Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s controversial and alleged racist comments about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb on ESPN’s pre-game show, “Sunday NFL Countdown”, Sept. 28, served yet another reminder of how the liberal news media takes a celebrity’s off-the-wall comment and blows it out of proportion.
“I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL,” Limbaugh said on the show. “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team.”
I see no racist undertones in that remark.
If Rush Limbaugh is a bigot, then actor/director Mel Gibson is truly anti-Semitic and blames the Jews for putting Christ to death and wants to prove this with his upcoming movie, “The Passion of the Christ” (2004).
I find it rather ironic that the only ones who did in fact make a big stink out of all this was only liberals eager to get their name in the news. Those include Democratic presidential candidates Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, and Al Sharpton as well as the NAACP who called Limbaugh’s remarks “bigoted and ignorant.”
The fact I heard no conservatives speak for or against what Limbaugh said, like President Bush, or such African Americans as Condoleeza Rice or Colin Powell to name a few, proves once again how much the liberal news media makes a big deal out of nothing.
“This thing is alive and kicking today because the Philadelphia sports media, the newspapers, decided to kick it up,” Limbaugh said on his website, www.rushlimbaugh.com on Oct. 1, 2003. “You know, this is such a mountain out of a molehill. There’s no racism here. There’s no racist intent, comment, whatsoever.”
Limbaugh said on his website that he was only giving his opinion from his standpoint as a football fan.
“I, as a fan, don’t think he’s (McNabb) as good as others have made him out to be. Not that he’s a bad quarterback, not that he shouldn’t be there, but that he’s just not as good as everybody says.”
What’s wrong with that?
To quote Limbaugh from his website, “Everybody disagrees everybody when it comes to opinions expressed about practically everything, including sports.”
The face is executives at ESPN knew full well about Limbaugh’s controversial nature prior to bringing him on the show. His comments have gained national attention before. Why should he change his ways just because he is now on cable television?
“I figured if I am going to this (“Sunday NFL Countdown”), I should be who I am,” Limbaugh said according to an Oct. 2, 2003 article by Jason Straziuso of the Associated Press.
I would not have expected anything less from Limbaugh.
I have absolutely zero interest in sports. If Limbaugh, however, had been chosen a few years ago by ABC to co-anchor “Monday Night Football,” I would have been in front of the television every week. Not to watch the game, mind you. But so, I can hear what he has to say about the plays that are called.
The guy is entertaining to listen to which is why I often tune in to his radio show during the week, even if I don’t always agree with him.
ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle said in an Oct. 1, 2003 article on SI.com that the ratings for “Sunday NFL Countdown” were up ten percent overall since Limbaugh joined the show.
The Sept. 28 broadcast drew its biggest audience since November 1996.
Just imagine what those numbers would have bene for this past Sunday’s program if Limbaugh did not, or if the Mickey Mouse owned sports network had not suggested, or should I say urged him to resign? I have no idea as to where that ten percent audience share is now.
What I will say is because of Limbaugh’s sudden and unexpectedly speedy departure from the show on Oct. 2, the folks at Sunday NFL Countdown have lost one prospective viewer who would have tuned in.
That person is me.
©10/15/03
“I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL,” Limbaugh said on the show. “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team.”
I see no racist undertones in that remark.
If Rush Limbaugh is a bigot, then actor/director Mel Gibson is truly anti-Semitic and blames the Jews for putting Christ to death and wants to prove this with his upcoming movie, “The Passion of the Christ” (2004).
If the volatile talk show host’s statement about McNabb was a race issue, why didn’t former Dallas Cowboys’ player Michael Irvin and Tom Jackson, both of whom are African American and were also panelists on the show, refute Limbaugh’s comments at once instead of talking about it days later?“I’m not pointing at anyone, but someone should have said it,” McNabb was quoted saying according to an Oct. 1, 2003 article on SI.com (Sports Illustrated). “I wouldn’t have cared if it was the cameraman.”
I find it rather ironic that the only ones who did in fact make a big stink out of all this was only liberals eager to get their name in the news. Those include Democratic presidential candidates Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, and Al Sharpton as well as the NAACP who called Limbaugh’s remarks “bigoted and ignorant.”
The fact I heard no conservatives speak for or against what Limbaugh said, like President Bush, or such African Americans as Condoleeza Rice or Colin Powell to name a few, proves once again how much the liberal news media makes a big deal out of nothing.
“This thing is alive and kicking today because the Philadelphia sports media, the newspapers, decided to kick it up,” Limbaugh said on his website, www.rushlimbaugh.com on Oct. 1, 2003. “You know, this is such a mountain out of a molehill. There’s no racism here. There’s no racist intent, comment, whatsoever.”
Limbaugh said on his website that he was only giving his opinion from his standpoint as a football fan.
“I, as a fan, don’t think he’s (McNabb) as good as others have made him out to be. Not that he’s a bad quarterback, not that he shouldn’t be there, but that he’s just not as good as everybody says.”
What’s wrong with that?
To quote Limbaugh from his website, “Everybody disagrees everybody when it comes to opinions expressed about practically everything, including sports.”
The face is executives at ESPN knew full well about Limbaugh’s controversial nature prior to bringing him on the show. His comments have gained national attention before. Why should he change his ways just because he is now on cable television?
“I figured if I am going to this (“Sunday NFL Countdown”), I should be who I am,” Limbaugh said according to an Oct. 2, 2003 article by Jason Straziuso of the Associated Press.
I would not have expected anything less from Limbaugh.
I have absolutely zero interest in sports. If Limbaugh, however, had been chosen a few years ago by ABC to co-anchor “Monday Night Football,” I would have been in front of the television every week. Not to watch the game, mind you. But so, I can hear what he has to say about the plays that are called.
The guy is entertaining to listen to which is why I often tune in to his radio show during the week, even if I don’t always agree with him.
ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle said in an Oct. 1, 2003 article on SI.com that the ratings for “Sunday NFL Countdown” were up ten percent overall since Limbaugh joined the show.
The Sept. 28 broadcast drew its biggest audience since November 1996.
Just imagine what those numbers would have bene for this past Sunday’s program if Limbaugh did not, or if the Mickey Mouse owned sports network had not suggested, or should I say urged him to resign? I have no idea as to where that ten percent audience share is now.
What I will say is because of Limbaugh’s sudden and unexpectedly speedy departure from the show on Oct. 2, the folks at Sunday NFL Countdown have lost one prospective viewer who would have tuned in.
That person is me.
©10/15/03
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