DToTheJ said:
denverradiodude said:
Remember how Rush characterized this? He said business was up as much as 60 percent on his stations as a result of his attacks on Sandra Fluke!
If he meant business at left-wing blogs, then he's right!
LOL! That's funny, but it is also likely true.
Here's Politico on Rush claiming gains from Fluke bashing (excerpt):
It’s no fluke: Rush claims ratings hike
One month after coming under fire for making offensive comments about law student Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh boasted on Thursday that ratings for his popular radio show have gone up as much as 60 percent since his insults stirred a national controversy.
Limbaugh told listeners that he has been “peppered constantly” with the question: “What have your ratings been since that whole Fluke thing happened?”
Claiming he normally wouldn’t answer the question because of the “ethics of the broadcast business,” Limbaugh made an exception.
“The simple answer is that on the range of all 600 radio stations, our ratings are up anywhere from 10% to 60%, depending on the station.”
Limbaugh on Thursday gave a shout-out to the businesses that didn’t abandon his show, saying, “The advertisers who hung in here are going gangbusters, yes. I mean, that’s the simple truth. The only ones who got hurt are the ones who left.”
He continued, “And that’s its own tragedy because they left under false, trumped up, unreal pretenses. I don’t want to relive that. I just wanted to answer the question without getting too specific, because everybody’s asking about it.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74656.html
