{"id":7054,"date":"2012-05-09T02:14:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T09:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2012-05-09T02:14:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T09:14:42","slug":"rush-limbaugh-affiliates-losing-millions-as-advertisers-flee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7054","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh Affiliates Losing Millions As Advertisers Flee"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Rush Limbaugh called law student Sandra Fluke a slut he may not have grasped how expensive his despicable misogyny would be. Yesterday Politico reported<\/a> that the CEO of Cumulus Media revealed that…<\/p>\n

…the advertiser boycott against Rush Limbaugh cost his company millions of dollars in revenue for the first two quarters of the year.<\/p>\n

“It hit us pretty hard,” [Lew} Dickey said during a call with financial analysts yesterday. “A couple of million bucks in the first quarter and a couple of million bucks in quarter two.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thirty-eight Cumulus-owned radio stations currently carry Limbaugh’s show. The public admission that the cost of the advertiser exodus has reached into the millions directly contradicts Limbaugh’s transparently phony assertions that the defections have had no effect on him. Limbaugh is broadcast on about 600 stations nationwide. If the loss at 38 stations runs into the millions, extrapolate what the losses must be across the whole Limbaugh network of 600 stations.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, the same day that news broke of the costly repercussions of Limbaugh’s beastly behavior, Limbaugh announced the launch<\/a> of his response to the controversy. In an attempt to prove that he does not hate and disparage women, he created “Rush Babes for America.”<\/em> That’s right, Limbaugh’s way of demonstrating his respect for women is to start a self-promotional campaign that disparages women right in the name. Perhaps we should be thankful he didn’t call it FemiNazis for America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Rush Limbaugh called law student Sandra Fluke a slut he may not have grasped how expensive his despicable misogyny would be. Yesterday Politico reported that the CEO of Cumulus Media revealed that… …the advertiser boycott against Rush Limbaugh cost his company millions of dollars in revenue for the first two quarters of the year. 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