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Cumulus: Nearly All Top Advertisers Have 'Exclude Rush Limbaugh' Orders

Rush embodies everything that is repulsive
about that pathetic hate group called the Republican party. I've turned on lately to see who still sponsors that coward. Mostly it's station promos. Looks like the advertisers are bailing. :cool:

LOL !!!

It's good to see that Rush is pissing you guys off. He's not going anywhere.
 
LOL !!!

It's good to see that Rush is pissing you guys off. He's not going anywhere.

Exactly, even if he didn't have advertisers, the Party or rich Republicans would pay him just to piss off liberals.
 
So much for the concept of free speech.

The old 60's... 70's saying "Challenge Authority" is so passé. Now that the hippies are in power... it doesn't apply any longer.

Free speech in the minds of the SAPs is only permitted for the Socialists of Amerika Partei (SAPs) apparatchik and those who would like not to be sent to the gulags.

(Screeech) We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.” ― Hillary Rodham Clinton.(/Screeech)


There is over 10,000 radio stations in the US. Rush needs about 600 to saturate the market coast to coast, and he's done it for over 20-years. The only time Rush will go away is when he chooses to. His last contract was for $400 million. $100 Million a year.

Let's see how much he makes next time. I guarantee more than Air Amerika... LOL.
 
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Very relevant.

No, it really isn't. Specific demographics are relevant just as specific ad revenue is important.

Advertising IS a numbers game. It comes down to ROI on their adverting dollar. Beck is still in the game and he has a large audience and is STILL charging top tier rates. All the majors jumping ship is just opportunity for others to try their hand at major radio campaigns. Controversial media has ALWAYS been this way, and in the end it always boils down to numbers, how many listeners and what they are charging for access to those listeners.

Point of interest Beck still has twice the audience then the NRA has members.

You're either lying or you're uninformed, which is it?

IT'S NOT JUST GLENN BECK: FOX News Has Lost 21% Of Its Audience This Year - Business Insider

Glenn Beck suffered the biggest drop, losing 30% of his audience compared to the first quarter last year. But he wasn't alone. Top ranking O'Reilly lost 14% of his audience, Sean Hannity, up a spot from 2010, lost 19%, and Bret Baier, who pushed Beck out of the top three, lost 13%.


Read more: IT'S NOT JUST GLENN BECK: FOX News Has Lost 21% Of Its Audience This Year - Business Insider

As far as your NRA comment, what does that mean? I called Glenn Beck's firing from FOX months before it happened and when he still had a large audience based solely on advertiser patterns.
 
News Flash: Free speech also includes other people criticizing your speech.



We? How are you involved in the process?

You noticed the getting, "run out of town on a rail", part of Joaquin's post, right? Where in the Constitution is that part?
 
You noticed the getting, "run out of town on a rail", part of Joaquin's post, right? Where in the Constitution is that part?

Are posters still responding to joaq head?
 
The actions taken by so many advertisers would indicate that this is not just a "fringe opinion."

But you're right. Advertisers only care about the money. And people have targeted Rush's advertisers with boycotts, causing them to lose money. Which is exactly why the advertisers are behaving this way. There will always be listeners and therefore always advertisers, but at some point the economics of his show might no longer work out.

And after the brew-ha-ha dejour wained, the advertisers were begging to buy spots on Rush's show.
 
Rush is a purveyor of terrible propaganda. His garbage poisons the minds of millions. He makes millions off the ignorance and gullibility of his audience. His downfall is a step towards progress, towards ridding America of ridiculous ultra right-wing belligerence. This is the root cause of much of what is wrong with America today.

You're making Libbos proud all across the country!
 
"real discussion", being what, exactly?

Discussion devoid of racism, fear mongering, sexism, propaganda of every flavor imaginable. I have no problem with honest conservative ideals being promoted, but what he and others like him sling is a bastardized, poisonous mythology that has largely taken over the Republican party and is steering us in a bizarre, self defeating direction.
 
Obama's doing all he can to do that for you.

Republicans keep shooting down congressional efforts that would help my business.

You noticed the getting, "run out of town on a rail", part of Joaquin's post, right? Where in the Constitution is that part?

Are you telling me you took that literally? Like, he was literally suggesting that Limbaugh be placed on a train car and sent beyond town lines? As if that would even stop a radio show?
 
