On February 23, 2012, Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee regarding the impact of new health care regulations on expanding contraception coverage. Her point - that a prescription medication used to treat a wide variety of women's health issues should be covered by health insurance - was lost on Rush Limbaugh, who took the opportunity to use his radio platform to viciously and personally attack her repeatedly over several days. Since those attacks, dozens of advertisers have left his show and more than one hundred others have refused future association. But even in the face of this public outcry, Limbaugh has not changed his behavior and continues with his standard misogynistic and hateful language.
“Slut”: Limbaugh Lashes Out At Law School Student
Limbaugh's Vicious Attacks On Fluke Resulted In Public Outcry And Advertiser Exodus
The Exodus Is Having An Impact On Limbaugh...
...That He Refuses To Acknowledge
His Conservative Buddies Just Don't Know What To Do
Limbaugh's Power In The GOP Has Been Threatened
The “Apology” Issued By Limbaugh Wasn't Nearly Enough
And The “Apology” Didn't Result In A Change In Behavior
But That's No Surprise, Given His Long History Of Anti-Woman Rhetoric
Women Haven't Been The Only Target For Limbaugh's Attacks...
... And Those Attacks Aren't The Only Reasons Advertisers Should Spurn Him
“Slut”: Limbaugh Lashes Out At Law School Student
February 29
March 1
RUSH LIMBAUGH: “I will buy all of the women at Georgetown university as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want” ... contraception coverage is “flat-out thievery” because taxpayers will pay for “personal sexual desires and habits” ... mocking Sandra Fluke with baby voice, crying: “I'm going broke having sex. ... It's not fair” ... women with contraceptive coverage must post sex videos online “so we can all watch” ... “Who bought your condoms in the sixth grade?” ... Sandra Fluke is “having so much sex, it's amazing she can still walk” ... five dollars for a month of birth control? “that makes PMS almost worth it” ... Fluke went to Georgetown as “an anti-Catholic plant from the get-go” ... contraceptive coverage is “welfare disguised as women's health” or “reproductive rights”
March 2
RUSH LIMBAUGH: Nobody's asking Fluke about “backing off the amount of sex” she has ... contraceptive coverage is like a woman “knocking on my door” and asking for money because she has to have sex tonight ... the definition of “misogynist” is “a man who hates women almost as much as women hate women” ... Fluke said she's “having sex so frequently that she can't afford all the birth control pills that she needs” ... Fluke has boyfriends “lined up around the block. They would have been in my day”
Limbaugh's Vicious Attacks On Fluke Resulted In Public Outcry And Advertiser Exodus
Advertisers big and small are fleeing from their association with Limbaugh - 45 within a week of his first vicious attack on Sandra Fluke.
Even companies whose ads haven't been airing during The Rush Limbaugh Show are publicly distancing themselves from the association.
The Exodus Is Having An Impact On Limbaugh...
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Limbaugh's Advertiser Exodus Expands Exponentially
MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes Discusses Limbaugh Advertiser Exodus
...That He Refuses To Acknowledge
Limbaugh: “Only The Leftists Try To Use Extortion, Pressure, Threats To Silence Opposing Voices”
Limbaugh: “This Show Is About You. It's Not About The Advertisers”
His Conservative Buddies Just Don't Know What To Do
Limbaugh's Misogynistic Attacks Defended By Right-Wing Media
Limbaugh's Power In The GOP Has Been Threatened
The “Apology” Issued By Limbaugh Wasn't Nearly Enough
Limbaugh Launched 46 Personal Attacks On Fluke; He Apologized For Two Words
Limbaugh “Sincerely Apologize[s]” To Fluke For “Using Those Two Words To Describe Her”
Limbaugh: “I Acted Too Much Like The Leftists Who Despise Me”
Limbaugh Receives Criticism Over His So-Called “Apology” For Misogynistic Attacks On Fluke
Rush Limbaugh Issues Statement Regarding His 3-Day Misogynistic Attack On Sandra Fluke
And The “Apology” Didn't Result In A Change In Behavior
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Referring to “NAGs,” Limbaugh Asks: “How Can I Be Anti-Woman? I Even Judged A Miss America Pageant”
Limbaugh's Latest Effort To Deflect Attention From His Misogyny
But That's No Surprise, Given His Long History Of Anti-Woman Rhetoric
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FLASHBACK: Limbaugh To “Feminazi[s]”: Love Your Body, “Because Nobody Else Does”
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Women Haven't Been The Only Target For Limbaugh's Attacks...
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... And Those Attacks Aren't The Only Reasons Advertisers Should Spurn Him
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Limbaugh Once Thought Jokes About Race, Ethnicity, And Religion Were Off-Limits
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