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jefferson_dem

(32,683 posts)
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 02:23 PM Mar 2012

Rush's "Advertisers" today: Only 1 / 10 is an actual sponsor, 8 / 10 free Ad Council spots

Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers, March 9
March 09, 2012 1:01 pm ET by MMFA Staff

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HOUR 1, COMMERCIAL BREAK 1
[ABC News update]

•Baracuda Networks
•Netflix [On March 6, Netflix said that its "spots were picked up in error" and that it has "instructed [its] advertising agency to make sure this error will not happen again." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]

HOUR 1, COMMERCIAL BREAK 2

•U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ad Council
•Save the Children, and the Ad Council
•New York City Office of Emergency Management, and the Ad Council
•Feeding America, and the Ad Council
•UNCF, and the Ad Council [Note: A March 8 Bloomberg News article reported that a council spokesman for the organization said: "We cannot control or predict where they appear. ... We find out from reporting afterwards." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]
•American Heart Association, and the Ad Council [Note: A March 8 Bloomberg News article reported that according to the organization's executive vice president of communications, the AHA "will be asking WABC to no longer utilize these unpaid PSAs." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]
•Save the Children, and the Ad Council
•Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Ad Council
[Note: The Ad Council distributes public service announcements "to the media who donate free time and space to our campaigns which ensures our messages reach the American public."]

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203090011

Also, reports of more dead air: http://twitter.com/#!/thinkprogress/statuses/178170640761753600

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Rush's "Advertisers" today: Only 1 / 10 is an actual sponsor, 8 / 10 free Ad Council spots (Original Post) jefferson_dem Mar 2012 OP
And I love that the PSA's are all for liberal social causes that HE HATES. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #1
Didn't the Heart Association want its PSAs pulled? It's bad when an organization... GodlessBiker Mar 2012 #2
Isn't that sweet? Rush is such a bleeding heart. Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #3

GodlessBiker

(6,314 posts)
2. Didn't the Heart Association want its PSAs pulled? It's bad when an organization...
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 02:51 PM
Mar 2012

doesn't want free advertising.

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