A 7th advertiser pulls out of Limbaugh's show

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Posted on Sunday, 03.04.12

A 7th advertiser pulls out of Limbaugh's show

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- A flower company is the 7th advertiser in recent days to say it is pulling ads from conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's radio program.

ProFlowers says on its Facebook page that it has suspended advertising on Limbaugh's program because his comments about Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke "went beyond political discourse to a personal attack and do not reflect our values as a company."

The company had said on Twitter that posts it received about Limbaugh's remarks affected how it dealt with its advertising partners.

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Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/04/2675108/a-7th-advertiser-pulls-out-of.html

[nolabear]

1. Money talks, people, louder than Limbaugh.

It's the only way to get him off the air. Thanks to all who've boycotted.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Happily K'd & R'd

The more sponsors that pull their advert dollars from Limpballs' misogynistic (not to mention racist and rabidly RW) talk-show circus, the more time we'll have to concentrate on the holdouts! On to the next enabling corporation!

[Fearless]

3. Whoever wants our business... keep pulling!

[ladywnch]

4. is it just me being a nit picker or does anyone else read "suspended" advertising

much differently than 'cancelled'/ceased advertising?


Suspended to me means they're just waiting for this to blow over and then reengage. Cancelled, on the other hand means permanent.


Anyone else?

[LoisB]

8. Big Difference

"Suspended" only to quietly start again once the "noise" settles down? We have to to keep up the pressure.

[bluesbassman]

9. Could be contractual verbiage.

They may not be able to outright cancel at this time. I'll take suspended as a start, especially if they did it post "apology".

[usrname]

17. Same thing

There's no rule that says canceling an ad campaign on a show means that the advertiser will never sign on again.

[IndyJones]

40. Suspended advertising FOR A WEEK! What a joke. Keep up the pressure on ProFlowers.

[xtraxritical]

5. Here's a link to contact DoD, He should not have any influence over our young armed service people.

http://www.defense.gov/landing/comment.aspx

[The Blue Flower]

23. Thanks

Done. In light of the problems the military's having with sexual assault, harrassment, and rape, I can't believe the US government is broadcasting this filth to our troops. Our women in uniform deserve far, far better.

[MsFlorida]

6. proflower "rushlimbaugh" discount still being applied

upper right, radio advertising enter "rushlimbaugh" you get the discount. 1-800-flowers is the better choice or buy local!

[Historic NY]

42. Now come up page not found...........

http://www.proflowers.com/pagenotfound.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/rush-limbaugh-codes.aspx

[Faygo Kid]

7. Wow, I just wrote them. Guess flowers and misogyny don't match up.

Of all the advertisers, they should have been first to dump him. He's finished.

[Guilded Lilly]

10. Keep it up...make the suspension permanent!

They are bowing to temporary pressure, hoping it will blow over. Let's make sure it becomes a perfect storm of pressure!

[Sparkly]

11. Wow!!!!

[valerief]

12. Suspension isn't enough. nt

[onenote]

29. How do you make it permanent?

Let's say that instead of saying they are suspending advertising on limpy's show they said they were terminating.

And a month from now they decide to resume. What exactly is the difference?

If they get in influx of support from us because of the "suspension" they are less likely to reverse it than if they stop advertising on Rush and see no benefit from it.

[valerief]

34. WE can't make them do anything, but by saying "suspend" they're publicly not committing to stop

buying ads on his show. All they have to say is they'll sponsoring it. If they reneg on their public statement, then we deal with that then.

[RockyMtnGuy]

35. Suspension is the first step

But suspension is not enough! ProFlowers should stop supporting Rush, period.

Except, ProFlowers is owned by Liberty Media and they will never permanently shove old Limpdick out of the feed trough.

[onenote]

36. what is the link between Liberty and Rush?

[workinclasszero]

13. Pig boy..you are GOING DOWN like the Titanic you fatass nazi bastard!!!!

Oh the humanity!!

