Just hush, Rush

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | July 16, 2003 | Chuck Finder

[seamus]

One day on the job, and Rush Limbaugh proved that he's better suited for the political rather than sports arena.

A onetime KQV-AM jock (a.k.a. Jeff Christie) turned national radio phenomenon, Limbaugh was announced yesterday as the newest member of ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" crew. Whereupon, Limbaugh -- the self-proclaimed Excellence In Broadcasting kingpin who failed in a previous television incarnation as a talk-show host -- tossed his hat into the ring for a Steelers Super Bowl.

[seamus]

The sports columnists at the Post-Gazette are, puzzlingly, as liberal as the people who run the editorial page. Finder and the rest of these guys just can't keep their politics out of their sports coverage -- which kind of ruins for me the best Steelers coverage anywhere.

[FateAmenableToChange]

Do ESPN's demographics show a paucity of Dittoheads, Feminazis and Anti-Liberals watching?

Which of these things is not like the others? I suspect that like many of Rush's critics, the author has not listened even long enough (i.e., more than 5 minutes) to distinguish Feminazis from Dittoheads.

[seamus]

Yes, I noticed that too, rolled my eyes and said "typical media know-it-all" who is ignorant of the subject they write about.

[VRWCmember]

Limbaugh on "Countdown" is akin to Terry Bradshaw on "Face the Nation" or Deion "What Would Jesus Charge" Sanders on anything from the Discovery Channel.

Apparently this idiot didn't hear that the court found in Deion's favor and the "Jesus Discount" claim by the mechanic was unsubstantiated. Oh well, we can't let facts get in the way of a gratuitous insult.

[jagrmeister]

This editorial can be summed up as follows: Me no like Rush, he make me crap my pants, i try to make fun of him, thee end.

[Lawgvr1955]

Maybe I am wrong, but I presume many dittoheads are football fans and will tune in for that reason. Similarly, many football fans care little about politics and won't care who is on the show. I would also think that few true football fans will tune out because they don't like Rush's politics. Seems like Rush could help the ratings and shouldn't hurt them.

I always figured Rush's television show didn't last because of the fact that the networks put it on at terrible hours. Where I live it came on around one in the morning. Hardly a favorable time slot. It was also on before the Fox, MSNBC, etc., news network growth. At the time CNN was the only 24 hour news network. Limbaugh's television program would be so hot now it would be like printing money for any media outlet.

[NC Conservative]

Apparently this idiot didn't hear that the court found in Deion's favor and the "Jesus Discount" claim by the mechanic was unsubstantiated

What?