From Stark
Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh’s abusive language directed at a Georgetown University law school student triggered a ferocious reaction over the weekend.
Limbaugh’s foes used Facebook and other social media to encourage a boycott of his radio advertisers. Many of those advertisers reacted quickly, announcing they were pulling their radio spots from his show.
On Sunday, Limbaugh apologized for his language.
Before that–on Friday, March 2–Cascade Radio Group General Manager Michael O’Shea published his own apology to anyone offended by Limbaugh’s language. O’Shea also invited listeners to send him their comments about the offensive segment in particular and Limbaugh in general. O’Shea promised to forward comments on to Premiere Radio, the company that syndicates Limbaugh’s program.
And not a single **** was given….
The best comment on this is from a liberal IMHO:
“Did you know there is a war on women?
Yes, it’s true. Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Matt Taibbi, and Ed Schultz have been waging it for years with their misogynist outbursts. There have been boycotts by people on the left who are outraged that these guys still have jobs. Oh, wait. Sorry, that never happened.
Boycotts are reserved for people on the right like Rush Limbaugh…
During the 2008 election Ed Schultz said on his radio show that Sarah Palin set off a “bimbo alert.” He called Laura Ingraham a “right-wing slut.”
Keith Olbermann has said that conservative commentator S.E. Cupp should have been aborted by her parents,…
Matthews… has called Bachmann a “balloon head”…Democratic strategist Jehmu Greene, who is the former president of the Women’s Media Center, told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly in 2011 that Matthews “is a bully, and his favorite target is women.”
But the grand pooh-bah of media misogyny is without a doubt Bill Maher—dropped the C-word in describing the former Alaska governor. He called Palin and Congresswoman Bachmann “boobs” and “two bimbos.” ….
After all, if Limbaugh’s outburst is part of the “war on women,” then what is the routine misogyny of liberal media men?
It’s time for some equal-opportunity accountability. Without it, the fight against media misogyny will continue to be perceived as a proxy war for the Democratic Party, not a fight for fair treatment of women in the public square.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/rush-limbaugh-s-apology-liberal-men-need-to-follow-suit.html
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
I find Rush a good listen, if he is not on KGMI, I shall simply turn to a station that features his show.
AFY?
Are you seriously implying that Bachman / Palin are equal to Ms. Fluke regarding their command of the English language and facts?
Are you using the “two wrongs make a right” logic here?
Richard, I think the logic he’s using is “two wrongs make two wrongs, so why do liberals only get upset about one of them?”
As for Ms. Fluke’s command of the facts, her belief that $1000/year is a reasonable amount to spend on birth control (never mind a reasonable amount to ask someone else to spend on birth control for you) brings that into doubt all on its own.
I did not see an apology in either statement. Mr. Limbaugh failed to apologize to Ms. Fluke. He only regrets his choice of words and then proceeds to justify his foul approach to verbally assaulting a congressional witness. KGMI simply is asking people to pass on comments. Thre is no apploogy and again justification of an uncivil broadcast under the guise of calling it “spirited debate”.
Well, they are apologies in the narrowest sense: both men used the word.
No one seems impressed with the “apology”
- Sandra Fluke Dismisses Limbaugh’s ‘Apology’
- Imus Calls Limbaugh ‘Insincere Pig’ After ‘Slut’ Apology
- 10th and 11th advertisers drop Limbaugh
Would you look at that list of wrongs that someone thinks adds-up to right.
The point that Kirsten Powers is making of which I agree is it is very hypocritical for anyone on the left to criticize those on the right who makes misogynist outbursts while remaining silent when those on the left makes misogynist outbursts!
BTW I’s kinda like that word misogynist.
How does that glass house saying go?
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
Well, as a woman who has seldom been able to tolerate listening to or enjoyed Rush Limbaugh’s “sense of humor”, I’d say, although his slander of Ms. Fluke was “over the top”, he has consistently spewed hate for women, especially women who work and are independent people, for years! His term “feminazi” is very offensive and he continues to use it practically everyday to describe his idea of women. And, he is also continually disrespectful and spreads hate with his rhetoric. FUNNY HE IS NOT!
Here’s what Rush had to say this morning:
“I want to explain why I apologized to Sandra Fluke in the statement that was released on Saturday. I’ve read all the theories from all sides, and, frankly, they are all wrong. I don’t expect — and I know you don’t, either — morality or intellectual honesty from the left. They’ve demonstrated over and over a willingness to say or do anything to advance their agenda. It’s what they do. It’s what we fight against here every day. But this is the mistake I made. In fighting them on this issue last week, I became like them.
Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything I know to be right and wrong I descended to their level when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke. That was my error. I became like them, and I feel very badly about that. I’ve always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program. Nevertheless, those two words were inappropriate. They were uncalled for. They distracted from the point that I was actually trying to make, and I again sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for using those two words to describe her. I do not think she is either of those two words. I did not think last week that she is either of those two words….
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/05/why_i_apologized_to_sandra_fluke
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
Here’s a cheer to the apologists who would ignore the truly egregious aspects of this buffoons slur. Big deal, lots of us cast gender specific aspersions at those we dislike or disrespect.
Limbaugh’s gross mis-characterization of this law student’s goals is worse. “She wants to be paid to have sex.” is obviously false.
The only thing more foul in his ignorant rant was his perverted request for some voyeuristic titillation.
Republicans may shrug this all off as just the Oxycontin talking. Unfortunately, to most, he does speak for what’s come to be their party.
But see that’s the thing; liberals apologize. I was mad when I heard Ed Schultz’s remarks. Schultz was pulled off the air for a week. Olberman was fired. The left gets mad and reacts accordingly, the right says it’s okay because “they do it, too.”
It was despicable that Limbaugh spent three days disparaging this young woman and her family.
But I’s just sure this is perfectly ok:
Liberal Radio Host Mocks Tornado Victims Because They Live In The Bible Belt: “Their God Keeps Smashing Them Into Little Grease Spots”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/03/05/liberal-radio-host-mocks-tornado-victims-because-they-live-in-the-bible-belt-their-god-keeps-smashing-them-into-little-grease-spots/
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
Despite Apology, Limbaugh Continues Attacks On Fluke For Fourth Day
When David Letterman joked about Palin’s daughter being “knocked up” by New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez where were all the left complaints then?
BTW that little girl was only 14 years old, WHERE WERE YOU THEN?
Saying evil things about others is well; evil, but those that condemn it only from one side are just as evil, as the side they don’t condemn that is mouthing it, IMHO! Silence is a statement!
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
But this ok, for sure:
Leftists, Marxists, Anti-Semites & Pro-Union Activists Hold Antiwar “Palin Whore” Rally…
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/03/leftists-marxists-anti-semitic-union-thugs-hold-antiwar-palin-whore-rally-video/
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
Rush is an entertainer. Any advertisers of whom I used products, (Carbonite, All State, ProRoses, etc., are now in the process of being replaced. They are obviously weak companies and play to the liberal audience, so they don’t want my dollar. You go, Rush. Get other advertisers and I’ll use their products. If ever there was a time where freedom of speech is being suppressed, now is the time. But not in a million years do I believe you can silence Rush.
Here’s what I find interesting: Limbaugh is apparently in trouble for offending people who don’t listen to his program. At least, that’s the impression I get. Were any of his loyal listeners offended?
Methinks AFY protests too much… he’s desperately digging up past insults from liberal media personalities but conveniently ignoring the consequences they suffered for going over the line and the sincere apologies that most of them made. He’s also floundering around with a lot of false equivalencies.
He’s been busy claiming that liberals don’t call out other liberals for going over the line but at the same time he has been conspicuously silent about what Limbaugh said. Doesn’t “Saying evil things about others is well; evil, but those that condemn it only from one side are just as evil, as the side they don’t condemn that is mouthing it, IMHO! Silence is a statement!” work in both directions???
I appreciate the opportunity to contribute a comment about Rush’s weeklong tirade, some of which i did not hear.
While i think his choice of words were crude and uncalled for, Ms. Fluke made herself a ‘public figure’ by publicly testifying before the very public Congress to compliment her friend Nancy Pelosi’s appeal for federally sponsored birth control.
Rush HAS gone “on and on” more than once, to be honest, BUT so have his counterparts both on radio and TV, and other than Keith Oberman (on the telly) i have heard of NO other person getting this kind of scrutiny. I will be writing to the various sponsors and letting them know that it is not worthy of dropping his show. I know he has more backers in the wings and will not be without said sponsorship for long, but to drop him over this is not necessary.
WHEN the left radio and tv showmen (Chris Matthews, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, Ed Schultz to name a few) are brought under the SAME microscope, then perhaps we can all just relax a little and get back to civil discourse and honor our Constitutional right to free speech….
SL, does it work in both directions with you pray tell and enlighten me as to the last time you criticized anyone from the left or a liberal democrat in general. It’s never too late to start.
