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Media Matters Launches New Ad Campaign Slamming Rush Limbaugh
TBI ^ | 3-22-2012 | Jaywon Choe

Posted on 03/22/2012 2:21:42 PM PDT by blam

Media Matters Launches New Ad Campaign Slamming Rush Limbaugh

Jaywon Choe
March 22, 2012

Despite the media firestorm surrounding Rush Limbaugh having died down, the conservative radio host isn't off the hook just yet.

According to the Washington Times, the liberal watchdog group Media Matters has launched a $100,000 ad campaign criticizing the host for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" after she testified before the House on contraception.

The ads are currently being broadcast in eight cities, with some urging listeners to tell their local radio stations to take Limbaugh's show off the air and including the telephone numbers of stations broadcasting Limbaugh's show.

In response, Premier Radio Networks, which syndicates Limbaugh's show, released the following statement:

"This is part of an organized political campaign by professional special interest groups being waged to silence Rush Limbaugh and intimidate those who want to advertise on his show. This is not about women, it’s not about ethics, and it’s not about the nature of our public discourse — it’s a direct attack on America’s guaranteed First Amendment right to free speech. It’s essentially a call for censorship masquerading as high-minded indignation — and it’s a blatant political attempt to silence an enormously popular, influential voice because they don’t like his point of view."

(Click to the site for a Media Matters video)
(I suggest you call the radio station and express your support for Rush)

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: liberals; limbaugh; mediamatters; terrorists
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1 posted on 03/22/2012 2:21:59 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Allow me to excerpt the story for you:

...Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute”...

2 posted on 03/22/2012 2:27:51 PM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: blam
$100,000? In 8 cities?

So they're basically going after the eyeballs that are watching reruns of "Saved by the Bell" at 3am.

Good luck with that.

3 posted on 03/22/2012 2:29:09 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: blam

I love this, they are making Limbaugh even more well known. The word is that right now advertising on Limbaugh’s show is a bargain at last months rates. His listening base has grown significantly since all this started.


4 posted on 03/22/2012 2:29:59 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks!)
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To: Living Free in NH

I only got to listen to the first hour and a half today. Did he ever even mention this?


5 posted on 03/22/2012 2:30:03 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: isthisnickcool

Which is why the other piece of this scam is a whispering campaign by anonymous “radio insiders” with “inside information” that proves this is really and truly bleeding Rush dry of his lifeblood revenues.


6 posted on 03/22/2012 2:32:34 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

Media Matters, isn’t that run a homosexual guy who recently paid his homosexual partner $800,000 in blackmail money? Is that the guy who’s running the, “Fluke’s not a slut” ads?


7 posted on 03/22/2012 2:32:51 PM PDT by Obadiah (We are all Brietbarts now.)
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To: blam

I guess it didn’t work well enough last time.


8 posted on 03/22/2012 2:34:13 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (The only flaw is that America doesn't recognize Cyber's omniscience. -- sergeantdave)
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To: isthisnickcool; Buckeye McFrog

What utter nonsense you post. Please post a cite or stop trading on bogus rumors. Go back to your Media Matters home or DU and stop posting here.


9 posted on 03/22/2012 2:40:02 PM PDT by Obadiah (We are all Brietbarts now.)
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To: blam
A note to Media Matters:

(1) Just spell his name right and identify the local broadcast station and time(s).

(2) You might include that Mr. Limbaugh was absolutely correct in connecting her habits and status with her character quality. That is not a pejorative estimate, just a statement of publicly known fact.

10 posted on 03/22/2012 2:41:48 PM PDT by imardmd1 (The truth shall make you, if not free, at least reasonable ...)
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To: blam
A note to Media Matters:

(1) Just spell his name right and identify the local broadcast station and time(s).

(2) You might include that Mr. Limbaugh was absolutely correct in connecting her habits and status with her character quality. That is not a pejorative estimate, just a statement of publicly known fact.

11 posted on 03/22/2012 2:41:48 PM PDT by imardmd1 (The truth shall make you, if not free, at least reasonable ...)
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To: Obadiah

Back when David Crock was pretending to be a conservative, he called Anita Hill “a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty.” Someone should throw that back in his face. Talk about hyprocrisy!


12 posted on 03/22/2012 2:43:38 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: blam
...after she testified before the House on contraception.

How long does it have to be said that Fluke did not testify before the House about anything?

13 posted on 03/22/2012 2:45:03 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to read entire tagline.)
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To: Obadiah

uhh.....they are included (or should I say “cited”) in the AP article on this.

Not to mention I wouldn’t let my computer touch DU with all the viruses floating around on there.


14 posted on 03/22/2012 2:45:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Obadiah

I think you misread my post. I am saying a whispering campaign to spread the rumor that Rush is going broke is part of the Media Matters campaign. I don’t for a minute believe it is true.


15 posted on 03/22/2012 2:47:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

So what, let the faggot Brock spend Soro’s money it ain’t gonna work, it is not series or hugh.


16 posted on 03/22/2012 2:51:46 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits is the only way to save this country.)
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To: blam

Let’s double down and call the stations in support of Rush, then call the stations carrying Bill Mahr and Ed Schultz. Mahr and Schultz like to use the “c” word.


17 posted on 03/22/2012 2:51:46 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: Living Free in NH

It’s funny that most people overlooked one of the next comments Rush made in the original. The line where he said she isn’t a slut. He should have never apologized.


18 posted on 03/22/2012 2:53:31 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: Obadiah
What's that you say? David Brock paid his blackmailer $800,000 in blackmail money? I don't think that is true. I heard Mr. Brock paid his blackmailer $860,000 dollars. So there....


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19 posted on 03/22/2012 2:56:28 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: blam

Is MM a tax exempt organization?


20 posted on 03/22/2012 2:57:48 PM PDT by CodeToad (I'm so right-wing if I lifted my left leg I'd go into a spin.)
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