Rush Limbaugh Is Out of National Advertisers for Next Two Weeks

by Jorge Rivas on March 14 2012, 8:30AM

It’s been close to two weeks since Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a “slut” and the controversy isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Topics: /NOW, Politics

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98 Major Advertisers Say No to Limbaugh and Other Right Wing Radio Shows

by Jorge Rivas on March 13 2012, 11:17AM

Afraid of potential controversies corporations are pulling out of any show that could potentially spark controversy.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW

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Rush Limbaugh Loses 42 Advertisers, Says ‘Everything’s Cool’

by Jorge Rivas on March 7 2012, 5:40PM

According to ABC News Limbaugh has lost 42 advertisers but he told his listeners today that “everything’s cool,” that those advertisers have little if any impact on the show’s revenues.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW

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Rush Limbaugh’s Lost 20 Advertisers — But Experts Expect They’ll Be Back

by Jorge Rivas on March 6 2012, 11:12AM

Five more advertisers announced they will no longer advertise on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, bringing the total number to 20.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW

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Rush Limbaugh on Chinese President: “CHING CHANG CHONG”

by Jorge Rivas on January 20 2011, 4:06AM

We can’t say we’re surprised, but Rush Limbaugh is at it again.

Topics: Media

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Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama a “Juvenile Delinquent”

by Julianne Hing on November 16 2010, 5:12PM

The right-wing talk show host is at it again with his race-baiting antics.

Topics: Media

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Helen Thomas Pays for Crossing a Line Others Trample

by Michelle Chen on June 8 2010, 11:38AM

By now you’ve heard: pioneering Washington journalist Helen Thomas has, thanks to a viral video interview, been pilloried for offensive comments about Israel and ousted from the press corps’ inner sanctum. Her words were definitely incendiary—Jews should “get the hell…

Topics: Media

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In Health Debate, GOP Plays the Slavery Card—and Loses

by Michelle Chen on December 8 2009, 8:18AM

Conservatives on the Hill were shocked—shocked!—when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared conservatives’ obstructionism on health care reform to resistance, in an earlier era, to the abolition of that “peculiar institution.” “Outrageous!” cried Rush Limbaugh, following up with a…

Topics: Health, Politics

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