they can do whatever they want. That's the beauty of America. But that doesn't mean I have to take it seriously. Breitbart was a liar and a punk. My heart goes out to his children, but they actually may be better off.
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > A little more information on advertising: > > NB Publisher Bozell Addresses Hypocrisy In Letters to Quicken Loans, > Carbonite Chiefs > > This morning, NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center founder Brent > Bozell sent letters to Jay Farner and David Friend, the presidents of > Quicken Loans and Carbonite, respectively, addressing the hypocrisy of how > their companies pulled out of the Rush Limbaugh program over comments for > which the conservative talker has since apologized, even as they continue > to advertise on the programs of hateful left-wing radio hosts. > > > For example, Carbonite continues to advertise on Ed Schultz's radio > program, although he maliciously slammed conservative author Laura Ingraham > in May 2011 as a "right-wing slut" and "a talk slut." > > Schultz, you may recall, was briefly suspended from his radio and MSNBC > programs, and offered on-air apologies to Ingraham. > > In the case of Quicken Loans, the hypocrisy is arguably much, much worse. > The company advertises on the Mike Malloy program, the host of which has a > long track record of vicious and vile comments not just about conservatives > but even ordinary citizens. For example, on Malloy's March 2 program, he > seemed to revel in the deaths of tornado victims in the South and Midwest, > typically Republican states in presidential contests: > > Their God, if this is the way they want to look at it, keeps smashing them > into little grease spots on the pavement, in Alabama, in Mississippi, > Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma you know, the Bible Belt...where they > aint gonna let no g*dd*mn science get in the way, it says in the bible, > blah blah blah, so according to their way of thinking, yknow, God with his > omnipotent thumb, and so far tonight, has smashed so far 20 people on > Highway 12, or whatever the hell highway they live next to. > > After the March 1 death of Andrew Breitbart, Malloy seethed with malicious > rage, "Roast in hell you son of a bitch Breitbart -- I mean seriously, you > thug punk!" > > "Breitbart was 43 at his passing and is survived by a wife and four > children," Bozell noted in his letter to Farner. > > "Perhaps you did not know about Malloys comments or even your sponsorship > of his show. That is entirely possible. But you do now," Bozell noted, > adding: > > If you continue to exercise an obvious double standard of condoning > left-wing hate speech, while caving in to partisan pressure to discontinue > sponsoring the Rush Limbaugh Show, we will expose Quicken Loans for > hypocrisy. > > Mr. Farner, the MRC is committed to defending free speech. You have the > constitutional right to sponsor or not sponsor anyone you like. But, if you > drop a conservative radio host under the pretense that he made an uncivil > comment about a political activist, yet continue to sponsor a leftwing host > who relishes in the death of innocent children, we will hold you > accountable for that decision. > > I really don't care who advertises where, but I did find this interesting. > Looks like these companies jump on the rush to abandon Rush without > considering the ramifications of looking like a hypocrite. Should be > interesting to see what they do. I'd really like to see what holding the > companies accountable means. > > > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2012/03/08/war-rush-update-nb-publisher-bozell-addresses-hypocrisy-letters-quicke > > J > > - > > "I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in > America. It's time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of > individuals." - Hillary Cli > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
