Limbaugh is giving up the show because it is run in syndication. Syndication is not a profitable format with the ensuing satellite blitz on the horizon.
I find your argument only moderately less convincing than the average political campaign ad. Given Limbaugh's propensity for telling blatant fibs I don't credit anything he says as being likely to bear any relation to the truth, particularly when it would mean admitting failure and retreat. Syndication is highly profitable for many, if its profitable to syndicate drama with its astronomic production costs it is profitable to syndicate Rush with his astronomic weight.
Limbaugh is a buisnessman and a commentator. He earns a living. He will do what is necessary to leverage his marketability to make the most money.
Since you've gone to college, I'll have to explain it to you: It's called capitalism - look into it...
Its called failure and spin control. Rush has not announced a new TV show, he has closed his only TV show. He has closed after his audience declined and his contracts expired. That is the business decision of the local stations who don;t see Rush as profitable business anymore and advertisers who don't want to see their products associated with appologists for the Oaklahoma bomb.
You fail to acknowledge the simple fact that a segment of society that feels not only disenfranchised, but that the system is irrepairable will stoop to whatever means they feel is necessary to make their point. They don't care what other people think - just what they believe in. Discrediting is a non issue.
I know that facism has an appeal for many people but that does not mean that they are not a minority. And I am not using the words Facism as a casual insult but as an accurate description of a movement which is in large part a vehicle for racism and has already caused 200 plus murders at OKC. Every time an extreeme idological faction of the left or the right gains power there are splinter groups from that side claiming that the failure of the policies is due to them not being compromised and insufficiently ideal. Since right wing idealogues have been dominant in the US for some time it is the right wing extreemists who are to the fore. Phill