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Ned_Devine

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1. As long as my NPR doesn't go away, that's all I want

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Thu Nov 22, 2012, 01:01 PM

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Rush flushers seeking to hold Limbaugh accountable for hate speech are crippling the radio industry [View all] richardmyers Nov 2012 OP

As long as my NPR doesn't go away, that's all I want Ned_Devine Nov 2012 #1

My NPR went away several years ago. Scuba Nov 2012 #5

Why is the radio industry allowing one person to destroy them? yardwork Nov 2012 #2

I'm sure you know why (or have a strong suspicion)......... socialist_n_TN Nov 2012 #7

No. He has to make money pscot Nov 2012 #11

Eventually he might "retire to spend more time with his family"......... socialist_n_TN Nov 2012 #41

Contract termination provisions jberryhill Nov 2012 #8

relevant contracts amount to a suicide pact. aletier_v Nov 2012 #35

I'm goint to guess it's because they already paid him a chunk of his 40 million. They don't Squinch Nov 2012 #9

This time it won't. It will just xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #28

Yep. This one is different, and it's affecting the whole right wing radio industry, and scaring the Squinch Nov 2012 #43

Rush is important to the industry because richardmyers Nov 2012 #17

Hate is a great motivator. kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #20

Probably because they made Rush all or nothing. RichGirl Nov 2012 #22

Thanks for the post BlueToTheBone Nov 2012 #3

Flush twice Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #4

ohmygod that's PERFECT n/t Care Acutely Nov 2012 #16

Cumulus killed KGO reggaehead Nov 2012 #6

Cumulus and Dickey are wasting their spit by criticizing Limbaugh. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #10

It is the local stations that need to be gone after maxrandb Nov 2012 #12

It's not a bad idea to listen from time to time Mariana Nov 2012 #25

I NEVER need to listen to that asshole. Frank Cannon Nov 2012 #40

seems like they didn't learn their lesson ... zbdent Nov 2012 #13

Acceptal collateral damage. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #14

'...Limbaugh had cost the company a couple million in each of the two previous quarters...' freshwest Nov 2012 #15

What you supplied xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #29

Or else he hates us! freshwest Nov 2012 #39

which means that the couple mil he loses is chump change Doctor_J Nov 2012 #30

Rush's continued existence is not based on the free market or profit, but his ability to train freshwest Nov 2012 #34

bulls-eye Doctor_J Nov 2012 #37

I don't know, I see a lot of people taken in by these memes here. Who else tells people differently? freshwest Nov 2012 #38

Convenient Excuse For 20 Years Of Mismanagement... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #18

+++1! patrice Nov 2012 #27

LOL!!! It's not the radio corporation CEOs to blame!!! tabasco Nov 2012 #19

The Rush giveth, and the Rush taketh away aletier_v Nov 2012 #21

Here is my spin on this. Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #23

It's not the "Rush Flushers" SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #24

People are also tired of robot-DJs, pre-defined programming that conforms markets to itself, instead patrice Nov 2012 #26

good. i hate cumulus radio. NuttyFluffers Nov 2012 #31

this is ridiculous Doctor_J Nov 2012 #32

That's true and what I was trying to say in my post above...... socialist_n_TN Nov 2012 #42

Maybe they'll abandon propaganda and start playing music again Warpy Nov 2012 #33

maybe pigs will fly Doctor_J Nov 2012 #36