New York talk radio host James Golden shared his feelings about the late Rush Limbaugh, the hatred that was directed towards the former radio host on the day of his death, and how social justice messages have impacted the NFL.
Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” served as Limbaugh’s call screener and producer for 30 years. He recently sat down with RT America’s Steve Malzberg on “Eat the Press.”
Malzberg and Golden have known each other for 40 years and worked together at WABC; Golden now has a daily show there, it’s also where he first met and worked with Rush. Golden said Limbaugh’s original agreement with WABC was that the station would supply him with a call screener and an engineer.
“There were two other scenarios, and no one remembers them because they didn’t last long, and I was rotated onto his show,” Golden said. “Rush, and I clicked, and once that happened, I never left.”
Golden told Malzberg that he doesn’t pay much attention to what’s written on social media. The same goes for left-leaning pundits like MSNBC’s Joy Ried, who accused Golden of providing cover for Limbaugh “to be able to do that outright racist stuff.”
“I heard about the remark, other people were outraged about the remark, and this is the first time I’ve seen it,” Golden said, referring to the clip played by Malzberg. “I could care less what a little rated show on a very low rated station with a bitter, angry woman has to say about me.”
Golden said he didn’t watch the Super Bowl and hasn’t watched it for years.
“After this whole kneeling business started, I was out,” Golden said. “I am tired of seeing these very well-paid people who are living the American Dream bending on a knee complaining about America. And so that was it for me. And some of them would not be able to translate their skills into anything else but football.”
