Rush Limbaugh Advertiser Exodus Continues as 22 Companies Pull Ads
Source: ABC News
The Rush Limbaugh advertiser exodus continued Tuesday with at least two more companies adding their names to the rapidly growing list of advertisers that have pulled commercials from the conservative talk radio hosts show.
So far, at least 17 advertisers and two radio stations have pledged to wipe their ads from the show after Limbaugh called Georgetown law school student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute after she testified before Congress about insurance coverage of contraception last week. Five additional companies have said their ads aired by mistake during Limbaughs program and vowed to scrub their ads from Limbaughs three-hour time slot.
The list now includes: Geico, Netflix, Service Magic home contractor, Goodwill, Amberen menopause medication, PolyCom web conferencing, Hadeed Carpets, Accuquote Life Insurance, Vitacost vitamin supplier, Bonobos clothing company, Sensa weight- loss program, Thompson Creek Windows, AOL, Tax Resolution Services, ProFlowers, Legal Zoom online document creator, Carbonite web security firm, Citrix software maker, Sleep Train Mattresses, Sleep Number mattresses and Quicken Loans.
To put it frankly, Mr. Limbaughs recent comments have been unsettling, and many of our fans have voiced concern that Vitacost endorses these views, Vitacost posted on its Facebook page. These comments are definitely not in line with our brand values, and in listening to our fans weve decided to remove our advertising from the program.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/the-rush-limbaugh-advertiser-exodus-continues-as-22-companies-pull-ads/
wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)schwing
sendero
(28,552 posts)How you liking the "free market" NOW Rush?
Leilani25
(5 posts)LOL
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)crunch60
(1,412 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)We've been customers of both for years.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Response to rhett o rick (Reply #4)
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xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)donco
(1,548 posts)And made me
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Amberen menopause medication,and Sensa weight- loss program.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Those advertisers picked the wrong place to target their ad money.
Unless the corporate owner is just a creep who supports Limbaugh on principle.
BayjanDem
(321 posts)still listen to this guy. Just cruising FB, I was surprised by the number of female defenders
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)peace frog
(5,609 posts)unionworks
(3,574 posts)...what will that tell us?
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)truthczar
(1 post)Is being called a slut and prostitute worse than what Bill Maher and Howard Stern called Sarah Palin; the "C" word? Why all the outrage now? Where was everyone when Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut? Where's the level playing field? All are horrible insults to women and should have been condemned equally, immediately.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)He would have said far worse if he was on pay cable/radio. Hell, the guys at freerepublic say some pretty vile things about private citizens.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)Be nice and you might get to hang out.
Bozita
(26,955 posts)I'm betting you're not staying for dinner.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)The context is somewhat different- thus I think the outrage.
Fluke has never participated in public hate speech like the women
you mention. Is that fair? Does it imply that the other women
deserved it? No- it does not excuse the behavior of ANY one who
refers to women like that.
But when a woman puts herself out there in a public forum
attacking people, the odds rise that people will call her such names.
Again, is it right? No. Not in any circumstance.
Back to Fluke though- She is a student who testified before Congress
about the contraception issue and VERY importantly, made it clear
that contraception is needed and used by many women/girls to manage
medical conditions. It is not simply prescribed for birth control- it has
other medical uses. She simply stated facts, without a confrontational
attitude, which would have most likely drawn more negative comments
about her.
Rush is spreading propaganda about the medical uses of contraception.
And he turned the discussion into something completely else-
insinuating that ALL women using it are using it to have sex.
Women with daughters who use contraceptives for ovarian cysts,
regulating dehabilitating menses and other female problems were
probably the most outraged of all who called for his apology and resignation.
That is how I see it, and again, agree- the language should not
be accepted in any case.
Including vile and deceptive ones like Palin and Ingraham.
BHN
chknltl
(10,558 posts)Leilani25
(5 posts)Nothing!
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)She has a brain the size of a pea, the values of a guttersnipe and a voice that could peel paint.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Gabby Giffords might disagree with you on that.
It has a name actually- stochastic terrorism.
Pretty vile if you ask me.
BHN
crunch60
(1,412 posts)her 15 minutes of fame. She need's to stay in Alaska and clean fish.