What Rush said was wrong, period. Even though I believe the woman wrong, she should not be called names for what she believes. But it doesn’t mean I have any intention not to keep drinking Tea by Two, I likes it better than leftist koolaid for sure.
I also find it hypocritical for hackles from the left when their own; have and are doing actually what Rush did on almost a daily basis, and they be completely silent about that, don’t ya know!
Kinda like our beloved occupy movement and the silence concerning their behavior but yet the same people were all so ready to criticize the Teaparty:
Protestors throw urine bombs at Denver police..
http://kdvr.com/2012/02/26/5-arrested-in-anti-police-protest-downtown/
What they are doing seems to me to be a lot more than just words!
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
It’s really sad our nation has come to this – where anybody would argue that what Limbaugh said is excusable in any way. But it in no surprise to me, when one party can only talk about “taking back the country”, rather than “let’s begin the healing” or “one nation under God, indivisible…”.
Rush Limbaugh is a pig and a pervert. There is no excuse. He should be fired. Kudos to KGMI for acknowledging a problem exists, but “we’re sorry if YOU were offended” isn’t much of an apology. Hopefully local sponsors of this puke are getting an earful. This isn’t entertainment. This isn’t a variety of “local expressions of viewpoints and national opinion”. It’s vial, it’s typically hate speech and it’s filth.
And yet KGMI has shown more class than any Republican presidential candidate by far. Four men, and not a single one has the brass to state that Rush’s comments were disgusting and out of line. There’s your next potential President. What a bummer, not a man among them.
And where are the rest of the Christian right? Hiding under Rush’s coat tails I suppose – okay with putting their idol Limbaugh before their faith in Jesus and God almighty. Says a lot about the state of religion in this country, when not a single conservative will put his faith before his politics.
Poor old Rush. Rush in in the business of making money – he makes money by fanning the flames of controversial subjects. Free advertising he receives from outraged ‘journalists’ will expand his numbers of his listeners. Thus, more money to deposit after he crys all the way to the bank.
John,
Why would his listeners be offended? These are the folks that still believe the President is a Muslim and doesn’t have a valid birth certificate.
I was forced once to listen to Rush for about two weeks every morning at work. I had been there a couple years and a new manager was hired that would turn it on every morning (this was over ten years ago). I finally had enough and told the owner it was Rush or me. Thankfully, I kept my job and we switched the radio to 104 FM. While I’m not the “easy listening” music type, I was more than agreeable to the change.
Of course it folks that don’t listen to the show that are the most offended. They have values or education that makes almost every word this man speaks like nails on a chalk board.
AFY,
You’re trying to answer my question with a question and you just can’t seem to get away from those false equivalencies, can you.
The FOXnews you link to sez: “The group was allegedly protesting police brutality and not directly associated with the Occupy Denver movement.” so how do those protestors relate in any way to Rush?
Are there any local radio personalities willing to test their employment by calling a local citizen names like that?
Dear Seriously,
Get yerself some KGMI archives of the Brett Bonner Show for a tame example of what a local Limbaugh-type show used to be.
He made fun of bus riders and politicians alike.
@RubieB, Thank you for a good example of what happens to a radio career based in personal attack.
I’ve had more than enough from Limbaugh — he’s crossed the line of common decency many times. I believe in freedom of speech but cruel, nasty attacks on others is not necessary to get your point across and should not be tolerated. I want him OFF THE AIRWAVES!!
Dear KGMI, Would you have written an “Open Letter to KGMI Listeners” if the broadcast in question came from the mouth of one of your employees? Or would you have summarily fired them?
One of Michael Moore’s tweet to Rush was absolute classic..
“Rush – As soon as u started losing the big $$ from your hate speech, you caved & obeyed the men who pay u. Who’s the prostitute now, bitch?”
Gotta love the comedy..
I heard Rush offended so many people even his NA sponsor dropped him.
It makes me so very sad that all the “right” seems able to do is say “it’s OK cuz the left does the same”! Well that does not excuse Rush from doing what he has done! If “normal or ordinary” people had done such a thing they would be open for legal retaliation in the form of “libel”. Right??? Now stop & think & please DO NOT consider “political party” difference to either side… can u as an individual do that? If not please don’t consider yourself part of ANYTHING other than aburdity!! Now answer the ? was this “diatribe” leveled against an individual having the nerve to testify in front of a congressional committee, was it necessary becuz other’s disagree OR was it overstepping “common borders” we usually follow? This was not entertainment in the “normal” world nor is Rush an “entertainer”. How you can compare him to real TV personalities & their opening satire of their shows, is beyond comprehension. His whole show is full of “ugly”. Think about it people…. Rather he is a person consumed by hate in this setting.
