Rush Limbaugh Advertiser Exodus Continues as 22 Companies Pull Ads

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: ABC News

The Rush Limbaugh advertiser exodus continued Tuesday with at least two more companies adding their names to the rapidly growing list of advertisers that have pulled commercials from the conservative talk radio host’s show.

So far, at least 17 advertisers and two radio stations have pledged to wipe their ads from the show after Limbaugh called Georgetown law school student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she testified before Congress about insurance coverage of contraception last week. Five additional companies have said their ads aired by mistake during Limbaugh’s program and vowed to scrub their ads from Limbaugh’s three-hour time slot.

The list now includes: Geico, Netflix, Service Magic home contractor, Goodwill, Amberen menopause medication, PolyCom web conferencing, Hadeed Carpets, Accuquote Life Insurance, Vitacost vitamin supplier, Bonobos clothing company, Sensa weight- loss program, Thompson Creek Windows, AOL, Tax Resolution Services, ProFlowers, Legal Zoom online document creator, Carbonite web security firm, Citrix software maker, Sleep Train Mattresses, Sleep Number mattresses and Quicken Loans.

“To put it frankly, Mr. Limbaugh’s recent comments have been unsettling, and many of our fans have voiced concern that Vitacost endorses these views,” Vitacost posted on its Facebook page. “These comments are definitely not in line with our brand values, and in listening to our fans we’ve decided to remove our advertising from the program.”

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/the-rush-limbaugh-advertiser-exodus-continues-as-22-companies-pull-ads/

[wilt the stilt]

1. saw that too

schwing

[sendero]

2. Awesome!

How you liking the "free market" NOW Rush?

[Leilani25]

18. Probably a lot since he still makes $56 Million a year!

LOL

[FarLeftFist]

25. For not doing anything to make society a better place, but you complain when firefighters make $50k

[crunch60]

33. Right on! nt

[renate]

3. super glad about Vitacost and Netflix

We've been customers of both for years.

[rhett o rick]

4. Who is left we need to concentrate on? nm

[xxqqqzme]

20. name 'many'

[donco]

5. These two caught my eye

And made me….

Amberen menopause medication,and Sensa weight- loss program.

[Kolesar]

7. Yeah. Female Limbaugh followers?

Those advertisers picked the wrong place to target their ad money.
Unless the corporate owner is just a creep who supports Limbaugh on principle.

[BayjanDem]

48. A lot of women

still listen to this guy. Just cruising FB, I was surprised by the number of female defenders

[truthisfreedom]

6. This article says 32.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/06/439153/breaking-capital-one-drop-ads-from-rush-limbaugh/

[peace frog]

55. It's up to 43 now, per Think Progress

[unionworks]

8. if Rush survives all this

...what will that tell us?

[cosmicone]

9. It is 35 now

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/02/436852/rush-limbaugh-advertisers/

[truthczar]

10. Worse?

Is being called a slut and prostitute worse than what Bill Maher and Howard Stern called Sarah Palin; the "C" word? Why all the outrage now? Where was everyone when Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut? Where's the level playing field? All are horrible insults to women and should have been condemned equally, immediately.

[itsrobert]

11. Rush was only restrained by the FCC

He would have said far worse if he was on pay cable/radio. Hell, the guys at freerepublic say some pretty vile things about private citizens.

[chknltl]

12. Yes. He earned it. Earth. You tell us. Ok.

Be nice and you might get to hang out.

[Bozita]

13. You do understand the differences between pay cable and over the public airwaves radio, don'tcha?

I'm betting you're not staying for dinner.

[BeHereNow]

14. While I agree with what you say about ALL women-

The context is somewhat different- thus I think the outrage.
Fluke has never participated in public hate speech like the women
you mention. Is that fair? Does it imply that the other women
deserved it? No- it does not excuse the behavior of ANY one who
refers to women like that.
But when a woman puts herself out there in a public forum
attacking people, the odds rise that people will call her such names.
Again, is it right? No. Not in any circumstance.

Back to Fluke though- She is a student who testified before Congress
about the contraception issue and VERY importantly, made it clear
that contraception is needed and used by many women/girls to manage
medical conditions. It is not simply prescribed for birth control- it has
other medical uses. She simply stated facts, without a confrontational
attitude, which would have most likely drawn more negative comments
about her.

Rush is spreading propaganda about the medical uses of contraception.
And he turned the discussion into something completely else-
insinuating that ALL women using it are using it to have sex.

Women with daughters who use contraceptives for ovarian cysts,
regulating dehabilitating menses and other female problems were
probably the most outraged of all who called for his apology and resignation.

That is how I see it, and again, agree- the language should not
be accepted in any case.

Including vile and deceptive ones like Palin and Ingraham.

BHN

[chknltl]

15. + 1. N/T

[Leilani25]

17. What is vile about Palin?

Nothing!

[FarLeftFist]

22. Palin destroyed herself. Her gimmick became transparent to all. Except you apparently.

[pamela]

26. Everything!

She has a brain the size of a pea, the values of a guttersnipe and a voice that could peel paint.

[BeHereNow]

27. Yup- nothing vile about posting a map of targets marked with cross hairs, is there?

Gabby Giffords might disagree with you on that.
It has a name actually- stochastic terrorism.
Pretty vile if you ask me.
BHN

[crunch60]

35. Palin is a power hungry USER! and she's boring. She got carried away with

her 15 minutes of fame. She need's to stay in Alaska and clean fish.

[CountAllVotes]

49. being stupid is vile IMO

[lunatica]

51. Grifters are vile

[klook]

52. She's an idiot and a conservative. But I repeat myself.

Enjoy your stay.

