Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Hurry Limbaugh Manages to lose More Marketers Despite His Apology

The exodus from Hurry Limbaugh‘s syndicated radio show didn’t appear to slow today following his apology for calling Georgetown College law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” along with a “prostitute.” He earned your comments ought to a week ago after she advised Congress to want employer medical health insurance intends to cover birth control.The amount of marketers who’ve stated they’re pulling out their support for that show rose to 35 based on a countby the politically progressive Site Think Progress. Their email list now includes AccuQuote Life Insurance Coverage, Service Miracle, PolyCom, Hadeed Carpet, Thompson Creek,and St. Vincent’s Clinic in Connecticut. Additionally, two r / c have dropped Limbaugh: KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii and WBEC inPittsfield, Mass. WBEC stated it would stop transporting the show beginning March 15 because”Rush’s defamatory and disparaging remarks about Ms. Fluke clearly violated the standards we've looking for our stations.”Clear Funnel’s Premiere Systems, which syndicates Limbaugh, stated that”in an effort at absurdist humor as one example of his political point, Mr. Limbaugh used words that regrettably distracted in the message he was attempting to convey.” It added he “did the best factor” byoffering “his sincere and sincere apology to Ms. Fluke.”Bloomberg commentator Michael Kinsley states though, that”the self-righteous parade out of the door by Limbaughs marketers is difficult to stomach. Had they never took in to Hurry before, in most time they'd been having to pay for advertisements on his show? His sliming of the barely known law student might be a brand new low… nevertheless its not really a huge gap” from criticisms he makes about well-known people including Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Obama.

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