Race, quarterbacks, and the media testing the Rush Limbaugh hypothesis

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 684-694

  Niven, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donovan McNabb; Media bias; Race; Rush Limbaugh; Sports journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644487892     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704266083     Document Type: Article

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