Editing Rush Limbaugh (section)

===COVID-19 pandemic in the United States===
{{Main|Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Limbaugh asserted that the virus was the [[common cold]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=McCarthy | first1=Bill | title=Fact-checking Rush Limbaugh's misleading claim that the new coronavirus is "the common cold" | url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/rush-limbaugh/fact-checking-rush-limbaughs-misleading-claim-new-/ |website=[[PolitiFact]] |date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406173318/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/rush-limbaugh/fact-checking-rush-limbaughs-misleading-claim-new-/| archive-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> Limbaugh said on his radio show on February 24, 2020, "I'm dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks," alleging it was being "weaponized" to bring down Trump.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump|title=Rush Limbaugh: coronavirus a 'common cold' being 'weaponised' against Trump|first=Martin|last=Pengelly|date=February 25, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> Limbaugh's statement was called "wildly irresponsible" by ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Allyson |title=Rush Limbaugh on coronavirus: 'The common cold' that's being 'weaponized' against Trump |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/25/limbaugh-coronavirus-trump/ |access-date=August 20, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>