Rush Limbaugh: Republicans are Apple, Democrats are Android

And tech blogs are like the lamestream media

Rush Limbaugh
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Rush Limbaugh, the conservative provocateur who could soon be searching for a new distributor for his talk-radio show, is purportedly a regular consumer of tech blogs, and considers himself a keen observer of technology and media trends.

His expertise was on full display in a recent show, when the pundit opined that one of tech's more obvious rivalries — the so-called war between Apple fanboys and Android users — bears remarkable similarities to how the lamestream media depicts Republican and Democrats.

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Chris Gayomali is the science and technology editor for TheWeek.com. Previously, he was a tech reporter at TIME. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic, among other places. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.