Rush Limbaugh created an industry. After the Fairness Doktrine was flushed down the crapper, his show set in motion scores of conservatives on the airwaves. That is his legacy.

Rush has given a counterweight to the misinformation, to the obfuscation, the diseased reporting... to the flat out lies and deceit the American public is fed by The Der Stuermer Styled Media. That's a huge positive contribution to society, and many of us are grateful for it. Of course... anti-Americans aren't too pleased, but whadaya expect?

He has fun making fun of the idiocy of the leftist ideology... and I believe that as much as anything really pisses off the arrogant, hemophiliac Left.

He'll still make more annually than all here at DP combined (excluding one or two posters)... so he's laughing all the way to the bank, as he always has.
 
Republicans keep shooting down congressional efforts that would help my business.



Are you telling me you took that literally? Like, he was literally suggesting that Limbaugh be placed on a train car and sent beyond town lines? As if that would even stop a radio show?

Are you telling me that you actually believe that, "run out of town on a rail", refers to a train ride? :rofl

just wow!
 
Discussion devoid of racism, fear mongering, sexism, propaganda of every flavor imaginable. I have no problem with honest conservative ideals being promoted, but what he and others like him sling is a bastardized, poisonous mythology that has largely taken over the Republican party and is steering us in a bizarre, self defeating direction.

The problem therein with your comments, is that Libbos are going find racism, fear mongering and sexism in any comments that they disagree with. It's really the only way you all can combat Conservatism, because your own agenda is crap.
 
Are you telling me that you actually believe that, "run out of town on a rail", refers to a train ride? :rofl

just wow!

Turns out I'm not very familiar with archaic mob justice. "Just wow," indeed. What a failing in my personal character. However, you seem to have deliberately dodged the point.

So I'll ask you again. Do you think he was referring to literally carrying Rush Limbaugh around on a sharp wooden pole and dumping him at the city limits? Because I'm still under the impression that you did take it literally, and will keep that impression until shown otherwise. It certainly is an amusing thought.
 
The problem therein with your comments, is that Libbos are going find racism, fear mongering and sexism in any comments that they disagree with. It's really the only way you all can combat Conservatism, because your own agenda is crap.

The problem is your attitude. Yes some people are so biased that they will invent arguments to support their cause, which is what I'm railing against, which is what Rush does, which is what you are doing now.
 
The problem is your attitude. Yes some people are so biased that they will invent arguments to support their cause, which is what I'm railing against, which is what Rush does, which is what you are doing now.

So, which Conservatives do you enjoy listening to, who you've never considered to be racist, fear mongering sexists...be honest!
 
Turns out I'm not very familiar with archaic mob justice. "Just wow," indeed. What a failing in my personal character. However, you seem to have deliberately dodged the point.

So I'll ask you again. Do you think he was referring to literally carrying Rush Limbaugh around on a sharp wooden pole and dumping him at the city limits? Because I'm still under the impression that you did take it literally, and will keep that impression until shown otherwise. It certainly is an amusing thought.

"Literally"? Well, who knows? However, the notion that violence should be used to suppress free speech speaks volumes. And yes, that's what was suggested.
 
It would be interesting to learn the demographics of his millions of listeners. Even if the majority of listeners still tune in the fear of alienating those 18-55 could be enough for major advertisers to pull their support.
 
So, which Conservatives do you enjoy listening to, who you've never considered to be racist, fear mongering sexists...be honest!

I don't really listen to anyone in particular on a regular basis, conservative or otherwise. However I have enjoyed considering the views of Ron Paul, Andrew Napolitano, Bill O ' Reilly (in the beginning before he became talking points Fox schill ), Milton Friedman, John Huntsman. It isn't necessarily their views either, its the way they present it, straight talk without the propaganda nonsense. There is garbage on both sides, especially on tv, however Rush is one of the worst imo, and I hope to see him taken down a peg, much like Glenn Beck.
 
Didn't Limbaugh sign a $400 million contract back in 2008? Something tells me he's not fretting over "all the top advertisers" boycotting his show.
 
I think Beck was fired because he allowed religion to get too deep into his comments. He started off really well and then became darker and darker until he became more spiritual than political. I think he lost a lot of viewership. I don't miss him. Limbaugh, like many political commentators, is just too intractable. He is like Joaquin on this forum who couldn't say a nice thing about the other side if he had too. But Limbaugh is an entertainer and a successful one. He is just a little relentless for my taste.
 
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