[Jester Messiah]

16. More like the Hindenburg.

You know the old joke. What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg? One is a flaming Nazi gas-bag, and the other was just a dirigible.

[The Last Democrat]

14. They should have said,

they have suspended they advertising “forever"on the
Limbaugh’s program.

[jannyk]

15. With Mother's Day on the horizon they couldn't afford not to.

I read hundreds of posts on their Facebook Page (before they were deleted) slamming them. I bet they'll be back though.

[usrname]

18. credoaction.com

Helps keep the pressure on indefinitely.

[Ricochet21]

19. We don't stop

until he's fired
he's poison

[MrMickeysMom]

20. HELL NO.... I WON'T STOP...

Right after penning something to the Flower Company, who I will continue to tell others NEVER to use (they aren't serious enough)...

Licking my finger to put more words from pen to paper....

ALL OF THEM... ALL OF THEM!

[calimary]

25. Not on your life!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002374653

That favorite thread of mine! How you keep the pressure on - at the LOCAL RADIO level, from the standpoint of a former radio insider.

[nenagh]

21. Again MSM article says nothing about Rush's comment asking her for a sex tape....

....MSM prefers to refer to the. 'Slut/Prostitute paper of the slur....Only..

[bayareaboy]

22. trust me after several years of selling ... ...

to retail and wholesale florists. Pro flowers are not the way to go to send flowers. It is often shipped a long distance and often it ships like auto parts down the line. Ship with a store that you know or FTD at the very least.

Actually Rush and Pro-flowers are in my mind a good match. Listen to Rush and you have lost reasoning capacity and Pro-flowers just takes your money.

[SemperEadem]

24. yeah because Mother's Day is 2 months away...

and they stood to lose a whole lot of business.

But it took them 3 days to get around to it and in the interim, they had--and took down--a page offering rush limbaugh discount codes.

I still will never use their service because of their double down before the heat started frying their fat.

[catrose]

26. I'm SHOCKED, shocked I tell you

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Particularly when people revealed that Liberty Media owns ProFlowers.

And I'm even more shocked at the Facebook posters with women's names who are defending Rush and NOW refusing to do business with ProFlowers. Why would any women defend him? And associate him with defending religious liberty?

[NRaleighLiberal]

27. Also ran in the Denver Post - just tweeted by Eric Bohlert

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20100236

[Liberal too]

28. Next...

Boycotting Rush sponsors isn't enough! Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Network Inc. and their 850 radio stations is sticking with Rush. Boycott attention should now be turned to anyone who advertises with Clear Channel Media. Seems like every six months or so the Hate Monger steps in it enough to rally the public against him. What happens next, business as usual the public losses interest and everyone goes back to advertising until the next time. I can't believe he is still on the air...

[valerief]

30. Not PULLED OUT but SUSPENDED. That means it's temporary. That means it's BS. nt

[mercuryblues]

31. They

have been Komened. Rush listeners are flooding their page, dropping their support of PF. As a thanks, PF is deleting as fast as I can post. I'm only quoting limbaugh, yet they don't want his message under those who support him?

I had a hard time this afternoon on my own FB with limbaughs quotes disappearing off my OWN wall. After 2 hours they finally reappeared. I kept reposting them. I never got a notice or anything.

[jillan]

33. They should have done this days ago. I am done with Proflowers. Case closed.

[onenote]

38. by being a customer your complaints carried weight

If you stop being their customer after they stop advertising on Rush, you will carry no influence if they were to start up again.

[sarcasmo]

37. Nice!

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Will he be on the air tomorrow?

Just wondering.

[april]

41. I just sent them a Thank you !!

just thank them for pulling..

[ghjtydger]

43. Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. Good.

But fuck you, anyway, Proflowers! You started out saying you'd stay with limpbag, bacause you have no problem with his views!!

FUCK YOU!

[Kennah]

45. Thank Gaia it was ProFlowers! If the GOP ever pulls out, there will Santorum EVERYWHERE!