Liberal Bias in Action: Maher Gets Mets While Limbaugh Gets Booted
The double standards operating against outspoken conservatives are legion. Perhaps no one knows this better than talk radio host Rush Limbaugh who has been the target of the left's hatred for decades now. Watching the latest news in the business of sports, he's got to be shaking his head in dismay.
If you're a liberal like Bill Maher, a generous donor to a Super PAC support Barack Obama's re-election efforts, and you invest as much as $20 million to buy a part of the New York Mets, the New York Times gives you favorable coverage. Completely leaving out Maher's recent, and long-running, history of using vile and misogynistic terms to describe conservative women, both on his HBO show and his stand-up comedy shows, the NYT described Maher as "the most celebrated person — at least the only one with a TV show — known to have become a new partner in the team."
Of his vitriolic denigration of conservative women on his show, the Times said nothing, only mentioning that "libertarianism and atheistic views are elements of his comedy."
(While Maher may claim the libertarian label for himself, obviously he's no libertarian as his numerous pronouncements in favor of big government and Democratic politicians have made quite clear. His handing over of $1 million of his own personal funds to the most anti-libertarian president since Woodrow Wilson really ought to have sealed the deal for the Times.)
Writing a bland stenographic note is a far cry from how the Times covered the story when Limbaugh tried to invest some of his fortune in the St. Louis Rams less than three years ago. Upon Limbaugh's announcement that he was part of an investment group trying to buy the Rams -- who aren't even a New York team -- the Times devoted plenty of ink and web pixels to covering attempts by critics to paint Limbaugh as racist in order to block his bid to own a part of the Rams.
On the same day the Times published a commentary by sports columnist George Vecsey slamming Limbaugh as a racist, the paper also reported on a letter sent by Al Sharpton to the NFL urging them to reject Limbaugh as owner because he was racially "divisive."
"In his letter, Sharpton, the president of the National Action Network, a civil rights organization, said that the N.F.L. should reject the bid by Limbaugh because he would be bad for the league," the NYT reported, utterly pretending not to remember that Sharpton himself is a notorious race-baiter.
Of course, opposition to Limbaugh investing in the Rams wasn't really about race or comments Limbaugh made on the radio about the NFL or the NBA or specific players. Instead, it was about the intolerant left trying vehemently to stop any conservative from being a part of a large, general-interest organization. Liberals hate Limbaugh for his large audience and the fact that he inspired the creation of conservative talk radio.
That is why you don't see the same self-proclaimed guardians of the culture trying to stop Maher's bid for the Mets. If they truly were against "divisive" people, they'd be out there right now trying to get the HBO vulgarian dropped.
In fairness to the Times, the paper is only supposed to cover news if others engage in making it--except in the case of the PGA Masters Tournament about which the Times obsessed for months despite little public interest--so if conservatives aren't trying to get Maher blocked from buying Mets shares, then there's fight to cover.
That said, the paper ought to have pointed out the prior Limbaugh kerfuffle and mention Maher's highly controversial status within the culture. Doing so would've certainly been "fit to print."
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Limbaugh wasn't even a solo
Limbaugh wasn't even a solo investor. He was part of of group. He would have owned "a share of a share."
But even that couldn't be allowed.
You can bet there would be hell to pay from the Fishwrap of Record if someone tried to stop Maher from investing in the Mets.
The hypocrisy of liberals is staggering.
A Mets fan no more
I have stuck with the Mets through thick and thin for almost 40 years. I can no longer support a team that is affilliated with such a despicable little man. I'll give the Yankees a try. If its not a good fit, I'm done with MLB.
Way ahead of you,
I was never a Mets fan. : ]
My mom
And dad (God rest his soul) are both huge Yankee's fan's from waaaaaaay back. Me, I'm a Braves fan (but don't get into pro baseball a lot lately). The Braves used to be one of the top notch teams to watch, now?... not so much. That's not why I don't watch pro ball much anymore (it's the liberalizing of the sport's cast's) so it's not a fair weather fan thing. I just don't get into baseball like I used to.
Having said that, what's really hard is watching your team have bad times (J and you can attest to this) when you are used to them being up there a lot. As a Bama fan I got used to them being way up there every year, then we had a long streak where we weren't where we used to, it sucks! Bama on top, then years of not so much... Tigers on top, then years of not so much (albeit better, lol), Gators dominating, then some not so good years etc.... can be exasperating!
It's especially hard on me as a die-hard Bama fan... used to being up there for so long only to see really bad years. The Gators and LSU dominated for years and years, but, have years where ya didn't come out in the end where you expected, it's hard. Where was I?....
