Rush Limbaugh's reference to Robin Williams' "leftist world view" and suggestion that it might have played a role in the actor's suicide has generated tens of thousands more articles than an ESPN Radio host making essentially the same point in a recent racing accident.

Tuesday, Limbaugh was asked about the coverage of Williams' suicide and made a larger point about the worldview of the left:

He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy.  But it didn't.  Now, what is the left's worldview in general?  What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it's one of pessimism and darkness, sadness.  They're never happy, are they?  They're always angry about something. No matter what they get, they're always angry. 

The inclusion of any cultural or political influence on a tragedy was hardly untrodden ground, as ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd had referenced the role that "Southern Culture" played in an on-track death involving NASCAR driver Tony Stewart the day before Limbaugh's comments:

It doesn't get ratings anywhere really outside of the South in the major cities, Atlanta, Charlotte [...] It's really, really part of the South, and it's an eye-for-an-eye culture.

A Google web search search for the terms "Colin Cowherd" "Tony Stewart" and "Southern" reveal "About 71,000 results." A similar search with "Rush Limbaugh" "Robin Williams" and "leftist' reveal more than twice as many items, with more than 168,000 as of 3 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday.