Thursday (3/8) on the Philadelphia Inquirer online, Tirdad Derakhshani reports, “Fans of the Philadelphia Orchestra may not have been aware that ads for its classical performances were airing on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. But no longer. The orchestra joined more than three dozen other advertisers this week responding to the crescendo of criticism following Limbaugh’s on-air insults of Georgetown law student and birth-control advocate Sandra Fluke. The orchestra announced by Twitter Tuesday that the musical institution had ‘taken steps to ensure that our ads no longer run on the Rush Limbaugh show.’ Katherine E. Blodgett, vice president of the orchestra, explained to the Philadelphia Daily News that the orchestra bought multiple ads to be aired through CBS Philly, not specifically for Limbaugh’s program.”
Posted March 9, 2012
