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ElboRuum

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116. It's about effing time...

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 02:57 PM

Mar 2012

Time to realize that making money off of this kind of unvarnished hate and loathing isn't just really tacky and unethical, it's also BAD BUSINESS.

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Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk Radio Advertisers [View all] DearAbby Mar 2012 OP

awwww, that just makes me widdle heart BREAK!!! niyad Mar 2012 #1

Hey they went too damned far. DearAbby Mar 2012 #3

It's not that they have gone too far imo. obxhead Mar 2012 #92

"If You Don't Have Something Nice to Say About Someone Then Don't Say It At All!" NBachers Mar 2012 #106

Time to drain the swamp Major Nikon Mar 2012 #2

Amen n/t DearAbby Mar 2012 #4

Time for listener-supported radio like Pacifica. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #45

Including the only one of five in the "South": KPFT-Houston. kentauros Mar 2012 #58

Yes, but in addition to that there needs to be a big push.... Left Coast2020 Mar 2012 #97

Kicking this thread for THIS post!!! Stop the ownership monopoly NOW!!! calimary Mar 2012 #123

What needs to be done is far beyond undoing the Communications Act of 96 jmowreader Mar 2012 #124

Yes! Pacifica is TRUE public radio. Not the corporate-underwritten ersatz "public" radio. n/t RufusTFirefly Mar 2012 #114

That was always my reason for listening when I did. Gotta check for gators... freshwest Mar 2012 #99

Finally! bhikkhu Mar 2012 #5

Why would US car manufacturers want to advertise on RW hate radio anyway? jillan Mar 2012 #6

Most advertisers don't pick the location for their ads. The agencies do that. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #34

Pretty Simple. GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #61

Most of the dedicated Rush listeners I know don't have a pot to piss in. obxhead Mar 2012 #93

The Invisible Hand just slapped Rush and friends across the face. LetTimmySmoke Mar 2012 #7

Exactly that. stubtoe Mar 2012 #36

Invisible Hand GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #62

Wow, for the price of the bunker buster boycott bomb we ordered for Rush Limbaugh Zalatix Mar 2012 #8

They have to already be feeling it Major Nikon Mar 2012 #12

Let's hope so GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #63

fantastic. and they don't even want their ads within 15 min of them! now the universities need to certainot Mar 2012 #9

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFO! GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #64

be great to see signs in the stands! here's a link to a recent post on the topic... certainot Mar 2012 #82

K & R n/t Tx4obama Mar 2012 #10

Poor National Hate Radio DFW Mar 2012 #11

that's probably will be what happens SemperEadem Mar 2012 #38

The poor dears GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #65

good eShirl Mar 2012 #13

Love the metaphor.. whathehell Mar 2012 #48

Wow.. sendero Mar 2012 #14

Rec'd! Delicious!! nt babylonsister Mar 2012 #15

Remember when AM radio ca3799 Mar 2012 #16

+1 BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #20

Clark Howard! n/t bitchkitty Mar 2012 #33

I watch Clark Howard. RebelOne Mar 2012 #55

I don't know anything about his politics, bitchkitty Mar 2012 #90

KGO in San Francisco usrname Mar 2012 #100

We have two main AM stations in Dubuque 47of74 Mar 2012 #119

let me see if i can muster up any pity for them rdking647 Mar 2012 #17

Then puts a bullet... GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #67

About freaking time n/t malaise Mar 2012 #18

Listening to Thom Hartman, The "controversial " kind of scares me. justgamma Mar 2012 #19

When I emailed the FCC to protest Rush.. nenagh Mar 2012 #22

Oh, they see it alright GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #66

Exactly! Makes you wonder if they slipped a mickey in his bottle of Snapple... freshwest Mar 2012 #103

What 'left' radio? ca3799 Mar 2012 #26

Stephanie Miller Herlong Mar 2012 #42

? ca3799 Mar 2012 #85

Some are on Sirius/XM. efhmc Mar 2012 #110

I stream them lillypaddle Mar 2012 #111

Online! Herlong Mar 2012 #126

All well and good if one happens to be where one can get the internet. efhmc Mar 2012 #128

Good enough for my taste Herlong Mar 2012 #132

I was thinking Thom Hartmann will gain lots of sponsors. He's the best! Overseas Mar 2012 #30

But he could be thought of as "controversial" nxylas Mar 2012 #107

I wonder if advertisers have left Randi Rhodes (also a Premiere host) alp227 Mar 2012 #115

Fortunately, Armed Forces Radio will help them stay afloat MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #21

Does AFRTS pay for Limbaugh? nt tsuki Mar 2012 #23

I can't find the answer online, but MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #27