Oh, the Mets took a huge chance bringing this POS into their ownership, big mistake! I think they will lose a lot of faithful fans over this (not the liberal ones) and hear a lot of flak from especially the women (the ones that pay attention to his misogyny that is)... Unfortunately, pro BB is going the way of frellin' ESPN... left, left, left.... sigh. : (
Sorry for the rant. All I can say is ROLL TIDE! GO GATORS! GEAUX TIGERS! (ouch! that hurts) and the hell with pro sports!
Rant off... carry on. : )
As one Mets fan to another....
PLEASE reconsider! I too have stuck with my lovable Mutts for 40 years. LIke you I have seen our team enjoy amazing highs and have endured gut churning lows (remember the Doug Flynn era? That jerk weed exec M. Donald Grant?). But lets keep things in perspective. In the long rich history of our national pastime, no fan has ever bought a ticket to see an owner. A minority stake secured by an overpaid bitter blow-hard will not compromise my deep affinity for the Mets and I urge that you not let it compromise yours. (Come on buddy, remember '86? How cool was that?) The N.Y. Mets are an enduring institution and a source of pride for countless fans. They are bigger than even the biggest Hollywood ego and hopefully so are you. More important: I think we can agree that your threat to switch from the joyous orange and blue of Flushing to the evil empire of the South Bronx is a manifestation of your frustration and not to be taken seriously. Eagles don't yern to be warthogs.
P.S.: Ask your self: What would Seaver do?
"Ask your self: What would Seaver do?"
He'd tell him to frell off and then punch him in the face! Seaver was A-1 class, he would have none of this. Ef Mawhore, the Mets are lesser now... who thought this was a good move? Idiots!
I 'm with you
I started rooting for the Mets since 1966 and have endured crappy players and crappy teams and still stayed as a fan but this pi**es me off to the point that I can't root for them anymore. Maher has to be the most offensive and disgusting person on the planet!
Hopefully
the audience will dwindle for the Mets with this repulsive fool. How would any normal person want to have anything/deal to do with him and his cash? Except BO and his gang
➚ Go Mets!
It is my hope you enjoy the bottom of the cesspool as long as you keep the company of Bill Maher.
You see, Mets, I don't care about your team, but I do care about the character you display.
The Mets Are A Joke.
Best way to loose a bunch of money you moron
Same thing I was
Same thing I was thinking,Rikki.They don't know it yet,but ticket sales will decline as well as merchandise.
Unfortunately, probably not.
You forget the metz are in NYC.
This is really not even a
This is really not even a good comparison, because Maher is so much worse than Limbaugh that it is fallacy to morally equate them. In other words, it is even worse bias than it would appear. Rush has never come close to the hate in speech that Maher has.
If I was a player I would refuse any trade to the Mets organization. I would not work for Maher's benefit.
Absolutely correct
Maher is as bad as they get. Rush is not vulgar in anyway.
Maher is a pig.
Just more
evidence of liberal hypocrisy. Rush would have been a great team owner. Since he was deprived of the right to purchase a part of a team, I have watched little or no professional sports.
I'm a Yankee fan so as far as
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Rocky, I have a feeling ...
... that all Billy wants is an opportunity to sit around in the locker room with the players and watch them shower.
The Mets should be as embarrassed as the voters who put Bambi in office.
Delete double post.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Good thing
I am a Texas Rangers fan.
We Give In
Conservatives cave on this stuff. Bill Maher would tell anyone who had a problem with his deal to take a flying leap. Rush is a good example of this with his failed NFL team share nonpurchase. The Left sent out their dogs and Rush backed off. I think Rush may have learned a lesson over that because he did not cave with the last Liberal Left Hissy Fit about his radio show.....and what did it get him? Rush is stronger now!!!!
The New York Mess
Perfect name for any sports team that this guy buys. I will openly and proudly cheerlead for the New York MESS to go 0-162 from now until the day I die.
Mohair in the locker room
That should be an interesting scene. Mohair making an obligatory "new owner's visit" to the locker room and trying to pal around with real jocks.
It makes me glad I'm a Cubs
It makes me glad I'm a Cubs fan. Sure, we don't ever win, but I can at least hold my head up knowing we're not associated with such a display of vulgarity and bigotry.
Males me glad I dropped
Males me glad I dropped baseball after the first strike, enjoy it George Will.
New rule?
One strike and you're out? < g >
Pond Scum
As a Cardinals fan, I hated the Mets anyway. Back in the 1980s we called them "pond scum." Now the name applies to the ownership.
