Memo Shows 96 National Companies Want Their Ads Pulled From Limbaugh’s Show

ThinkProgress is reporting that they’ve acquired an internal memo listing 96 national companies that have asked for their advertisements not be run during Rush Limbaugh‘s program. The memo came from Premiere Radio Networks, which is the distributor of Limbaugh’s show. The advertisers have extended that request to shows hosted by Michael Savage, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.

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According to the memo, “the listed companies’ advertisements should be excluded from these programs because they have been ‘deemed to be offensive.’”

From ThinkProgress:

Previously, ThinkProgress has reported that 50 companies requested their advertising be pulled from the Rush Limbaugh show following his sexist attacks on Sandra Fluke. The publication of the memo adds an additional 91 companies to the list of companies that have dropped Limbaugh…

The companies listed on the memo include Sony, Toyota, State Farm, the U.S. Postal Service, Walmart and McDonald’s.

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