wallets that is does have an effect here. this is not going to be the end of limbaugh but it shows even if he s able to say outrageous things politically, sort of the offensiveness with which he s able to say things, this may serve some warning to him. and i think you raise a good point about beck but i don t want anyone to think that you were tap dancing on anyone s grave. but i ll let that go. james, let me say to you one thing i think that comes out of this that is already positive for those of us that talked to limbaugh and his advertisers, this does confirm that these kinds of appeals to advertisers work, that it s not as limbaugh tries to tell beck that these things don t cause money and effect. that s exactly right.
kudos to the flush rush campaign and stop rush hash tag and other networks that drew attention to this and kudos to san dr. fluke who stood tall. what s interesting here is that the whole model around conservative talk radio is becoming more and more complicated for the way media works. someone like rush limbaugh is very, very good at consolidating niche markets, conservatives into one. advertisers are not always aware of how these ads are placed. an issue like this makes them go, whoa, we re advertising this show? that domino effect is impacting across the nation. now, today, dana, limbaugh didn t really address the controversy but he made sure to praise himself, overly reminding people of, well, let me let you hear what he said.
possible iranian nuclear weapon. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. he s made a fortune stoking conservative passions while poking and proding at liberals and rush limbaugh has seen his share of controversies but this time it s different. the outrage he sparked when he called a conception advocate a slut and a prostitute has snowballed, one after the other and major advertisers are pulling their ads from his radio show and there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. lisa sylvester is working the story. what s the latest on rush limbaugh and all his advertisers? reporter: hi, wolf, we re up to at least eight advertisers walking away from the show. today on his radio show, limbaugh apologized for his choice of words but does he seem concerned about losing those advertisers? the answer is, no. thank you. reporter: the reaction was swift and fierce, advertisers are pulling spots from the rush limbaugh show including quicken loans and the latest aol wh
captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re tracking a danger ouz tornado outbreak. powerful twisters across ohio, tennessee, mississippi, alabama and indiana where four deaths have now been confirmed. in kentucky a yellow school bus slammed into a building. its front half obliterated. in tennessee, homes are ripped from their foundation, splintered by the winds. at least six people critically hurt in that state. in alabama a trailer home lifted up and crashed upside down near a tree. the naked lot and a few stairs all that s left. and here s a power line crumpled like a paper clip. millions are affected and this is far far from over. we re keeping an eye on it all with the help of our cnn meteorologist chad myers in the severe weather center. chad, what are you watching right now? john, i m watching 11 literally 11 states with a tornado watch in effect. i m watching 21 tornado warnings. watch a short word, not quite as important, warning the bigger word. more let