rush and mcnabb

[rone]

Ralph Wiley speaks at length about the Limbaugh-McNabb hoopla. It is good reading and it goes beyond some of the thoughts i had.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Tom Jackson immediately challenged Rush's assertion on the show in a cogent manner (which, if you've seen or read Tom Jackson's stuff, is amazing in itself). As i and others have said, if we fired or asked for the resignation of any sportscaster who said something mindbendingly stupid, we wouldn't have any (which might not be an entirely bad thing).

I think a big part of this is Rush's public perception as a right-wing dolt. I will admit that my immediate reaction was that his comment was racist; fortunately, some friends talked me down. It isn't a racist statement, but it's certainly a loaded statement because he's injecting race into the situation.

I also wonder if Rush's resignation was a bit of self-martyrization. He claimed that he did it because the other people on the show were being pressured about the whole thing, so he looks gallant by quitting: Let not my colleagues suffer on my behalf! I'm sure he can turn this event into another best-selling book.

[kodi]

No, this is what Rush's resignation was:

"All this has become the tempest that it is because I must have been right about something," Limbaugh said. "If I wasn't right, there wouldn't be this cacophony of outrage that has sprung up in the sports writer community."

If he argued about it, people could have argued back. Here, he closes his position in the debate entirely - which is precisely his style. Anyone who disagreed with him to begin with will still disagree, but the people who buy what he's selling will eat it up, and champion him for having proven once again how wrong-headedly liberal the media is.

("According to Arbitron's Spring 2003 survey, Rush was number one in eight of the top 10 radio markets." Damn that liberal media.)

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Liberal media or no, Rush gets the ratings. Stations would play fart sounds if that's what people listened to

[gallifreyan.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Beach Boys could do a reunion album.

[kodi]

Yeah, I'd just anticipate that at some point, the fart sounds would admit that they are the media.