fast I got thru. The call taker seemed excited to actually have someone call. Of course he cut me off after I made a point and then he made a wise crack about how racist people from Tennessee are. No wonder his ratings stink.
Report Post »ElaineA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:33pmIs anybody surprised?
Report Post »excelizen (a goal, not a title!)
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:51pmyes I am shocked! Why have we heard from the rest of them.. Janine Garraffalo(sp) etc…
BigBouy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:33pmWhat a surprise-not!
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:36pmI thought Rush and Glenn were doing fake callers? Next we’ll find out fake callers were calling in to NPR. Liberals are crashing!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:44pmYeah. Generally when the libs make an outrageous accusation, as they did about Rush, Glenn and Sean, it is because they do it themselves.
Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:57pmYou know what they say–
He who points a finger has three more point right back.
Gotta love karma!
Resolved
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:58pmIt would take coaching to get people to spout the kind of nonsense Ed airs on his show. I’m usually pretty forgiving of Liberals, though they disagree with me, I understand that many of them genuinely believe in their causes, they just don‘t realize there’s an agenda behind it. But this guy gives Good Liberals a bad name.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:58pmWe all know the Left always does the things they accuse us of doing. Just another example of their indecent behavior.
Report Post »spod
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:59pmSpecial Ed says, “I’ll be brutally honest, we did it. I don’t know if we (ever) paid the phone bill, but it‘s somethin’ we did.”
Special Ed… honest?? FAT chance!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:23pmMaybe we aught to TROLL call his show and give him an ear full and tell him BYE bye…
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:45pmIt’s Show Biz Folks
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:47pmA ‘scripted’ program is what is called a “show.” It’s fantasy. It’s make believe. But it’s also a good indication that intellectualism is the one thing being avoided. Just like Charlie Sheen.
watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:21pmThe mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:34pmEd pays for everything…..I wonder if his “women” are coached by Pelosi or Waters???
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:39pmReally, Ed Schultz, the Bellicose bad boy of Liberal Talk Radio had Senators prep their interns to call in to his show to make the host look good…
I’d like someone to find out who and when elected officials “pitched in” to help “old Ed” out
Report Post »Tony
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:43pmLiberal talk show hosts and Democrat politician never accuse conservatives of anything they themselves aren’t doing. They think it will keep the conservaives from trying it.
Interestingly Ed revealed that his liberal callers need to be provided with “talking points” and a democrat politician to teach them how to read the card. Conservative callers create their own “talking points” because they know and understand the issues and would never trust a politican on either side to tell them what to say or think.
JD Carp
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:52pmEverybody knows you are a phony cardboard cut out.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:27pmOh my gosh and I thought that only VP Biden was an adherent of the “open mouth, insert foot” policy!
Report Post »Things must be shaking more than we think on the East Coast. Sibelius admits that they are double counting the revenue/expenditures in Ocare; Clownitano downs another imitation of deer in the headlights. Keep on asking the questions and they will trip over their own tongues!
FrankSpeak
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:32pmMaybe he’s worried about an expose revealing it.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:35pmThis is standard operating procedure for libs, accuse conservatives of what they’re actually doing.
Report Post »Unfortunately, this works all the time on about 40% of the sheeple.
teachermitch32
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:38pmInteresting! I don’t recall needing any coaching or conservative edumacation to call into a talk show. and the libs need coaching. Really pathetic.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:41pmGee, who-da-thunk-it! Not only is Ed a loser with almost zero audience, he’s a fraud too! Ed makes Charlie look sane! Bam Losing!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:12pmI said if they say something is being done by the other side .. it is what they themselves are doing .. it is called PROJECTION … A TYPICAL LIBERAL TACTIC!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:25pmThe real question is why Mr. Ed admitted so readily to doing it? Wonder if O’Keefe is ready to spill the beans on him, and this is Ed’s preemptive confession to soften the damage?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:54pmTheres a reason Special Ed came clean. Maybe O‘keefe has another expose’…. maybe on MSNBC…
Report Post »Caffeinated Texan
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:48amSergent Schultz needs to hire and coach callers for his show. Not enough people actually listen to it to fill up a callboard.
Report Post »Jayk Signal
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:24amWell over 80% of the liberal commenters on news sites are paid. A majority of the liberals who post on conservative sites are paid. It wouldn’t surprise me if all of Sgt Schultz callers are paid in one form or another … maybe not all by him, but I’m sure Soros/Stimulus/SEIU dollars make it happen somehow.
Report Post »IowaWoman
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:33amnow it comes out. This is why they accuse Rush, Sean, and Glenn.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:42amEd “madman” Schultz … spilling the beans … really a Conservative plant? Hmmm …
“They lose me right after the bunker scene.” -Adolf Hitler, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:31amthey are truly desperate creatures…..
Report Post »drkmagneto
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:48amWhat an anti-climactic surprise! Sgt. Schultz had fake callers. Well, that goes along with the status quo on MSNBC, with Maddow reporting fake stories.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:41amJust another example of the big lie! Progressives are an underhanded, cheating lot, who will lie their arses off to show a point – this is the danger folks. When they lie like this, it sways opinions based on falsehoods, it divides our people, it is a cancer on our society! Progressives are one celled amoebas, brain dead animals, and for their crimes against this country may pay dearly for their dishonesty, and outright treason! Save the Constitution, stand up and speak your mind, to HELL with PC and progressives – they BOTH STINK to HIGH HELL!
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:24amEven using fake callers, nobody knows who fat a$$ Ed is.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:08amIs soros going to wind up bringing down the lib wackos by accusing the conservatives of doing things which is forcing those same lib wackos to wind up admitting that they are doing it instead of Glenn, Rush, Sean and the others. The truth shall set us all free!
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:13amHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..yet again, and again, and again…you can bet the ranch that the LIBS/Progressives are doing EXACTLY whatever they’re accusing others of doing. EVERY STINKING TIME!
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:00amevidently ..Dems oral utterings are from anal orfices….the DEM-COMS have absolutely ZERO credibility….(D)=Dangerous…..
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