Clear Channel Yanks 'Straight Shooter' Limbaugh Ad In Tucson

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Clear Channel Yanks 'Straight Shooter' Limbaugh Ad In Tucson

Eric Lach

Several weeks ago, NewsTalk 790 KNST in Tucson put up a billboard to advertise Rush Limbaugh's radio show. The text reads, "Rush Limbaugh/Straight Shooter," and the ad is riddled with images of bullet holes. In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 18 others on Saturday, KNST's parent company, Clear Channel, decided to take down the billboard.

In a statement to TPM, Clear Channel, which also manages the billboard, said the ad "used the common expression 'straight shooter' to describe Mr. Limbaugh's candid and direct style." The company also said explicitly that it was KNST's promotion department that created the ad, not Limbaugh's show. But after Saturday, company management decided it might not be such a good idea to keep the ad up.

"Clear Channel Outdoor management in Tucson quickly elected to take down this ad - believing that discussion of its interpretation would not contribute to the desire for healing in the Tucson community," Clear Channel said.

Read the full statement:

Starting several weeks before the recent tragic incident in Tucson, Clear Channel Outdoor had been displaying an ad campaign created by a local Tucson talk radio station to promote its broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated radio program. This particular ad - which used the common expression "straight shooter" to describe Mr. Limbaugh's candid and direct style -- was designed and contracted for by the local station's promotion department - not by Mr. Limbaugh's program. In the wake of the tragedy, Clear Channel Outdoor management in Tucson quickly elected to take down this ad - believing that discussion of its interpretation would not contribute to the desire for healing in the Tucson community.

Still, talk about stepping on the RW's claim that violent rhetoric and imagery is inconsequential: guilt tripping about their violent imagery to promote a hate and violence spewing loud mouth.

The right will probably accuse Clear Channel of being "liberal."

[Arctic Dave]

1. Straight shooter? Not with that pattern.

More like drive by shooter.

[slay]

2. Unless it's Oxycontin I don't think he's

gonna be shooting it! :rofl:

*slay in no means is implying that Rush has ever actually shot up oxycontin. I do however know he was busted with a SHIT-TON of the crap that would have landed any of us regular people in prison for many years. that fucker.*

[Blue Owl]

5. That was Rush's best grouping

good as it gets for the bloated gasbag.

[salinen]

3. WTF?

Fuck no! You should put up ads showing dead liberals. You have the 1st amendment right to intimidate using your wrong interpretation of the 2nd amendment.

[Phx_Dem]

4. Good. That is an inappropriate billboard regardless.

I must say I'm surprised they removed it, but glad they did.