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Limbaugh says his apology to student was sincere
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March 6, 2012, Tuesday
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RADIO host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to a Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal yesterday when he called the show to join the growing roster of advertisers abandoning it.
As of yesterday, nine advertisers had dropped their sponsorship of the conservative commentator's show, including internet services company AOL, ProFlowers and US mortgage lender Quicken Loans.
The student, Sandra Fluke, said Limbaugh's apology over the weekend did nothing to change the corrosive tone of the debate over health care coverage.
Fluke last week testified to congressional Democrats in support of their national health care policy, which would compel her Jesuit college's health plan to cover her birth control.
Limbaugh responded on his show by calling her a "slut" and a "prostitute" for wanting insurance coverage for birth control devices.
Fluke said yesterday she had not heard from Limbaugh directly but signaled she had little interest in speaking with him.
AOL and Tax Resolution Services Co yesterday became the latest advertisers to leave Limbaugh's three-hour show as he sought to stem the exodus of advertisers and fellow conservatives declined to offer him support.
"I should not have used the language I did, and it was wrong," a rarely contrite Limbaugh told listeners.
As of yesterday, nine advertisers had dropped their sponsorship of the conservative commentator's show, including internet services company AOL, ProFlowers and US mortgage lender Quicken Loans.
The student, Sandra Fluke, said Limbaugh's apology over the weekend did nothing to change the corrosive tone of the debate over health care coverage.
Fluke last week testified to congressional Democrats in support of their national health care policy, which would compel her Jesuit college's health plan to cover her birth control.
Limbaugh responded on his show by calling her a "slut" and a "prostitute" for wanting insurance coverage for birth control devices.
Fluke said yesterday she had not heard from Limbaugh directly but signaled she had little interest in speaking with him.
AOL and Tax Resolution Services Co yesterday became the latest advertisers to leave Limbaugh's three-hour show as he sought to stem the exodus of advertisers and fellow conservatives declined to offer him support.
"I should not have used the language I did, and it was wrong," a rarely contrite Limbaugh told listeners.
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