I listened to the Limbaugh clip last week, and I thought this controversy was over then. But they’re still trying to defend themselves over at Media Matters:

Fact: Limbaugh did not refer to MacBeth during his September 26 broadcast until 1 minute and 50 seconds after making his “phony soldiers” comment. Indeed, at no point during his September 26 radio show did Limbaugh refer to any soldiers he considered to be fake prior to making his “phony soldiers” comment.

These people must be as dumb as a bag of hammers. The best they can come up with is that for a full one minute and fifty seconds, some dim MediaMatters intern, who listens every day trying to catch a single slip up, might have been confused into thinking his existence had a point. Less than two minutes later, his hopes faded.

But it’s much worse than that, if you read Byron’s story.