I could not either. But I know when Dad was in service, and tsuki Mar 2012 #56

good news unionworks Mar 2012 #24

Let's use the momentum ca3799 Mar 2012 #25

This just made my day, Thanks. sarcasmo Mar 2012 #28

And they are indeed Iliyah Mar 2012 #29

Perhaps we are seeing RoccoR5955 Mar 2012 #31

James Murdock is on the lam in NY NCcoast Mar 2012 #125

Good. Money talks. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #32

Money talks... GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #68

And I'm sure he would be afraid of being the only "white" person there. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #108

Wgat goes around comes around? Julian Englis Mar 2012 #35

Interesting railsback Mar 2012 #50

I never dreamed Rush's fall would be so seismic tridim Mar 2012 #37

"The bigger they are..." LAGC Mar 2012 #41

When he falls there will be an earthquake davidpdx Mar 2012 #102

Beck was the first one to get fired. Will Limbaugh soon become the second? Finally Cal33 Mar 2012 #39

Don't forget Buchanan. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #46

This is fantastic. Have they finally reached the tipping point? I hope YES! nt Doremus Mar 2012 #40

Oh it's coming... GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #70

Great move on their part. They can not keep responding to outrage after outrage. Pisces Mar 2012 #43

Exactly....I am old enough to remember the days when "hate radio" whathehell Mar 2012 #49

Now let's do the same to Fox News. pwb Mar 2012 #44

This makes me very happy, but with a caveat Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #47

Caveat GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #69

ill trade 450 right wing assholes for our 20 anyday, they are the driving force of the right War Pigs Mar 2012 #77

I start my day with a caveat Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #118

It must be able to be fact checked! SCVDem Mar 2012 #51

Maybe just maybe the business world is finally beginning to learn that hate does not work. I hope so jwirr Mar 2012 #52

That's my greatest hope. loudsue Mar 2012 #94

Despite all of these wonderful reports, I'll believe it when these freaks are actually off the air.. 2banon Mar 2012 #53

There is a broader reason than Rush quaker bill Mar 2012 #54

Quaker you're right GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #72

Not to be Johnny Raincloud, but could it be that Citizens United FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #57

Operation FLUSH RUSH AtroposCutter Mar 2012 #59

Limberger hates everything GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #71

Thanks for posting this! Casandia Mar 2012 #79

different link for that? not working, thanks War Pigs Mar 2012 #80

Now this calls for celebration! GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #60

He's not a "shock jock" - Disc Jockeys have to play music Taverner Mar 2012 #73

Yawn Doctor_J Mar 2012 #74

Limbaugh may not be needed anymore Turbineguy Mar 2012 #75

as they say in the video games....FINISH HIM!!!!!!!! War Pigs Mar 2012 #76

Not any too soon. Paka Mar 2012 #78

These companies don't want to be named in a lawsuit for slander that might JDPriestly Mar 2012 #81

This is hope get the red out Mar 2012 #83

Well Rush, You said that we have to target Clear Channel as well to be effective. Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #84

Ask not, for whom the bell tolls, penndragon69 Mar 2012 #86

This just in...... dwig3d Mar 2012 #87

The next time you see Limbaugh, Hannity, etc with big red hand marks on their faces, Guilded Lilly Mar 2012 #88

I would love to see michael graham off the air here in Boston Marrah_G Mar 2012 #89

And Howie Carr, too mikeargo Mar 2012 #91

yes- he is so gross Marrah_G Mar 2012 #113

Hallelujah, they finally are seeing the light and RW radio is feeling some real pain... Historic NY Mar 2012 #95

If we hurt them on radio their movement will finally end. craigmatic Mar 2012 #96

In this economy, they don't need to be, benld74 Mar 2012 #98

way past due Skittles Mar 2012 #101

I will believe it only when I see Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, Savage, etc golfguru Mar 2012 #104

Goodbye Rush, please let the door hit in you in the ass on your way out. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #105

How, given his size, could the door possibly NOT hit him in the ass on the way out? n/t ElboRuum Mar 2012 #117

re: Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk Radio Advertisers allan01 Mar 2012 #109

The Repubs and the demo that listens to RW hate radio is getting older. Jennicut Mar 2012 #112

It's about effing time... ElboRuum Mar 2012 #116

Hope he can't buy a new Mytag or whatever KCPhelps Mar 2012 #120

Not jumping for joy here. Offensive speech is legal. Slander/libel is not. SusanaMontana41 Mar 2012 #121

Glad to see this. Better would be less folks wanting to listen to right wing hate programs. Hoyt Mar 2012 #122

Yes, the old-fashioned way nxylas Mar 2012 #130

Spam deleted by ornotna (MIR Team) sdfwefwe Mar 2012 #127

The IPOD might be one of those fingers on that invisible hand nolabels Mar 2012 #129

A Bit More Complicated... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #131