9 companies, Hawaiian AM, Mass. FM stations Rush away
(NEWSER) - Rush Limbaugh is still hemorrhaging advertisers—and now beginning to lose radio stations as well—in the wake of his "slut' comment. Online tax advice operation Tax Resolution Services yesterday joined AOL in deserting the uber-conservative, bringing to at least nine the number of sponsors who have dumped his program, notes AP . A Massachusetts and Hawaiian radio station have also dropped Limbaugh's show, reports Mediaite . A spokesman for KPUA AM 670 in Hilo said Limbaugh "crossed a line" when he called Sandra Fluke a slut for supporting health insurance coverage for birth control. “We are strong believers in the First Amendment, but it has never been our goal to allow our station to be used for personal attacks and intolerance,” said general manager Chris Leonard. Had the dig been uttered by "one of my disc jockeys, he would have been terminated," he told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. More»
