War on Rush Update: NB Publisher Bozell Addresses Hypocrisy In Letters to Quicken Loans, Carbonite Chiefs
Updated at bottom of post | 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 ain’t 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, y’know, 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 Malloy’s 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.
You can read the letter to Quicken's president Jay Farner here and the letter to Carbonite president David Friend here.
You can also sign our pro-Rush petition at IStandWithRush.org.
[UPDATE: Malloy has issued an apology for his comments about the tornado victims, reading: During my program last Friday night, I commented on the potential for destruction caused by the tornadoes that were moving through the south with historic fury.
First and foremost, I sincerely apologize for the inflammatory language that I used, and for the anger and pain that came as a result of my comments.
Those comments, as published on various blog sites, were lifted out of context from a larger point I was making about the hypocrisy of many political leaders and commentators who refuse to acknowledge science, logic and fact in assessing disasters such as this one.
That said, my language was unnecessarily harsh in light of the lives that would be lost later that evening. I have nothing but the most heartfelt sympathy for those families who were devastated by those tragic storms.
I will say again I am sincerely sorry for the pain and anger my comments evoked. I made a mistake, I was wrong, and I will not let it happen again.]
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Comments
Let This Leftwing Tactic Be Forever Known As
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:43pm.
"Being Fluked". (Pronounced flucked). As in "Being Borked".
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
What the Fluke! This is a Big
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:24pm.
What the Fluke!
This is a Big Fluking Deal!
Duuude...we're sooo Fluked!
Fluckin' A!
Fluck off!
What goes around comes
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:05pm.
What goes around comes around.
Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement
Sweet!
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:27pm.
Since the market opened on Monday through its close today, Carbonite stock (NASDAQ:CARB) has plummet nearly 12 percent, outpacing the drop of the NASDAQ index in that same time period by nine-and-a-half points. It was also one of the biggest decliners on the NASDAQ on Tuesday.
I dropped my Carbonite
Submitted by misterbee241 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:08pm.
subscription yesterday. Told 'em why too.
Dropped Carbonite
Submitted by Erlik68 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:23pm.
DITTO!!!!
Glenn Beck was touting Carbonite on his show today.
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:44pm.
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Glen Beck and other conservative hosts
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:49pm.
have contracts they must honor. I'm sure it galls Beck as he ended up leaving Fox because of his material. Beck has the right idea, funding his tv through the people themselves, and answer only to himself.
When I heard Monday about the
Submitted by Wolfrem on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:20pm.
When I heard Monday about the advertisers leaving, I went to Pro Flowers and erased all my data. (Pro Flowers was another one that pulled their advertising.) There was no link for deleting the account so I emailed them.
In the email, I said "Since your business decision was based on Rush's comments, your decision was not business, it was political. So my business decision is to not do business with you."
I received a canned response of Thank you for your interest... or something like that...lol.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." - Padme, Star Wars 3
⇒ Hoe Flowers
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:23pm.
Is it true Pro Flowers is being bought by a consortium of Rappers?
You know the left is always trying to marginalize
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:25pm.
and dismiss Limbaugh's show as "Hate Radio". I rarely listen to his show--but enough to think that label is a stretch. However, the left tells the mainstream: he's fringe, off ranting in his own corner of "Hate Radio".
And then they talk about how a man of his influence shouldn't be allowed to call women bad words. I think that it kind of proves that Rush isn't off spouting hateful, vile things every day and that the sense you get from the rhetoric that nothing is below him--he hates black people after all and says racist things every day--has little to back it if the egregious sin for which he needs to leave the air is using a word Bill Maher would think twee while not having the propriety to restrain from punching into the crowd.
All of a sudden Rush is popular and influential and should have restrained himself. Face it, if a guy is a "hate-monger" you DON'T expect decency from him--just like I don't expect it from Maher. So propriety and decency are off the table--it has to be the vileness of it--and again, it doesn't measure up to what other people have said.
Anybody who would pull their add from Rush and remain on Malloy's show isn't being serious.
18,000 advertisers.... good luck.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:57pm.
I was hoping for less ads on Rush, nope packed with ads.
