Matthews echoed Kurtz's baseless claim that Limbaugh's ratings have recently "doubled"

Media Matters - Matthews echoed Kurtz's baseless claim that Limbaugh's ratings have recently "doubled"

Chris Matthews asserted that Rush Limbaugh's ratings have "doubled," echoing a claim by The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz, who wrote in an article that Limbaugh's numbers "have nearly doubled since his feud with the White House burst into the media limelight." But the Post later reported that "there's no actual survey data to support such a figure." Moreover, Limbaugh himself has reportedly stated that the "latest numbers" he has seen for his show were for January, "well before this kerfuffle began."