If you know who you are, you can go anywhere.--Flannery O'Connor
Donkeyface invests in the
Donkeyface invests in the Mets??? Didn't I see Spiked Lee - another fine and respectable human being - wearing a Mets hat too??? I'm not a big baseball fan - at least not during the regular season - but I had an uncle who played starting leftfield with the Yankees during their banner years of the early to mid 50's, so I wouldn't consider supporting the Mets anyway. And with a lowlife pig and a racist punk onboard, that just gives me more reasons to back up my decision.
so if conservatives aren't
so if conservatives aren't trying to get Maher blocked from buying Mets shares, then there's fight to cover.
Oddly enough, I've been thinking about this subject for a few days, but the above sentence never crossed my mind. Conservatives aren't trying to prevent someone who makes his living talking about us the way he does from doing this, while liberals shouted from the roof tops (so to speak). Which of us is really the more intolerant?
A perfect example
A perfect example of why the New York Times is known as the New York SLIMES. Slimy reporters reporting slimy stories and outright lies.
Mets are still my team, UNFORTUNATELY
But Maher should have been vetted, just like they did when Rush was RUMOURED to be a MINORITY shareholder in the Rams. But Maher, puts his money down, and presto-hes an owner, no kerfluffle about it, eh?
And the Braves and Yanks suck, lol!
LETS GO METS!
A Zombie Met player.....
I have a really horrific vision of a Mets player imbibing Bath Salts and chewing Maher's face off, and then beating him to unrecognizable with a Louisville Slugger. I haven't watched MLB in many years, but I would tune into that. I don't think I'm any sicker than that Sawed Off Little Communist.....and besides Little Billy, I kid, I kid, I'm only a comedian too.......
Where to start?
It's a free market, and no one has to let Rush buy the Rams if they don't want to sell to him.
Besides, the players objected to Rush owning the team, for controversial comments that Rush has said in the past about black people. Many black people play for the Rams.
On the other hand, no women on the Mets complained about Maher, since no women play for the Mets.
Yes, employees always get to OK who buys into a company.
And no women go to Met's games or watch them on TV.
vandamage*
Here ya' go again posting lies and media myths instead of actually arguing a point. Rush is not a racist and has never disparaged blacks. He said "once" that a quarterback that was highly over-rated was cushioned by the media because he was black. He was, as always, trashing the media.
You are fortunate that I woke up in a good mood today.
He sees football through the prism of race
He called football players "thugs" and compared football games to gang fights. He couldn't talk about Donovan McNabb the football player, he had to talk about the black quarterback that the media loved because (he believes) he was black. As a football commentator, his comments were out of line. Those comments are fine for his show, but not on the football show he was appearing on.
Rush called football players
Rush called football players 'thugs', and compared the games to 'gang fights'???? Is this true, Vacuuous Dummy?? I've listened to Rush for over 20 years - did I miss something??? I DO know that the NFL is Rush's passion - the game, the skills, the athletic ability, the movement, the mindset...............everything involved, from the ownership to the coaching to the playing............and I've never heard him make such a remark.
I also heard his comment about McNabb live, when it happened................and while I thought it was rather innocuous, I did think that he was going to have to pay for it, mainly because of the thin-skin and politically correct mentality of the typical lib - of which you are one - and also because the Make-It-Up-Media has their own vision of Rush that they like to report, even though it is detached from reality - as is most of what they report.
By the way, VD, it's apparant that YOU see everything 'through the prism of race', judging from your appearances here on NB.
And how's that innocent little naive schoolboy Trayvon Martin thing-a-ma-jig workin' (Obamaspeak) out for you???
Sick of SickofLibs
I didnt say the employees get to always ok who buys in. But the organizaiton does get to take into account what the employees feel. Rush is toxic to football, end of story.
Where are the women who love the Mets and hate Bill Maher?
Awww
Poor Van has his feelings hurt. Maybe poor Van should take a time out until he gets his big boy pants.
~He has to wrestle them off his little sister's Ken doll first
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Aw, you're not gonna cry, are you, Van Lynchmo?
How dare I point out the stupidity of your ignorant post.
Only in a lib fantasy world do organizations "get to take into account what the employees feel". Unions don't even work like that, dumbass.
Life must be tough when EVERYTHING you see is thru a racist prism as Killa so eloquently pointed out.
So, the employees get to pick the owners?
And, how do you know that no women complained? You mean to tell me the Mets don't employ a single female in their entire organization. Wouldn't that be discrimination?
VD, why don't you go back to your daytime job, organizing the lynch mob for Zimmerman?
