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The Wielding Truth

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25. These are not "big corporations".
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 05:07 AM
Mar 2012

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Heart Association
Autism Speaks
Bedsider
Give Kids The World Village
Keep America Beautiful
National Crime Prevention Council
Save the Children
United Negro College Fund
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Transportation
United States Olympic Committee
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children)

If these public service announcement are being made on Rush's show it is a benefit to the common good and not a capitalistic or political use of public air waves. It's better than Rush's sick misogynistic hate speech.

Three hours of dead air would be ideal TheCowsCameHome Mar 2012 #1
He and Clear Channel are bleeding green now! backscatter712 Mar 2012 #2
Unfortunately that is not the case eridani Mar 2012 #26
Exactly..... INdemo Mar 2012 #29
I think CC is just scrambling to find a replacement or replacements Warpy Mar 2012 #3
I'm thinking CC is talking to the lawyers. obxhead Mar 2012 #5
That would be true if the purpose of Clear Channel was to make money. sudopod Mar 2012 #14
I think that's a dead-on perspective. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #15
It's been dead and devoid of humanity for 20+ years Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #4
Yes. A girl can dream. southerncrone Mar 2012 #20
Wait a minute...who pays for those PSAs? nolabear Mar 2012 #6
They're put on by Ad Council. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #9
hmmm... Maybe America needs a PSA on how contraception helps keep healthcare costs down. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #12
The Ad Council is just a front Smedley_3 Mar 2012 #18
These are not "big corporations". The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #25
Hey Rush has 18,000 advertisers.. SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #7
Holy cow I can't believe anyone is even paying that much attention anymore.. progress2k12nbynd Mar 2012 #8
Thank the awesome people at Media Matters. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #10
Karma can be a bitch at times groundloop Mar 2012 #11
The bloated Rush show balloon looks more like this now: Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #13
Shouldn't we be focused on the 2 paid ads that ran? Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #16
Exactly. Who are the remaining advertisers? Oreck and who else? nt SunSeeker Mar 2012 #22
I don't know Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #30
Rush could use that PSA time if he wanted... Sancho Mar 2012 #17
So long as Rush remains on air with his fat mouth golfguru Mar 2012 #19
This space available. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #21
Man, that's a lot of fries! nt SunSeeker Mar 2012 #23
I wonder what it feels like . . . Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #24
5 1/2 minutes of dead air? Isn't that pretty much one of the wost things that can happen in radio? Cass Mar 2012 #27
Stuff Botany Mar 2012 #28
DU Ad Council Facebook and tell them to disallow Clear Channel to use PSAs on Rush.... Evasporque Mar 2012 #31
Sleep Train usrname Mar 2012 #32
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