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Showing Original Post only (View all)77 of 86 ads on the Rush Limbaugh show were public service announcements! [View all]
It's official! Rush Limbaugh is now radioactive!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The boil on the ass of humanity is about to be lanced!!!
LAUGH WITH ME!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080010
Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers, March 8
March 08, 2012 2:19 pm ET by Media Matters staff
At least 50 advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from Rush Limbaugh's radio show in the wake of his misogynistic attacks on Sandra Fluke.
Here are his March 8 advertisers, in the order they appeared on WABC, the flagship station for Limbaugh's show. Audio clips of the ads have been provided to help make advertisers aware of the placement of their ads on the program. According to our coverage:
March 08, 2012 2:19 pm ET by Media Matters staff
At least 50 advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from Rush Limbaugh's radio show in the wake of his misogynistic attacks on Sandra Fluke.
Here are his March 8 advertisers, in the order they appeared on WABC, the flagship station for Limbaugh's show. Audio clips of the ads have been provided to help make advertisers aware of the placement of their ads on the program. According to our coverage:
- A total of 86 ads aired during WABC's broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show today
- 77 of those ads were public service announcements donated free of charge by the Ad Council
- Of the nine paid spots that ran, seven were from companies that have said they have taken steps to ensure their ads no longer air during the program
- WABC's online feed included about 5:33 of dead air when ads would normally have run.
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77 of 86 ads on the Rush Limbaugh show were public service announcements! [View all]
backscatter712
Mar 2012
OP
hmmm... Maybe America needs a PSA on how contraception helps keep healthcare costs down.
shcrane71
Mar 2012
#12
Holy cow I can't believe anyone is even paying that much attention anymore..
progress2k12nbynd
Mar 2012
#8
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
DU Ad Council Facebook and tell them to disallow Clear Channel to use PSAs on Rush....
Evasporque
Mar 2012
#31