The players objected
And the organization chose to side with them. Why does that enrage you? Because you feel employees should have no say? In this case, The Rams have the ultimate decision. The employees don't get to pick. But they do get to voice their opinion, and the Rams have the right to take their side.
Where are the female Mets employees that are complaining against Bill Maher? Does it anger that you that women don't adequately hate Bill Maher, as you believe they should?
Quit smearing me. I am not organizing any mob for the lying Zimmerman, or his lying wife.
So you social sciences faculty types ignore US law?
Neither Zimmerman nor his wife have been convicted of anything except in your ivory tower mind. They are presumed innocent until convicted. I am not surprised that you, or whoever is currently posting under your name, automatically assumes guilt of the accused. It shows a remarkably narrow mind and an even weaker intelligence. The standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt" for conviction, but your liberal politics require someone to be an "oppressor" somehow, somewhere and in some way.
The academic year is over. Go back to dusting off the same old hackneyed course material you have been teaching since the dawn of time.
Don't forget to tell Bracha Ettinger she's still a nobody despite her intellectual pretensions.
van damage*
One more time. A study done in 2008 shows over 200 NFL players have criminal records. There is an old saying, "throw a brick in a pack of dogs and the one that yelps is the one that got hit:....Again, what is wrong with Rush telling the obvious truth. Oh wait...liberals cant handle the truth.
I agree with you about the players complaints. They dont get a choice but they have a voice. Of course, that only works if you are a liberal. Conservatives have been complaining about abortion for 40 yrs but we are considered evil and conducting a "war against women".
Hypocrisy Van...look it up
In order to smear you, I'd have to lie about you.
I have yet to do that.
As to the female Mets employees, do you honestly think that any of the Dead Tree Media, or Obama Sycophants in the TV media would seek them out? Really? You're even dumber than your previous posts indicate that you are.
Oh, as to the Zimmermans, and their financial statements vis-a-vis his bond? A legal defense fund is not income, or an asset. And bond statements typically only involve income and assets. His legal defense fund could NOT be used as collateral for his bond, as that would then involve wire fraud, and misuse of his legal defense fund. But, at least the judge in the case gave a good preview of what kind of "justice" Zimmerman can expect. The words that are important are bolded for you, VD.
UpNorth - have you noticed
UpNorth - have you noticed that the Vacant Dummy never sticks around anywhere long enough to try and prove any of his points or statements - after he's taken a few slaps to the face and back of the head for being the moron that he really is???? But he WILL be showing up around here somewhere, sometime soon, when he feels that 'racism' is rearing it's ugly head again!!!
Oh yeah, Killa. He posts then runs.
But, his excuse will be that he has a "life" and can't be expected to hang around, waiting for us knuckle draggers to post something in regards to his vacuous rants.
Stick around? Just say the magic word: Z I M M E R M A N !
Then Van Lynchmo will lay down 500 posts in a day.
SoL, yeah, sadly, that's his
raison d'être . And, yes, I had to look up the spelling.
Stronger Terms
As with "media bias", I wish there was a much stronger term than "double standard" that would more accurately describe the off the rails hypocrisy going on here.
Don't know much about Mets
Don't know much about Mets but if he takes ownership of the Oklahoma City Thunder. I would be absolutely sickened and horrified!
Saw an article that said "reasons to hate OKC Thunder"
And then gave reasons like: they are conservative, hate gays, racist, love the rich, their owners support Republicans and OMy Gosh gave $ to them, etc....ya know all the reasons to hate the GOP basically. I saw one post that read:
" thanks I know who to root for.
GO THUNDER!!!!!!
Beat the Heat!"
Loved it!
In 1969, I was 8 years old...
and became a NYC sports fan. Mets, Jets, Knicks and Rangers...Oh my! I have obviously been suffering for over 40 years ;(
Mets: 1986; Knicks: 1973; Jets: zero; Rangers: 1994. That is all! My NY counterparts; Yankees, Giants, and Islanders have won
many more championships. A few play-off runs, but championships few and far between.
Try as I might, I could never root for the Yankees. Only in 2001. But that was for New York City, not for me. It was
particularly hard, since the Yankees beat the Mets in the World Series in 2000. :P A die-hard fan is a die-hard fan. Thick and thin.
(Lousy ownership, lousy players, lousy management). In my case lots of thin :D. Don't get me started on the Jets, Rangers and
Knicks. Actually.... DITTO!
Bill Maher is an investor (and an owner) with no say in the day to day operations of the team; exactly as if he owned stocks in any
corporation like Halliburton ( ala Michael Moore) or GE. Companies that I also "own" as an investor. Admittedly not 20 million. That
being said, this is how I rationalize Bill Maher owning part of the Mets.