[SemperEadem]

54. everything

she is reaping what she sows, which is division, derision and opprobrium.

I'll wait while you look it up.

[Mopar151]

59. The tax burden she left the citizens of Wasilla

For their $15 M "sports center"

[crunch60]

32. I saw Ed's apology to Ingraham, it was very sincere, and

he took full responsibility for his vile words against her. She accepted his apology. I think he even called her personally. He then took himself off the air for a period of time. He said he would never use those words again, and he hasn't. Big difference between Ed and Limbaugh, who blames everyone but himself for his 3 day viscious attack on Fluke. His non-apology was a joke! He has been denigrating women for 20 years. Time he is removed.

[creeksneakers2]

24. The level playing field was when the right went after them

and hundreds of other people. All the Dixie Chicks said was they were ashamed of living in the same state with GW Bush.

[pamela]

29. Speaking of the Dixie Chicks...

I got a Tweet from Natalie Maines tonight! I am embarrassingly excited about that. I know it's silly but it made my day.

[creeksneakers2]

57. That would be exciting!

[certainot]

28. take orders from limbaugh much? public vs private, and maher is not on public airwaves

schultz gave a real apology. maher and stern on not on the public airwaves on stations licensed to operate in the public interest. and you wanted to put palin in the white house, a step away from the button!

[OKIsItJustMe]

39. What is the difference between Sarah Palin, Laura Ingraham and Sandra Fluke?

Sarah Palin and Laura Ingraham are public personalities.

Sandra Fluke is a young woman who said, "You know, my friend lost an ovary because of a resistance to cover her prescription."

So, yes, while these "horrible insults" are not acceptable, this case is exceptional.

[chknltl]

46. Sorry, I guess you were not allowed to hang out.

The last line in your only post gave me the impression that you were not hopelessly beyond help. I once had my butt handed to me in a debate by a fellow member of this great forum. The debate was about the racism all women in America face. In the end, I learned a whole new way of seeing women AND an important thing about the Democratic Underground: The ladies around here can "kick ass and take names" but if you if you give them a chance, they'll teach you a thing or two as well. Sorry to see you go

[mwb970]

50. Are you serious?

Sarah Palin and Laura Ingraham are odious public figures. Sandra Fluke is a law-school student. There is no comparison between the events you mention.

[SemperEadem]

53. I do believe that Schultz was reprimanded for it and had to issue an apology

Maher and Stern are on subscription services (HBO and Sirius).

They weren't on the free airwaves, whereas your boy is---and therein lies the universe of difference.

Try to pay attention next time.

[coldbeer]

56. Good post truth czar!

But, Ed Schultz did get suspended. He was forced to apologize? But he did apologize. He apologized more than once. He did not blame anybody but himself.

I have no use for hateful speech. And your post was good. I watch Ed every now and then and was not aware of why he was suspended. He told us. I look forward to watching him every now and then and will not tolerate those kind of gaffe's. But, I did not hear him say it.

thanks

[elleng]

21. Not a single 'good American,' in my opinion.

Do you LISTEN to what he says?
Are you in the right place?

[BeHereNow]

30. Good Americans do not condone hate speech- quite the opposite.

But I guess if someone is incapable of discerning hate speech,
they don't know any better.
Doesn't make them "bad" Americans, just ignorant ones.
Which would constitute 99% of his audience I suppose.
Anyone who would defend him after this incident can offer no other defense
themselves for condoning such outrageous statements- but ignorance.

BHN

[elleng]

31. Poster's been tombstoned, BHN!!!

[BeHereNow]

34. Are you series 1(!!ll?

I can't believe it!
MIRT!

[elleng]

36. Yup. Didn't take long!

[BeHereNow]

37. And just think- they are allowed to breed...

So all that ignorance and hate just gets handed down
from generation to generation, sort of like the Klan taught
their children to hate and embrace acts of hatred.
Scary thought, huh?
BHN

[elleng]

40. Yes, scary thought,

but your headline gave me a

THANKS!

[BeHereNow]

43. Well good! But if you think about it...

it is a serious problem for the future of the country and the world.
Idiocracy keeps me up at night, thinking about it; it's looking
more and more plausible, that film.

BHN

[elleng]

44. Scared me especially after w's theft;

very scary, and we have lots of work to do.

[Bozita]

38. Make that POSTERS been tombstoned! ... Both of 'em.

[elleng]

41. Right; we're getting very efficient!

[BeHereNow]

42. I tried to have a reasonable discussion with Truthczar-

Sort of hoped we could!
I didn't disagree with the point he/she was making.

The other one was not too subtle, so no surprise there.
BHN

[DianaForRussFeingold]

45. Darn, I wanted to watch

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Edited to add... Thank you! I actually have a relative like this.

They are defending an attack on a private citizen..
She represents their mother,daughter or sister. We can't be silenced...

[cosmicone]

47. I too wanted to set Truthczar straight

It has been a repuke meme spread nefariously that somehow Maher calling Palin the C word is equivalent to Rush Limpballs vitriol.

1. Sarah Palin is a public figure and not a private citizen like Fluke. When one becomes a public figure, one allows all sorts of criticisms and attacks,
2. Bill Maher is a comedian and not a political commentator/self-proclaimed leader of the repukes, and,
3. Bill Maher's comments were on a restricted cable channel only seen by subscribers and rated for adults only.


Hopefully he can still read the responses even though we can't see him responding like a mime.

[pkdu]

23. Wait , you forgot the "/snark " insert ..that should keep you around longer n/t

[Sky Masterson]

58. ..