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Also, when one makes sweeping generalizations about any group without supporting facts and data and attributes negative opinions to an entire group based on the actions of a few, such a person is at best unprofessional and at worst a racist...

So you're saying Rush is racist against sports writers? I wasn't aware that was a race.

I have previously stated that without an extensive media study it is impossible to prove either way -- heck even WITH an extensive media study it'd be damn near impossible -- that race is part of why McNabb is overrated. But both sides can offer opinions, and that's what Rush did, he offered his. I find it logical based on what we know about White Guilt, the left-leaning media, and backlash against the "blacks can't be QBs" myth. If you think it's more logical to assert that all sportswriters are color blind, the same people who harp about #s of black coaches etc, then you are living in denial or have never read the multitude of race-conscious sports & society columns. Coming from the Boston sports market as I do, I can tell you race is an obsession of sports writers there, and I'll bet it is very prominent elsewhere too.

In stating the reasons that McNabb is overrated, he could have given 10 reasons that have nothing to do with media bias or race... In other words, he did not need to bring it up because there is no study or evidence to support his position on this specific athlete...

Concerning race in the media, I believe there is a bias... I think that with celebrities, certain groups are hyped more when they are doing well and kicked harder when they mess up...

I just think that if that was to be the discussion, then let someone state that is the subject, get all the parties together, and work out the drama...

I say again that I want to see him stand up and say what you just said.... However, if he does that, then he is going to have to apologize for what he said because he made an assertion that is offensive (perception) that has no basis in fact (as you just admitted).... It is just his opinion... He could take a lesson from a long list of people who state an opinion and then take responsibility for it....

Going all the way back to the Olympics, Boxing, Baseball, Integration, Title IX, I agree that race is an issue.... I also know that responsible journalists tend to base their opinion and writings based on what has been studied and verified... Not based on that which has been suggested on a talk show... I say again... His mistake is that he has gotten spoiled in the amount of lattitude he is given on his show....

He could make this right so easily by standing up and being interviewed about his views...

That is what the rest of us have to do....(or should he receiving preferential treatment because he is conservative?)