CountAllVotes
(20,877 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)klook
(12,164 posts)Enjoy your stay.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)she is reaping what she sows, which is division, derision and opprobrium.
I'll wait while you look it up.
Mopar151
(9,992 posts)For their $15 M "sports center"
crunch60
(1,412 posts)he took full responsibility for his vile words against her. She accepted his apology. I think he even called her personally. He then took himself off the air for a period of time. He said he would never use those words again, and he hasn't. Big difference between Ed and Limbaugh, who blames everyone but himself for his 3 day viscious attack on Fluke. His non-apology was a joke! He has been denigrating women for 20 years. Time he is removed.
creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)and hundreds of other people. All the Dixie Chicks said was they were ashamed of living in the same state with GW Bush.
pamela
(3,469 posts)I got a Tweet from Natalie Maines tonight! I am embarrassingly excited about that. I know it's silly but it made my day.
creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)schultz gave a real apology. maher and stern on not on the public airwaves on stations licensed to operate in the public interest. and you wanted to put palin in the white house, a step away from the button!
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)Sarah Palin and Laura Ingraham are public personalities.
Sandra Fluke is a young woman who said, "You know, my friend lost an ovary because of a resistance to cover her prescription."
So, yes, while these "horrible insults" are not acceptable, this case is exceptional.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)The last line in your only post gave me the impression that you were not hopelessly beyond help. I once had my butt handed to me in a debate by a fellow member of this great forum. The debate was about the racism all women in America face. In the end, I learned a whole new way of seeing women AND an important thing about the Democratic Underground: The ladies around here can "kick ass and take names" but if you if you give them a chance, they'll teach you a thing or two as well. Sorry to see you go
mwb970
(11,365 posts)Sarah Palin and Laura Ingraham are odious public figures. Sandra Fluke is a law-school student. There is no comparison between the events you mention.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)Maher and Stern are on subscription services (HBO and Sirius).
They weren't on the free airwaves, whereas your boy is---and therein lies the universe of difference.
Try to pay attention next time.
coldbeer
(306 posts)But, Ed Schultz did get suspended. He was forced to apologize? But he did apologize. He apologized more than once. He did not blame anybody but himself.
I have no use for hateful speech. And your post was good. I watch Ed every now and then and was not aware of why he was suspended. He told us. I look forward to watching him every now and then and will not tolerate those kind of gaffe's. But, I did not hear him say it.
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elleng
(131,072 posts)Do you LISTEN to what he says?
Are you in the right place?
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)But I guess if someone is incapable of discerning hate speech,
they don't know any better.
Doesn't make them "bad" Americans, just ignorant ones.
Which would constitute 99% of his audience I suppose.
Anyone who would defend him after this incident can offer no other defense
themselves for condoning such outrageous statements- but ignorance.
BHN
elleng
(131,072 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)I can't believe it!
MIRT!
elleng
(131,072 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)So all that ignorance and hate just gets handed down
from generation to generation, sort of like the Klan taught
their children to hate and embrace acts of hatred.
Scary thought, huh?
BHN
elleng
(131,072 posts)but your headline gave me a
THANKS!
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)it is a serious problem for the future of the country and the world.
Idiocracy keeps me up at night, thinking about it; it's looking
more and more plausible, that film.
BHN
elleng
(131,072 posts)very scary, and we have lots of work to do.
Bozita
(26,955 posts)elleng
(131,072 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Sort of hoped we could!
I didn't disagree with the point he/she was making.
The other one was not too subtle, so no surprise there.
BHN
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 7, 2012, 04:16 AM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... Thank you! I actually have a relative like this.
They are defending an attack on a private citizen..
She represents their mother,daughter or sister. We can't be silenced...
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)It has been a repuke meme spread nefariously that somehow Maher calling Palin the C word is equivalent to Rush Limpballs vitriol.
1. Sarah Palin is a public figure and not a private citizen like Fluke. When one becomes a public figure, one allows all sorts of criticisms and attacks,
2. Bill Maher is a comedian and not a political commentator/self-proclaimed leader of the repukes, and,
3. Bill Maher's comments were on a restricted cable channel only seen by subscribers and rated for adults only.
Hopefully he can still read the responses even though we can't see him responding like a mime.