Here is Rush giving an inside view of the radio business.
I have an external hard drive...screw bozonite.
Pro-flowers is going Aloha.... squishy folk.
Lots of the looney advertisers are encroached (cockroaching) on the top and bottom of the MSM news,spew.
You Didn't Build That.
Anyone have any good
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:59pm.
Anyone have any good alternatives to Carbonite? I'm going to make the change too. It's going to take new a few days because my local backup utility, Norton Ghost, is failing because it looks like my backup harddrive is dying and I don't want to risk any down time because this laptop's harddrive fatally died twice in a little over a year. Ain't technology grand?
Anyway, if Carbonite wants to be consistent then I would stay with them. I don't mean consistent in their treatment of Rush: I mean consistent with their indirect support of that Fluke ditz. I have a right to backup my data therefore someone must pay for it. If Carbonite wants to pay for my data backup I'll continue being their "customer".
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Rusty
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:17pm.
Your best bet is an external hard drive. You won't need Internet access and everything stays private.
I use an external drive as well. However, I worry that if I have
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:41pm.
a fire, both drives will be destroyed. To be safe, once you back up your computer to an external drive, it should be kept off site (safe deposit box, etc.).
There are plenty of better sites than Carbonite
Submitted by Matthew Sheffield on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:27pm.
I use Dropbox.com which allows me to access my data via web browser, Windows/Mac/Linux filesystem, and even mobile phones.
There are others like Carbonite out there such as SugarSync that are way better. There really was no reason to use them to begin with.
Acronis
Submitted by GW on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:17pm.
For what it's worth, I use Acronis and an external hard drive at home. I've been pretty pleased with it so far, but I haven't had to rely on it. That is to say that I haven't had any hard drive crashes.
Why would any conservative use Carbonite to begin with?
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:09pm.
The guy that runs it is a big time supporter of the Dear Ruler.
Why would you want to store all of your computer files in a place where the guy that has the keys to the vault supports what Obama is doing?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
True Dave
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:45pm.
I also count the following in the same category and will not give them a penny of my business:
Disney
Progressive insurance
Taco Bell
Target
Taco Bell????????????????
Submitted by IdahoJim on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:23pm.
When I crave junk food, I think of Taco Bell first!
I'm boycotting Arbys because I know they give 100% of their political donations to Democrats. But Taco Bell?
Tell you what, prove it and I will never darken their drive thru again.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
I'm wondering why...
Submitted by TempusFugit on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:12pm.
...you say that Arbys gives 100% of their political donations to Democrats. There's a Wendy's/Arby's PAC that gives its contributions 84% to Republicans. The Arbys Foundation gives most of its money to Big Brothers. If you can prove it gives to Democrats I'll do as you say: never darken their drive-thru again
Edit: in 2012 the Wendys/Arbys PAC has given 100% of their political donations to Republicans
How about these?
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 5:27pm.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...
Although, since I heard this a few years ago, here's the latest scoop.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wendy's/Arby's_Group
Besides, Arby's food is blander than bland.
Now I'm going to research Taco Bell.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
Taco Bell Revealed
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 5:51pm.
I checked. Taco Bell is owned by YUM!, YUM! is a PepsiCo spin off.
It appears the YUM! PAC is contributing about 50/50 to party candidates.
I guess I can go back to eating Nacho Bell Grandes!!
Since Arbys merged with Wendy's owners, it gives 100% of its foundation grants to charity. The Arbys/Wendys PAC gives about 84% to Republicans.
I guess my boycott worked!
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
Don't forget AutoZone
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:20pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, I never liked that idea...
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:22pm.
Who knows maybe they make most of their money ratting out poor slepps that, got a copied program, from one of their friends that worked on their computer.
You know folks that have no idea of how to back-up....
Oh yea encrypted storage that's a laugh.....Just like AOL when you dump them and want to get all "your" emails off their servers....
You Didn't Build That.
ucw, Back in the day, it took me six months to get AOL...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:35pm.
...out of my life.
I finally had to cancel a credit card.
As for Carbonite, given what Big Sis has been up to, there is no way I want anything on my computer stored anywhere that is probably accessible by an Obama supporter.
