Ads rushing out of Limbaugh show?

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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BA486DD0D-A6D6-4CCE-935A-AC11036AE00D%7D&siteid=mktw

Jan. 30, 2003

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - A Rush to the exits?

Though still in its infancy, a letter-writing campaign aimed at advertisers on "The Rush Limbaugh Show," has already claimed a few choice scalps -- and hopes to soon have other marketers saying "ditto."

Kicked off last week on the website of a group called Take Back The Media, the effort is generating a growing buzz among online progressives (or, if you prefer, "liberals") -- along with hundreds of angry e-mails to companies that sponsor what it calls Limbaugh's "hateful chortling and guffawing."

Micheal Stinson, a Vietnam-era veteran, is co-founder of Take Back The Media. Obviously never a Rush fan, Stinson and his cohorts were content to largely ignore the king of reactionary talk radio -- until he weighed in on the recent anti-war protests, calling participants "anti-American," "anti-capitalist" and "communists," among other terms.

"He just went too far," said Stinson. "Don't call me anti-American. I served this country."

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1. 2003?

[BuyingThyme]

4. You're nitpicking.

[BuyingThyme]

2. No chance in hell.

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3. Oh, no! The gold bugs, hair replacement formulas, and the

stop-beating-your-unruly-kids hucksters will have to advertise elsewhere!

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5. DU *heart* Michael Stinson (Symbolman)

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6. kicking for DU's own Symbolman