Media Matters, a tax-exempt group, is bringing its war on Rush Limbaugh directly to Milwaukee and at least seven other cities.
From the Associated Press:
Rush Limbaugh’s opponents are starting a radio campaign against him Thursday, seizing upon the radio star’s attack of a Georgetown law student as a “slut” to make a long-term effort aimed at weakening his business.
The liberal Media Matters for America is using a past campaign against Glenn Beck as a template. In Limbaugh, however, they’re going after bigger game. He’s already fighting back and the group’s stance has provoked concerns that an effort to silence someone for objectionable talk is in itself objectionable.
Media Matters is spending at least $100,000 for two advertisements that will run in eight cities.
The ads use Limbaugh’s own words about student Sandra Fluke, who testified at a congressional hearing that contraception should be paid for in health plans. Limbaugh, on his radio programs, suggested Fluke wanted to be paid to have sex, which made her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” In return for the money, he said Fluke should post videos of herself having sex. Under sharp criticism, Limbaugh later apologized.
In one of the anti-Limbaugh ads, listeners are urged to call the local station that carries Limbaugh to say “we don’t talk to women like that” in our city.
Ad time was purchased in Boston; Chicago; Detroit; Seattle; Milwaukee; St. Louis; Macon, Ga.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The cities were selected to support active local campaigns against Limbaugh or because of perceptions Limbaugh may be vulnerable in that market, said Angelo Carusone of Media Matters.
“What we’re really looking for is a way to demonstrate the persistence of the effort and the fact that it is on a wide scale,” Carusone said.
A spokeswoman for Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates Limbaugh’s show to more than 600 radio stations nationally, said Media Matters has gone beyond criticism of Limbaugh’s words to an attempt to silence him and intimidate advertisers.
The Media Matters Leftists are going off the deep end. They have lost it. They have gone insane.
They are actively seeking to silence free speech. The Leftists are responsible for blowing that "chill wind" of censorship they always yap about.
It's hilarious that the foul-mouthed Leftists are going to run an ad in the Milwaukee market that says, "'we don't talk to women like that' in our city."
The Leftists in Wisconsin, and around the country, habitually degrade women. They consider some of the degradation to be "entertainment" and "comedy."
Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Laura Bush, Callista Gingrich, Karen Santorum, and Ann Romney are mocked and brutalized in the most offensive terms.
Closer to home, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch has been the target of despicable verbal attacks.
Personally, I receive comments on my blog posts from Leftists that include some of the most unbelievably vile attacks. Being called a "slut" or a "prostitute" would be a compliment in comparison.
It's a joke for Media Matters to run an ad that claims, "we don't talk to women like that."
This is beyond a war on Rush Limbaugh, which is, by the way, guaranteed to fail.
Remember, Limbaugh APOLOGIZED promptly for his remarks, but George Soros' Media Matters won't let it go. They have a plan.
This is a war on conservatives and talk radio.
It's a war on free speech.
Americans will not stand for it when our fundamental freedoms are under assault.
The Left has declared war on the First Amendment.
Obama and company want to curb religious liberty. They want to silence their critics.
That's not going to happen. There will be uprisings at the ballot box.
This administration and its Leftist supporters want to keep a boot on our throats, in so many aspects of our lives.
Obama and the Leftists have attacked my religion, Catholicism. I have seen the impact of what the Obama government regulators are doing to destroy community businesses. Now, they're pushing to silence opposition voices.
It's not going to happen.
They will fail.
They will lose.
By the way, isn't it funny that Media Matters wants to buy advertising time on Rush Limbaugh affiliate stations?
2 comments:
You have a strange definition of "promptly."
Limbaugh apologized on Saturday. That's prompt.
Of course, no apology, even if issued immediately, would be enough for the Leftist extremists.
What's strange is that you chose to zero in on that one word rather than comment on the Media Matters campaign to silence opposition.
On second thought, that's not strange at all.
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