Posted on 03/05/2012 10:48:05 PM PST by Steelfish
Rush Limbaugh Apologizes Again, But Advertisers Continue To Sever Ties
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is being criticized for recent comments he made about a Georgetown law student. He called Sandra Fluke a “slut” and suggested she post sex videos of herself on the Internet.
By Paul Farhi March 5
Rush Limbaugh offered more contrition Monday for his comments about a Georgetown law student, but the conservative radio talk-show host continued to lose advertisers as a result of outrage over his characterization of the woman as a “slut” and a “prostitute.”
“Those two words were inappropriate and uncalled for,” Limbaugh said at the start of his show on Monday, referring to Sandra Fluke, a student who had spoken out in behalf of insurance coverage for contraception. “They distracted from the point I was actually trying to make and again I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for using those two words.”
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh apologized for using harsh language to describe a law student who called for insurance coverage for birth control.
The apology reinforced a statement Limbaugh posted on his Web site Saturday in which he said that his “choice of words was not the best” and that he was attempting to be humorous in his attack on Fluke on two programs last week.
Many thought Limbaugh’s initial apology was inadequate, and their outrage helped compel advertisers to pull their commercials from Limbaugh’s program.
Two more national advertisers — online giant AOL and tax service Tax Resolution — said Monday that they were suspending their sponsorship of Limbaugh, bringing the total number of companies fleeing Limbaugh to nine. In addition, two local advertisers, Hadeed Carpet and Rug and window-replacement company Thompson Creek said they have pulled their ads from WMAL AM-FM, which airs Limbaugh’s show in the...
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On any front. They are steamrolling us.
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Rush doesn’t have anything to apologize for. He was stating the obvious.
They are trying to shut down free speech. They know talk radio is the only voice conservatives have. We should really have an all out effort to have mass cancellations of HBO service. I’m going to make a list of advertisers of the View, Ellen, Modern Family, and other liberal shows with an agenda I don’t agree with. We play their game. I think we should takw out HBO and the View first.
Rush needs to stop apologizing
After making his apology yesterday, did he not say a few words later, “this is the last time I will be doing this” ?
Giant? Really? Is it 1995 again?
yes he does. she is a slut and expects the rest of us to pay for her sexual trists.
Last night on his "Great American Panel", Hannity continued to hype the controversy. He needs to STFU.
The sharks got a taste of blood in the water, and they will be relentless.
Apparently, per another thread, stations are starting to drop Limbaugh.
This whole thing is not over by a long shot.
And it won’t be over until Limbaugh’s attorney meets with the woman’s attorney and they announce a settlement for an undisclosed amount.
Sometimes Rush (and Ann Coulter too) are crude and arrogant, and are lacking in basic awareness of how repugnant they are, not only to liberals, but also to conservatives who still adhere to basic decency. Yes, Rush, the words you chose were inappropriate and uncalled for. I am a conservative woman and I want you to know I still adhere to common decency. If you want MY respect, I suggest you do the same.
Capitalism will prosper because of Rush’s gaffe. There are thousands of small and mid cap companies who will jump at the opportunity to sell their wares to 15-20 million people a day at reduced prices.
Enough apologizing. Rush needs to move on and let this thing die a natural death. He will get the advertising back. In the end greed rules the corporate world.
-——In the end greed rules the corporate world.-—
What a good little moonbat girl you are.
For the record, business is a game. Profit is how we keep score. Greed is not part of the picture
I wish Rush would have dropped them years ago because you are exactly right. My MacBook Pro has never been the same.
“online giant AOL “
LOL! A liberal has magical glasses to look at a minnow and see Moby Dick.
The only thing keeping the Washington Post afloat is our taxpayer dollars. If our poodle Congress had any guts, it would stop paying for Washington Post subscriptions to fascist federal agencies and goosestepping bureaucrats. End that, and the putrid WP goes out of business.
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