I wouldn't vote for Rush, last I checked he has no ambition to run for political office. The left's fear is driving his ratings up. The more you talk about him, the more will listen.
Rush doesn't want to run for office, his millions are perfectly acceptable to him being a talk radio host. He does like to make the left cringe though. He's probably chuckling all the way to the bank after this.
The pathological liar is not chuckling at all because he is screwing all of the GOP hate radio shock jocks' revenue streams!!!
Talkers Mag is the bible of GOP hate radio.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Premiere Networks issued a memo to traffic departments at news/talk affiliates and is suspending the requirement that stations run barter spots – the ones that air in addition to the network spots actually contained within Limbaugh’s and other Premiere shows – for this week and next. Premiere gives no reason for this but one could surmise it doesn’t want to have any clients’ spots air within “controversial programming” and a cool down period like this will allow it to get a handle on where these spots are to air and where they should not.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Rush Limbaugh Fallout for All Talk Radio Is Advertiser Nervousness. Almost a week into the Rush Limbaugh-Sandra Fluke controversy the consumer media, politicians and even the media trades to some extent are still awash in writing about Limbaugh’s mistake, the coarsening of our media political discourse and even allegations that conservative talk radio, apparently, hates women. But
TALKERS is hearing reports from ad rep firms that are more alarming – especially in these already shaky economic times. That is that major advertisers are issuing yet another round of “no controversial programming” dictates. This is not a new problem for talk radio and the recent Limbaugh case is likely only to add fuel to a fire that’s been simmering for the past 20 years. While no laws were broken by Rush Limbaugh, advertisers who fear backlash from activists, parent’s organizations and other groups – even though talk hosts with loyal followings that are likely to buy their products or services help sell those products or services very successfully – don’t want to risk bad PR, protester harassment or outright boycotts from being associated with a “controversial” talk media figure. They reason that there may be many more customers of theirs whom they don’t want to alienate who don’t listen to “controversial” talk radio, so they shy away from the genre altogether.
The bigger challenge facing talk radio right now is not defending its programming, but selling it in this turbulent climate.