Rush Limbaugh's woes not ending any time soon

[ProSense]

Rush Limbaugh's woes not ending any time soon

by Joan McCarter

Rush Limbaugh's problems have staying power. So says the traditional media—in this case, ABC News. Their evidence is Premiere Network's decision to pull all of its barter ads, the ads they provide to affiliates in exchange for airing the program, for two weeks.

The company would not say whether the suspension, which runs from March 12 through March 23, was in response to the Limbaugh backlash, but the only two companies whose ads are exempted from the hiatus are LifeLock and Lear Financial, both of which have publicly said they will not pull their ads from Limbaugh’s show.

Premiere Networks spokeswoman Rachel Nelson said the memo was “part of Premiere’s overall strategy to update our processes and services to better meet our clients’ needs.”

Premiere is obviously hoping the scandal just blows over and they can get that revenue back. But with Limbaugh rolling out ever-more crackpot theories and complaints about how he was set up to spend three hours a day for three solid days calling Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute," that might not happen. National advertisers maybe aren't going to want to be associated with a vulgar misogynist who also happens to be a crackpot conspiracy theorist.

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To top it all off, there are even rumors that Limbaugh's show is on the verge of cancellation, with the Premiere Network spokeswoman being forced to deny them. Who knows how the rumors got started, but it's certainly telling that they exist, and Limbaugh's bosses have to deny them. All of this does help strengthen ABC News' thesis: yes, Rush Limbaugh is facing a sustained battle to keep his advertisers and possibly his show.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/14/1074451/-Rush-Limbaugh-s-woes-not-ending-any-time-soon

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Long overdue.

That pig (intending no disrespect to actual pigs) has been getting away with the most reprehensible crap for the last 30-ish years. Free speech, meet the free market. The government won't (can't, and shouldn't) shut him down, but pissing too many people off means no advertising and therefore no radio show. He can stand on a street corner and rant to passers-by all he wants.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. DUUUUCCCCKKK famous hand 'bout to slap Rush

It ain't gonna be pretty.

[handmade34]

3. "U.S. Army...pulling ads from Limbaugh"

!!!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/12/u-s-army-among-141-groups-pulling-ads-from-limbaugh/

[lacrew]

4. I think he's trying to create a cooling off period

Two weeks from now, the news cycle will have progressed to other things.

Some of his advertisers coyly used the term 'suspended' in their press releases...keeping the door open for a return. I don't think any of them want to run point on this, so Limbaugh's people are spending the next two weeks signing on new and renewal advertisers, to fill up all the ad slots for at least a week...to make it seem like a game of whack-a-mole to those calling for boycotts.

Some may doubt these advertisers will come back...but some of these products (flowers for example) are not unique in any way. The only thing that sells one national flower service over another is the celebrity endorsement.

[shcrane71]

18. He will create a cooling off period. He's counting on American's short attention

span. I doubt these boycotts will work. I hope they will, but I doubt it.

[etherealtruth]

5. I hope not n/t

[Downwinder]

6. I thought he was a Romney/Bain spokesman. He will have to stay

till November.

[Warpy]

7. That's my guess, unless cooler heads persuade him to shut the fuck up

about things he knows absolutely less than nothing about, i.e. women. The fact that he's continuing to rant and rave about Fluke and other women might prevent his staying even that long, since so many women are coming out publicly to leave that party, citing his bloviating along with some of the more insane legislation proposed by ALEC.

There are self loathing women who will follow this blowhard to the ends of the earth, of course, religious types who are generally too old to need contraception or too young to understand what the lack of reproductive health really means to us.

Then again, everyone on the far right has been hell bent on self destruction ever since they passed over McCain to run Stupid in 2000 and then cheat him into office. They could reinvent themselves as the Angry Old White Man Party, keeping Limbag around to rally those troops, such as they are.

We'll just have to see how far they're willing to go to save his career.

[TNLib]

8. I can't see how any compan would want to continue to advertise with him.

Social Media, reviews on websites and even market place reviews will get continue to get slammed with bad comments if they companies continue to advertise. I don't think this is going away anytime soon.

It's an election year and I think in an odd way that keeps the heat on Limbaugh.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. K&R

[rhett o rick]

10. k&r

[ellie]

11. It couldn't happen to a nicer scumbag!

[FSogol]

12. Haw-haw!

[unionworks]

13. Fuck You

... Rush Limbaugh. Just fuck you.

[madokie]

14. couldn't happen to a more deserving person than Oxyrush

He is toxic

[freshwest]

15. So these two WILL NOT pull their ads. And why is that, pray tell?

Related to the sex tourist industry, by any chance?

[Mariana]

16. So, now's a good time to concentrate on the local advertisers

and the radio stations themselves. Write those letters and make those phone calls, everyone! Let's get this pig off of OUR airwaves!

[Ilsa]

17. It's practically 3 hours of advertisers.

Rush speaks for about ten minutes an hour. I've tried to listen to him to see what was up, but it's mostly ads running. Then the gasbag cuts a nasty comment and it starts all over.

[indykatie1955]

19. I Sense That Most National Advertisers Will Not Reverse Course

Though some of the local advertisers may come back in smaller markets. I'm not sure those mom and pop shop advertising is enough to make up for the lost revenue from the larger companies even if he gains new local advertisers. I also suspect that many on the right are not that unhappy with his fall. They feared him and now that dear can be removed if he loses his public grip on politicians. Odd that so few have stepped up to vocally support him even though they are remaining quiet about his outrageous conduct. He needs more than their quiet to survive though in my opinion.

[GodlessBiker]

20. I'm amazed Premiere's lawyers are letting this continue.

The continuing slander is pointing back to their client.

[MrModerate]

21. Riiiight . . . Lifelock, well known fraudster in the Identity Theft space . . .

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Whose co-founder had to quit the company in 2007 because of identity theft (by means of which he stole $150,000 from his father); and which was found guilty of fraud in 2009 and 2010 and eventually fined $12 million.

Or Lear Capital, who cheat their customers by selling overpriced precious metals (along with all the bad advice you could ever use).

These are Rush's base. And they fleece Rush's base as well. A marriage (or at least civil union) made in heaven.