You call the selective parsing of what Rush said an “apology”? No, and he has ignited a furor among women this election year–we thought these battles, putting powerful men against women and their rights to personal freedom, were won long ago, like 40 years ago. With the 2010 GOP House waging war against Planned Parenthood (what happened to jobs jobs jobs?), then Komen v P. Parenthood and Darrel Issa’s all-male war against women, and now Ms. Fluke vs Rush? Really? You Neanderthals want a war, you got it!!!!
“I’m not going to apologize. People in my position never apologize. But we just acknowledge that you were upset and offended by it. I’ll apologize you were offended.”-Rush Limbaugh, 11/07 Also…Ed Shultz (A) said this only once,
(B) apologized to her quickly, and
(C) was suspended.
Rush , on the other hand
(1) engaged in a heinous, multi-day onslaught that is well-documented now,
(2) he hasn’t apologized (see “I’m not going to apologize. People in my position never apologize. But we just acknowledge that you were upset and offended by it. I’ll apologize you were offended.”-Rush Limbaugh, 11/07)
(3) he’s certainly NOT suspended.. There is no way under the sun any liberal’s shortcomings come close to this level of bs. Not even Bill Maher. (whom I consider a loudmouth).
Were any of Limbaugh’s usual audience offended?
It’s hard to tell because they are already terminally tone-deaf,
but certainly Ms. Fluke wasn’t one of his ditto-heads
and so deserved to opt-out of his virulent broadcast.
Then there’s the little issue of how Rush’s or any other rightie’s money is being wasted
through the private health insurance premiums and coverage of anyone else in America.
This controversy is similar to that old movie, “Wag the Dog”. This time, it’s “Wag the Pill”.
There is no war on women’s right to contraception. There is only Obama’s plan to force Catholic institutions to pay for it.
Like every issue, Obama is taking both sides of the women’s right to health care. While Obama is claiming that Catholic institutions should fund insurance that covers free birth control, Obama is taking away the coverage for life saving mammograms and certain treatment for certain types of breast cancer.
Notice that both efforts, contraception and denial of cancer treatment have the same goal, reducing population.
So, rather than excoriating Rush Limbaugh for stooping to the level of Leftist commentators, maybe you should be looking at the real issue of women’s right to health care.
Five More Advertisers Drop Rush Limbaugh, Bringing Total To 20
Does anyone else see the irony in those that criticize Rush for name calling by calling him pig, bitch, etc?
BTW SL the current public discourse and the meanness of said discourse is related whether it be via name calling, throwing feces (SL are you trying to say that behavior is ok in any situation?) at public officials or even disrupting public meetings, their commonality is that they all discourage reason and honest debate.
To not stand up against all as an improper way to communicate is to encourage the continuation of such behavior.
Those that only disparage one side are guilty for what they don’t disparage IMHO.
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
i get a kick out of him and his ill say what i want when i want, then if it affects my wallet,ill back off and appolagise lol
I will not listen to any radio station running that fat freak’s show. Anytime, any day………ever……lose Limbaugh from your lineup and I’ll listen to you again.
Calling people fat freaks is the best way to criticize those who name call for sure, don’t ya know!
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
AFY,
You say: “Those that only disparage one side are guilty for what they don’t disparage IMHO.” and yet, in this thread, your reaction to Limbaugh’s behavior is to demand that ‘liberals’ condemn someone on the left. An interesting tactic… attempting to change the subject… quite subtle in its dishonesty.
I think I’ll stick to the subject of this blog post: “Bellingham’s KGMI confronts Rush Limbaugh furor” and when there’s a post about alleged protestors in Denver, then I’ll comment on that.
Nothing lasts forever.
@RubieB,
(Or anyone) How is radio listenership quantified?
Arbitron survey services, doesn’t seem very scientific, nor apply in smaller markets. Is there any verifiable data source?
When George Will starts sounding like a reasonable Liberal,
you need to question the direction of the Conservative mind.
Did he really say Republicans wanna bomb Iran but they’re afraid of Limbaugh?
Oh yes he did.
Imagine taking a stand against every lady in America
just so Rush won’t treat you like he did Ms. Fluke.
I’m not sure that asking for comments is “confronting” anything. If KGMI keeps this offensive hack on the air, don’t listen and don’t use his sponsors (let them know why you are going elsewhere).
I like to listen to Rush. Please keep him on.
Wow, When those of the Liberal faith get angry they sure do a lot of name calling! And I thought they (by their own proclamation) are the intelligent ones.