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Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air

by Last Night in Little Rock

CNN talking head Daryn Kagan is today reported by AOL, which is owned by the same company that owns CNN, to have been IM'g Rush Limbaugh while on the air, and Limbaugh has been using her IM's on his radio program, referring to her as his "mistress in Georgia" (the sexist pig).

AOL's posting:

That CNN mid-day anchor Daryn Kagan is Rush Limbaugh's paramour is no secret. But the extent of their relationship is now causing some headaches for the CNN apparatchiks sent out to dispell rumors: Is Kagan IM-ing Rush during their respective broadcasts, sending him pro-Bush messages that he, in turn, reads on his radio show as missives from his "mistress in Georgia?"

Some swear yes. CNN says no. Either way, she was off the air for a bit. Has CNN been punishing Kagan for being a righty within a liberal media machine, or just for exercising bad judgement during her broadcast? Or maybe they're not punishing her at all and it's all just not true.

CNN denies. Media Matters for America, however, has a video of a Bush speech and her on air comments in this article:

In his September 3, 2004, "Reliable Source" column in The Washington Post, Richard Leiby reported that a spokesman for Limbaugh confirmed that he "is dating CNN anchor Daryn Kagan." And a February 21 article in People magazine noted that "Kagan's romance with ... Limbaugh is getting serious." Kagan, who is based at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, is the anchor of CNN Live Today, a news show that airs weekdays from 10 a.m .to noon ET and that carried Bush's speech live.

Shortly after Bush concluded his speech, Kagan introduced CNN national security correspondent David Ensor, whom she called "our CNN fact-checker." While noting that Bush "had promised some unprecedented details," which, she suggested, he did not provide, she then made a statement in Bush's defense when Ensor suggested that reporters would be looking for corroboration of Bush's assertion that "the United States and our partners have disrupted at least 10 serious Al Qaeda terrorist plots since September 11th, including three Al Qaeda plots to attack inside the United States":

[Transcript available at link]

Bill Hemmer left CNN recently for FoxNews, hopefully just for the money. Kagan can now clear her conscience and go to GOPNews, too, because she's on the verge of compromising CNN's integrity for fairness.

And so it goes....

Update: For Daryn Kagan's sake, I hope that it is not true. I actually was shocked to read it. She seemed like she had more class than to hook up with the likes of Limbaugh, who would disgustingly refer to her on the air as "his mistress." I would like to see her deny it on the air, however, so I can see her face when she does it. Mainly, to see if her denial seems more true than Bush's "apology" of the Katrina debacle. I wonder if The Daily Show is onto this?

"Daryn, say it isn't so."

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    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:51 PM EST
    "Has CNN been punishing Kagan for being a righty within a liberal media machine, or just for exercising bad judgement during her broadcast?" The only liberal elements left on CNN are Larry King and Anderson Cooper. Larry King has become quite bizarre. One thing is for sure, their headlines aren't "liberal" by any stretch of the imagination. Nor is their "editorial discretion" in coverage emphasis. Corporate News Network or wannabe Fox News - you pick.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#2)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:51 PM EST
    Sounds fake but accurate to me. And are you saying CNN had intregrity?

    I'd e-mail this story to my cousin the NYS Correctional Officer who cannot stand CNN because of its "liberal bias" to show him that "liberal bias" in the media is rank fiction, except he does not read. "If it's not on FoxNews, it didn't happen."

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    What????? I liked her. No way. Daryn Kagan can not be sharing a bed with Rush Limbaugh. No way. This picture does not work for me. Oh well, I guess it goes to show how much I know about life and the human race. Every day is full of unexpected revelations. How about Aaron Brown? I really got to like him during the worst of Katrina. Is he a Republican lover, too?

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jlvngstn on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    Courtesy of CNN via Media Matters: CNN: "Daryn Kagan did not send any notes to anyone about President Bush's speech yesterday" Following Media Matters for America's item highlighting nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh's boast that his "mistress in Georgia" -- which Media Matters said was an apparent reference to CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, who is reportedly romantically involved with Limbaugh -- sent him a note praising an October 6 speech by President Bush, CNN denied that Kagan sent notes to anyone about Bush's speech. CNN's statement to Media Matters: Daryn Kagan did not send any notes to anyone about President Bush's speech yesterday. The item is factually incorrect. Whatever reference was made was apparently about somebody else. You should know Rush Limbaugh has an ongoing bit referring to certain women emailing him as his mistresses. Whatever reference was made was certainly not about Daryn.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#6)
    by jimcee on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    Ah, romance. What a sweet thing, think Greenspan and Mitchell, Povich and Chung, Carville and Matlin, Abelard and Heloise. Well maybe not the last example as I would not wish that particular conclusion on anyone. Who knows who is dating whom and more to the point who cares? The whole thing seems a rather petty grievence. The big mystery to me is does that woman actually eat? I mean she looks like a wraith on the TV and they say the camera adds 10 lbs. Someone give her a sandwhich before she disappears!

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    It is important who is romancing whom. We get our information from these people. They choose what we hear, when we hear it, the line between fact and rumor, and I would personally would prefer it if they were unbiased. Though I know in this world of corporate owned media, it can never happen.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#8)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    puhleeze! spare me the weeping and wailing already! cnn is, by and large, filled with useful idiots, keith olberman being one of the very few exceptions. i assume he snuck in while they weren't watching. that ms. kagan dates mr. limbaugh says more about her trailer park taste in men than anything else. she's nothing more than a hack to begin with, as are pretty much all the on-air "talent" at cnn. if i had to guess, i would say they all majored in "looking good on cam" in college, with minors in "bad hair & wardrobe", not anything substantive. journalism doesn't count as substantive, it's a major for people with no analytical skills, who don't want to be education majors. that goes for most of the rest of the MSM as well. millionaire elites, masquerading as pseudo-lib "journalists". edward r. murrow is twirling in his grave.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    Who knows who is dating whom and more to the point who cares? Jimcee--Rush does. Look, he's a lonely, unattractive man who, as far as women are concerned, has nothing going for him except money, and he knows it. He's not referring to his "mistress" because she had anything interesting to say. He's acting like pretty much everyone does, conservative or liberal, when they're suddenly getting some after a protracted dry spell: he wants everyone to know. Yeah, it's pretty tacky, but from what I can see, it's pretty normal too.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    puhleeze! spare me the weeping and wailing already! cnn is, by and large, filled with useful idiots, keith olberman being one of the very few exceptions. i assume he snuck in while they weren't watching.
    Uh, cpniva, Keith works for MSNBC, not CNN.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:52 PM EST
    Oops, that should be cpinva, sorry.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#12)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:53 PM EST
    Charley, CNN suppresses all kinds of news. Your observation is the broken clock.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#13)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:53 PM EST
    Molly NYC wrote:
    after a protracted dry spell:
    How do you know? charley - True. Plus the Vietnam nerve gas fake story... cpinva - Well said.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#14)
    by BigTex on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:53 PM EST
    Look, he's a lonely, unattractive man who, as far as women are concerned, has nothing going for him except money, and he knows it...He's acting like pretty much everyone does, conservative or liberal, when they're suddenly getting some after a protracted dry spell
    Sounds like you're infatuated and in Denial Molly. ;)

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#15)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:53 PM EST
    Yes charley we all know about CNN's dealing with SH's regime pre war. It was reported here long before you came around. It was stupid. But do you think it had any effect? What news specifically did you not get? CNN was one of the biggest pro war cheerleaders in the winter and spring of 2003. The point is, all the major news organizations select out what they want us to read, see and hear. Your attack on CNN, and your revelations of two year old news, just shows how narrow minded you are.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#16)
    by jimcee on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
    Perhaps a bowl of pasta for Ms Kagan? As far as Limbaugh getting some, I get the feeling that whether one finds him attractive or not depends on what a particular woman finds...well, attractive. To some it is physical and to some personality but the one asset that makes a man attractive to many women is financial. Face it, it is as easy to marry a rich man as a poor man but the prior comes with financial security.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#17)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
    Jim-- How do you know? How do I know that a mean, pompous, bloated male junkie with less muscle and more boob than I have, who publicly espouses every anti-sex idea that comes down the pike, isn't getting any? Dunno. Shot in the dark.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#18)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
    Molly, hey henry kissenger was voted one of the sexist men, convicted serial killers have multiple marriage proposals ... it could happen;-)

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#19)
    by BigTex on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
    How do I know that a mean, pompous, bloated male junkie with less muscle and more boob than I have, who publicly espouses every anti-sex idea that comes down the pike, isn't getting any?
    Gee, Mol, you seem to be paying a lot of attention to him, you even know he has bigger boobs than you. You sure you're not infatuated with him and in denial? ;)

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#20)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:55 PM EST
    Sailor--Henry Kissinger and those serial killer guys, y'know, could.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#21)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:55 PM EST
    Che - Maybe if CNN had reported what was going on - even if they were thrown out - the UN might have applied more pressue. Maybe France and Germany and Russia would not have done business with him. Maybe the UN would not have gotten involved in the Oil For Food scandal and the children of Iraq would have benefited.

    Re: Daryn Kagan Feeds Info to Limbaugh on Air (none / 0) (#22)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:55 PM EST
    Jim, So the UN watches CNN before they act? You are kidding yourself.