One of the advertisers on Rush Limbaugh?s popular radio show Friday announced that it is pulling its ads and other companies are expressing concern over customer outrage in the wake of the conservative host?s controversial ?slut? comments this week.
?We don?t condone negative comments directed toward any group. In response, we are currently pulling our ads from Rush with Rush Limbaugh,? the company Sleep Train Mattress Centers announced on its Twitter account early Friday.
Continue ReadingAn examination of @theSleepTrain?s latest tweets shows that the company began tweeting at some of its followers starting around midnight, telling multiple Twitter users, ?Thank you for your concern. We are currently pulling all of our ads with Rush Limbaugh.?
All of the company?s tweets announcing its decision were met grateful responses from the Twitter world.
?I have to buy a frame this weekend. Now I know where to go. Thank you for refusing to support Rush?s hatred,? @djimenez9 tweeted in response to the company?s latest tweet.
?Thank you @theSleepTrain for not supporting misogyny. You?re a good egg,? said @FlightyWendy.
One user that goes by the Twitter handle @facialmerkin said, ?Thank you for taking a stand against @rushlimbaugh and his despotic ideas.?
Sleep Train?s decision comes on the heels of Limbaugh calling a Georgetown University law student a ?prostitute? and ?slut? on his show Wednesday for testifying on Capitol Hill about women?s access to contraception. Limbaugh continued his barrage on Thursday despite the widespread public outrage.
And as of Friday morning, a few other companies indicated that they are concerned about the flood of concerns pouring in on Twitter, as the #BoycottRush began to pick up steam.
Pro Flowers tweeted, ?We would like to assure you that we do not endorse the views expressed by Rush Limbaugh. We understand your concerns and value your feedback.?
The dating website eHarmony tweeted at dozens of disgruntled Twitter users: ?We?ve never paid for ads on Limbaugh. We?re looking into the matter of ?network buys? & will let you know what we discover,? after an earlier tweet to an individual Thursday that said, ?TY for msg, we?ve seen that incorrect info online as well. We don?t advertise on Limbaugh show nor do we have affiliation w/him.?
Real estate company Century 21 also came under fire, but the online attacks were apparently undeserved.
?In response to multiple consumer inquiries - @CENTURY21 is not a sponsor of the Rush Limbaugh radio program. Not sure where this started,? the company?s tweeted.
Companies that do not sponsor ?The Rush Limbaugh Show? seemed to have come under attack because of tweets like this: ?Send a message and #BoycottRush: @ProFlowers, @TheSleepTrain, @eHarmony, @Carbonite, @Oreck, @AutoZone, @LegalZoom, @Citrix, @LendingTree?
Michael Soifer, listed on the website of ?The Rush Limbaugh Show?as the advertising contact for the program, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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