(2004-01-11) — Veteran Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre tonight accused radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh of bias after the Packer’s 20-17 overtime loss to Donovan McNabb’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Mr. McNabb got off to the worst start of his career this season, and was the NFL’s lowest-rated starting quarterback. But the Eagles’ fortunes seemed to change in October after Mr. Limbaugh’s televised remark that Mr. McNabb wasn’t “that good” but that “the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.”
“Rush could have said ‘the media has been very desirous that an old quarterback do well’,” said Mr. Favre, who is seven years older than Mr. McNabb. “I’m sure I would have risen to the challenge just like Donovan did. But no! Rush showed his bias when he chose to rile a black man instead of an old man. Where’s the outrage about Rush’s blatant age discrimination? Why couldn’t Limbaugh taunt me?”
Against the Packers, Mr. McNabb rushed for 107 yards, a playoff record for a quarterback, and passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns.
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1 See The Donkey // Jan 17, 2004 at 4:42 pm
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