Norm Chomsky Compares Right Wing Media To Hitler

Norm Chomsky, speaking in San Fransisco, compared the right wing media to Hitler. Chomsky told the crowd, “the memory that comes to my mind — I don’t want to press the analogy too hard, but I think it’s worth thinking about — is late Weimar Germany. There were people with real grievances, and the Nazis gave them an answer. ‘It’s the fault of the Jews and the Bolsheviks and we’ve got to protect ourselves from them, and that will take care of them.’ And you know what happened…” He singled out Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage in particular. Meanwhile Rupert Murdoch chairman of News Corp. told shareholders that the White House criticism of Fox News is increasing their ratings “tremendously.” “There were some strong remarks coming out of the White House about one or two of the commentators on Fox News,” Murdoch said. “And all I can tell you is that it’s tremendously increased their ratings.”