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BeatingRush 4 - 08 Mar 2012 - Main.ArleneOrtizLeytte
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| | I know it's not much, but here's a link to a reddit thread with a list of all the companies (along with contact information) that had ads on his show yesterday:
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/qk2u6/do_not_let_up_here_are_the_companies_that/ | | | But I wouldn't consider the moves by these advertisers as a game changer, Abby. Corporate America is always really quick to react and disassociate themselves from the whatever the controversy is at the time, but as soon as the smoke clears, they always come back. My view is that Limbaugh will turn out just like Tiger Woods in that Woods lost all these sponsors after his scandal but just last year after he began competing again, he gained back some of his corporate sponsors. I would like to think it would be different since like you said it's not the first time that he's made hateful remarks against minority groups. I'm sorry to be a pessimist, but I don't think Limbaugh is having a hard time sleeping in the wake of this mess.
-- LizzieGomez - 08 Mar 2012 | |
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> | Why is organizing such a dirty word? Is it just too hard to do? Is our generation better at mobilizing for "Hope" than against attacks on women?
I've had "causes" here and there, but I cannot claim to be a die-hard activist for anything. This is a scary thought: if a lawyer is to be an advocate, then why not an activist? Why aren't students at CLS, like me, more moved to do something if that's what they've supposedly dedicated their careers (and a $250K) to doing?
Anyways, I can identify four simple things here:
1. Women make up half of this country.
2. Limbaugh needs advertiser money to survive.
3. Everyone, including shareholders and executives, cares about some woman somewhere.
4. You and I consume things every day.
If reaching out to companies that sponsor Limbaugh's show, voicing dismay that their company would finance a man who defames a woman, does not work, speaking with money generally does. Would the treat of American women boycotting a company send a message? Companies like AOL, Allstate, Sears, Citrix, and Legal Zoom got the message pretty quickly. I bet they all must have some women on their board of directors. Or fathers, or brothers.
Aside from scheming of a social media backlash and somehow boycotting an outdated internet service, there are legal avenues of remedy. The FCC, which "regulates interstate communications by radio," welcomes consumers to file complaints. Consumers can file informal complaints through the internet for, among many things, "unfair, biased, illegal broadcasts." I am not sure how much traffic FCC's website can handle, but I imagine that if enough people file complaints in a day, it would catch encourage the FCC to act. By the way, the chief of the Enforcement Bureau that handles complaints at the FCC is a female African-American lawyer.
Secondly, if the FCC does not respond to an informal complaint satisfactorily, the next step would be filing a "formal complaint." From what I can gather, it seems like an administrative court proceeding. Wouldn't this be a great project for advocate-activist-law students?
All of the FCC information can be found at this (surprisingly) snazzy government website: http://www.fcc.gov/topic/complaints
Any takers for a mass-FCC-complaint movement? |
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