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<\/p>\nRUSH: Here\u2019s Matthew in Erwin, North Carolina. I\u2019m glad you waited, Matthew. Great to have you here.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Thanks, Rush. It\u2019s an honor to talk to you. I\u2019ve been watching you since I was about 7 or 8 years old on your TV show. My thought was I\u2019ve been watching The Last Dance, the ESPN show on Michael Jordan and the Bulls. And I watch how they kind of let the media destroy him, talking about how he became a bully and how he had a gambling addiction, trying to link his gambling addiction to his dad\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
And watching it just kind of making a comparison of how they\u2019ve done all that same type of stuff to Donald Trump without any facts or anything to back up what they\u2019re saying. And then I was watching a little bit deeper into the show, and they were upset at Michael Jordan for not endorsing a Senate candidate. And I was just wondering if you think that was a connection and that\u2019s why they tried to destroy Michael Jordan the way they did?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, it\u2019s a really curious thing to me. I haven\u2019t seen a single episode of this. And, frankly, I had forgotten that it was even on. So I\u2019m at a little bit of a disadvantage here, Matthew, \u2019cause I haven\u2019t seen it. So I\u2019m just not gonna be able… In fact, I\u2019m sitting here I had no idea it was this critical of Michael Jordan. I thought it was gonna be just exact opposite. So you\u2019re saying that they really come down hard on the guy?<\/p>\n
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CALLER: Well, in the show they\u2019re not coming down hard on him, but they go through the media coverage and the —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Aw, jeez, I gotta go. I just saw the clock. I was off by one minute. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019ll address this when I get back, but I gotta go.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: This Michael Jordan business. Here\u2019s why I got confused. I\u2019m not aware of Michael Jordan ever getting negative media, folks. And our caller said that this ESPN special on Michael Jordan is highlighting negative press regarding Jordan\u2019s gambling and the period of time where his father died.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t remember negative media. I remember the media, but they loved Michael Jordan. They still do. They all wanted to be invited on the bus. They all want to be invited to play in Jordan\u2019s golf tournaments. He\u2019s got some restaurants, cigar bars. They all want to be invited. They want to be part of Michael Jordan\u2019s world. I\u2019m not aware of negative press coverage of Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n
Now, that\u2019s not to say there hasn\u2019t been some and Michael Jordan may hear me say this and laugh. “Whoa. What have you been missing?” Because he may think there\u2019s been tons of it. But I don\u2019t remember any of it. I remember when he retired from the NBA they were desperate, they were sad. When he ended up going to play minor league baseball, they loved it, they thought Jordan was great, thought, oh, this is wonderful.<\/p>\n
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