First Posted: 03/ 3/2012 8:34 pm Updated: 03/ 4/2012 6:13 pm
Huff Post
As the controversy grew over Rush Limbaugh’s latest incendiary comments — he called law student and birth control advocate Sandra Fluke a “slut” on Wednesday — his show’s advertisers began to flee in droves.
On Saturday, Limbaugh apologized. But for at least one CEO, that wasn’t good enough.
David Friend, who runs the online backup company Carbonite, issued a statement on his company’s website saying that Carbonite would no longer advertise with Limbaugh despite the host’s rare admission of regret. From the website:
“No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.”
UPDATE (3/4/2012):
On Sunday, ProFlowers said it was also pulling ads from Limbaugh’s show. On the company’s Facebook page, it criticized Limbaugh’s comments as “beyond political discourse to a personal attack” and stressed that they “do not reflect our values as a company.”
According to ThinkProgress, five other companies have vowed to stop sponsoring the show.
We note that many companies only require genteel discourse from the right side of the aisle. They fear the violence from the left side.
If you keep track of these advertisers for me, I’ll be able to boycott the companies who leave Rush due to the comments about Ms. Fluke, who is requesting that others pay for her recreational drugs.
Thanks!