Mojo2
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The "disneyfication" of the NFL has begun....
You are right.
Furthermore, sports is becoming a place where the Libs can further cross pollinate apolitical sports fans with their Progressive message.
This was from today's Rush Limbaugh Show:
RUSH: Folks, he may be exaggerating a bit there to make a point, but Scott is on to the way this is playing out. See, the secret in this is that the sports talk audience thinks that they are, "I don't like talk radio. I don't like politics." And they are hip deep in left-wing politics. And it's not just sports talk radio anymore. It's television. It's television sports. I've been trying to tell people as long as I've been aware of it that the sports Drive-Bys, if it's possible, are more liberal than their news Drive-By brothers and sisters. It is a stunning reality when you run up against some of them, when they're guests on CNN or when they're guests on MSNBC, it's stunning.
CALLER: Didn't Keith Olbermann come directly from MSNBC and he's ended up on ESPN?
RUSH: Well, he started at ESPN back when they weren't political, then he went to MSNBC, then Fox -- I think Fox. Maybe not. He was at MSNBC twice. Current TV. But yeah, good example. But he's not by no means the only one.
CALLER: Right. And it's even more dangerous in a sense because the people that come on there, because they're talking sports, they're free to meander in conversation and get their talking points in when you're not prepared for it. You know, you're talking about someone crossing the 50 yard line, before you know it it's global warming. And it's just sinking in little by little and they're getting all their points, because we're not talking politics, we're talking sports.
RUSH: And culture and entertainment and celebrity and all the things pop culture are made from.
CALLER: Exactly.
ESPN NFL Countdown No Social Commentary Allowed - The Rush Limbaugh Show