Yeah, I know that sounds not a little paranoid, but still.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
⇒ Carbonite
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:12pm.
Now that Carbonite has been thoroughly "hacked" by the liberal left, it's hard to think of the company as being very dependable.
Looks like
Submitted by nolefan2 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:26pm.
Carbonite is getting what it deserves for dropping its advertising from Rush's show. If it was really a "stand up" company, it would either leave its advertising on Rush's show or drop it from any show that it deems has made inappropriate remarks.
right on!
Submitted by right of way on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:29pm.
right on! i was considering signing up with them, but after this there is no way. i'll just go out and buy another external hardrive and back it up myself.
this was suppose to be a reply to misterbee241.
way to go misterbee!
List?
Submitted by ruby2ssday on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:20pm.
I would like a list of ALL the sponsors that left Rush, and their websites. And a list of Maher's and all the other liberals. I would like to tell them "good bye" and that they will never see another dollar from me.
What's Carbonite?
Submitted by TangoUniform on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:36pm.
Seriously, had anyone ever heard of Carbonite, other than computer geeks, before they advertised on Rush?
LOL, Tango
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:38pm.
(funny s/n, BTW).
Question: What's Carbonite?
Answer: A company with plunging stock prices.
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Carbonite business model is a complete loser...check it out
Submitted by Founders1791 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:13pm.
Carbonite LOSING MILLIONS after Limbaugh ads pulled - STOCK TANKS
http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/06/investors-flee-carbonite-after-limbaug...
http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Carbonite-Stock-...
http://blog.remote-backup.com/carbonite-posted-losses-of-23m-for-2011-ar...
Emails have been sent
Submitted by Conservator on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:40pm.
Thanks to Brent and the entire staff at MRC for providing information.
FIGHT THE HYPOCRITES
Submitted by Founders1791 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:12pm.
HYPOCRITE LIBERAL SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS - hate speech for thee, but not for me?
On Friday, September 23, 2011 - Bill Maher said this during his HBO show:
“Sarah Palin Would ‘F–k’ Rick Perry If He Was Black.”
This statement is yet another example of Bill Maher’s misogyny. Maher has employed terms such as: ‘dumb twat’, ‘bimbos’, and ‘c u n t’ in reference to women leaders including Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Governor Sarah Palin.
Democrat President Barrack Hussein Obama Junior accepted $1,000,000 in campaign contributions from this WOMAN HATER and ignores the DOUBLE STANDARD.
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Scurrying like roaches
Submitted by Nelbert on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:52pm.
The Malloy apology is a hoot.
I noted the other day that Bill Maher was urging the left to accept Rush's apology. He and Malloy both know the blood is in the water and their names are being mentioned way too frequently. Kinda nice to see them squirm a little.
Wait a second....
Submitted by Me1976 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:30pm.
....sounds to me like he's blaming the right for his comments.
"Those comments, as published on various blog sites, were lifted out of context from a larger point I was making about the hypocrisy of many political leaders and commentators who refuse to acknowledge science, logic and fact in assessing disasters such as this one."
The left says Rush's apology was a non-apology because he blamed the left for his comments. Looks to me like Malloy just did the same thing.
Another hypocricy
Carbonites plunge
Submitted by maxvolt on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 12:29pm.
Friggin Hilarious their stock took the deepest plunge of any stock after they dumped Limbaugh... Wondering if that is who Rush is mentioning is trying to return...I wouldnt let them...they are not on board with the team, they are fickle and in use by the PC police, very good reason for a company to fail. If your a company and your allegiance to political correctness surpasses your ability or desire to be profitable and HENCE pay your employees..YOU DESERVE TO FAIL.
I dropped Carbonite the day they dropped Rush (I used to listen to Rush, cant now due to schedule change for me ). I wont be going back to carbonite , even if they do come back, they are damaged goods...the CEO, CFO and COO would all have to resign before i would consider it.
Check the "Editors Picks"
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 2:19pm.
Check the "Editors Picks" section of Newwbusters. They have a link to an article about Rush Turning down Sleep Comfort or whoever.
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