AllState, Sears Join List Of Advertisers Announcing No More Ads On Limbaugh

The furor over Rush Limbaugh‘s controversial comments directed at Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke has lead to advertisers dropping his eponymous radio program. 12 advertisers, including Sleep Number, The Sleep Train, Quicken Loans, Legal Zoom, Citrix, Carbonite, ProFlowers, AOL, Bonobos, Sears, and Allstate Insurance have pulled ads from the program, and/or distanced themselves from the show, either permanently or temporarily, ThinkProgress’s Adam Peck reports.

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“Allstate’s advertising purchase strategy has not included the Rush Limbaugh Show,” the company wrote in a statement on their Facebook page. “Earlier today, we responded to inquiries about our advertising relationship with the show by stating we did not advertise on or sponsor it. As radio listeners notified us that they were hearing Allstate ads during the show this afternoon, we contacted the vendor that arranges for our advertising placements and discovered that an error had been made and advertising time had mistakenly been purchased for the show.”

“We regret providing mistaken information about this situation,” AllState

added. “We have asked our media buying firm to correct the error by discontinuing any advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show moving forward in keeping with our original advertising plans and strategies.”

In addition, Sears tweeted that they were severing all ties to the broadcast:

In addition, AOL also renounced its corporate partnership with Limbaugh:

“At AOL one of our core values is that we act with integrity,” AOL wrote to its customers. “We have monitored the unfolding events and have determined that Mr. Limbaugh’s comments are not in line with our values.”
(h/t ThinkProgress)