3-21-2012
In an editorial at Politico.com, Rush Limbaugh Show spokesman Brian Glicklich went after David Brock's Media Matters for America, the organization that's been leading the campaign to boycott advertisers on the Rush Limbaugh program. Glicklich writes, "Media Matters for America stands for censorship, and nothing more than that. Their ginned-up election year anger is directed at the words of their media political opposition." These Media Matters mobs bear a simple message: Renounce our enemies or become one of them. They distribute target lists of advertiser phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook links and Twitter handles, and then they come out of nowhere, en masse, against selected advertisers in rotation. They barrage small business with threats until they cancel their advertising." Glicklich says the Brock plan is hurting real businesses.
"By putting small business in the crosshairs of their war on expression, Media Matters is causing real harm. They are hurting these businesses, their employees and their families. As a business owner, imagine waking up one morning and being assaulted by hundreds of coordinated attacks from operatives who never were or will be your customers. If businesses give in to these demands, they lose access to the customers who helped build their company. Let?s be clear ? most advertisers aren?t making a political statement when they decide where to spend their money. Most chose varied programs to reach audiences with different points of view. When they buy talk radio advertising in general, or ?The Rush Limbaugh Show? in particular, they are reaching an audience, as well as creating jobs and supporting families. That?s all they want."
Read the editorial here.
(3/22/2012 5:45:02 AM)
Waa waa waa! A conservative mouthpiece cries foul when the free market his philosophy idolizes punishes him and cries "censorship!" It is to laugh!
(3/22/2012 5:35:50 AM)
This is almost too easy, almost too comical to comment on, but I will anyway. Basically every charge Brian Glicklich made about Media Matters could be made against EIB. Come on guys. Really now. The only business that are hurt by advertisers turning away from Rush is EIB. Its a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. It was quite humorous though. Thanks.
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