In further Tobe news
The band, Rush, have issued a cease & desist against the talk show host, Rush, for infringing their copyright. (Read the letter for the legal details.) Apparently their songs are not for rent to any god or government either.
An op-ed muses on why the fallout from the three-day attack on Fluke by Rush (the talk show host, not the band) has been so spectacular: "But this latest controversy comes at a particularly difficult time for right-wing talk radio. They are playing to a (sometimes literally) dying demographic. Rush & Co. rate best among old, white males. They have been steadily losing women and young listeners, who are alienated by the angry, negative, obsessive approach to political conservations. Add to that the fact that women ages 24-55 are the prize advertising demographic, and you have a perfect storm emerging after Limbaugh’s Sandra Fluke comments."
The columnist points out that social media mean the free market can now express its ire with great speed and force. He also remarks that "the left does not cry foul when liberal political entertainers use derogatory terms about conservative women in politics" - something no feminist should countenance, regardless of the target. (ETA: Here's one leftie crying foul. Here's another. Here's another. And another. As any feminist will tell you, neither wing of politics has a monopoly on misogyny - which means "you do it too!" arguments are irrelevant distractions.)
ETA: A different columnist discusses something called "time spent listening". "Limbaugh knows that his share of big markets like Dallas or Atlanta has dropped from his old 5 percent in any given hour to, say, 3 percent. But if he can entice that 3 percent to listen twice as long, he can more than make up the loss. That imperative explains why Limbaugh kept talking about Sandra Fluke for so long. He was boosting his TSL to compensate for his dwindling market share."
An op-ed muses on why the fallout from the three-day attack on Fluke by Rush (the talk show host, not the band) has been so spectacular: "But this latest controversy comes at a particularly difficult time for right-wing talk radio. They are playing to a (sometimes literally) dying demographic. Rush & Co. rate best among old, white males. They have been steadily losing women and young listeners, who are alienated by the angry, negative, obsessive approach to political conservations. Add to that the fact that women ages 24-55 are the prize advertising demographic, and you have a perfect storm emerging after Limbaugh’s Sandra Fluke comments."
The columnist points out that social media mean the free market can now express its ire with great speed and force. He also remarks that "the left does not cry foul when liberal political entertainers use derogatory terms about conservative women in politics" - something no feminist should countenance, regardless of the target. (ETA: Here's one leftie crying foul. Here's another. Here's another. And another. As any feminist will tell you, neither wing of politics has a monopoly on misogyny - which means "you do it too!" arguments are irrelevant distractions.)
ETA: A different columnist discusses something called "time spent listening". "Limbaugh knows that his share of big markets like Dallas or Atlanta has dropped from his old 5 percent in any given hour to, say, 3 percent. But if he can entice that 3 percent to listen twice as long, he can more than make up the loss. That imperative explains why Limbaugh kept talking about Sandra Fluke for so long. He was boosting his TSL to compensate for his dwindling market share."