The Washington Post is such a liberal newspaper that its sports columnists spout liberal bias. In an online Post chat on Friday, Thomas Boswell lamented the low standard of civility set by the "crazy things" Rush Limbaugh says as a St. Louis Rams fan lamented the prospect of Limbaugh owning the Rams:
Worse Owner Than Snyder?: I'm originally from St. Louis, where word is out that Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy the Rams! If that happen, well, you know those shirts that say I'm rooting for -whatever team] and whoever's playing the Yankees? Someone is going to make a fortune selling the above, with "Rams" substituted for "Yankees." If I weren't a big, tough guy, I think I would cry.
Tom Boswell: Limbaugh's old quotes on the air are already coming back to haunt him on this NFL part-owner thing. It's just stunning. You can say a lot of crazy things in politics, apparently, and nobody calls you on it, but when you start getting involved with something really important __like the NFL__ people say, "Good Lord, you can't say THAT."
What happened to our politics when our standards for civility, accuracy and decency when sceaming [sic] at each other about sports are MUCH HIGHER than they are for presidential elections?
At least someone suggested Boswell not go "Katie Couric" on the audience and talk about their personal life. This is not the first time Boswell's lit into Limbaugh. From a Brent Bozell column in 2000 when ABC considered adding Limbaugh to the Monday Night Football broadcast booth:
"This week, our trend toward the celebrity-as-universal-expert may have reached a comic peak. ABC thinks maybe Rush Limbaugh can become the next Howard Cosell." Limbaugh, Boswell sneered verbally, "appeals to the right demographic: divorced, couch-potato, gun-worshiping, angry white guys. Sorry, I mean patriotic American males ages 25 to 34."
All that was just the buildup to Boswell’s big cheap-shot finish: "Could [ESPN’s baseball coverage] use another voice in the booth? If Al Michaels gets Rush Limbaugh, maybe, someday, Jon Miller could be lucky enough to team up with John Rocker."
Back in 1992, Boswell really let loose, on our entire socioeconomic system as a house of ill repute:
"It's indecent, during a recession, for ballplayers to make a million dollars a man while the people in the stands, or watching on TV, can't pay the mortgage. Of course it's indecent. Welcome to capitalism, the best little economic whorehouse on earth. The rich squeeze the rest of us until our screaming gets loud enough to make them step back from the trough for a couple of years. What is the deficit except 10 years of checks written by the rich on the bank accounts of everyone else?"-- Tom Boswell in a March 22, 1992 Washington Post Magazine profile of Baltimore Orioles star Cal Ripken.
Multiple hat tips to Tom Johnson, who has read and enjoyed Boswell for years.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.




















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Limbaugh
October 11, 2009 - 12:30 ET by Jerry MackThis hateful rhetoric will definantly accomplish one thing. Rushs' listeners will increase.
"liberal bias" No, I'm not
October 11, 2009 - 12:36 ET by notonmywatch"liberal bias"
No, I'm not seeing any liberal bias. There's nothing liberal about that. Coordinated, tribal leftist bias, sure. What exactly is liberal about this?
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Isn't Keith Olbermann a Sportscaster
October 11, 2009 - 15:59 ET by allanfBelow sports talk screaming? I seem to recall that in addition to spewing out venom on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann is featured on NBC's Sunday footbal telecasts.
He occassionally
October 11, 2009 - 16:03 ET by NL207He occassionally impersonates a sportscaster, but he knows no more about sports than he does about fornicating.
I agree Jerry, these whitty
October 12, 2009 - 14:11 ET by kengieI agree Jerry, these whitty righty's luv the hate..that's why they are called" the Party of McVeigh....or the GOP!
Michael Vick
October 11, 2009 - 15:11 ET by david999What does Michael Vick have to say about this?
I bet the union supported him
So
October 11, 2009 - 17:48 ET by Joe CamelSo all those black kids, coming from college, child of crack heads and ho's will not play for Rush; to the tune of millions to catch, tackle or throw a ball for 20 games a year. Yeah, sure....okay....I don't agree with what my company does most times, but, they pay me well to do what I do.
What the . . . ?
October 11, 2009 - 18:04 ET by Free StinkerWhat the . . . ?
What are the words???
October 11, 2009 - 18:13 ET by VT Con ManIt is amusing to hear people constantly refer to all the horrible things Rush says. And not one of them ever actually uses his words. Why is that???
Anything I hear him say that is hateful or ignorant is his parody of some liberal ninny's words. "Barack the Magic Negro" is a perfect example. (It was right out of some left coast newspaper). But he was savaged about his "racism" on that one.
Too bad there is so much PR about Rush, that is a complete lie.
Idiots!
October 11, 2009 - 21:10 ET by CobraMan"ABC thinks maybe Rush Limbaugh can become the next Howard Cosell"
Howard Cosell owned a football team? That's news to me!
What makes these idiots think Rush will become a sportscaster if he owns a team? Name a single team owner who is a sportscaster.
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