Monday, September 29, 2014

So sad that it's actually funny. The "Grassroots Army" Behind Stopping Rush Limbaugh is More Pitiful Than You Could Have Imagined

Can’t Stop Rush: Radio Host’s Show Turns Tables on ‘Grassroots’ Protesters - DAILYSIGNAL.COM

For two years, a self-described grassroots army has protested “The Rush Limbaugh Show” in a campaign to convince advertisers to pull their commercials from the talk giant’s radio program. Now, Limbaugh’s show is fighting back with a new report arguing that the supposed groundswell of outraged consumers is in reality 10 “hardcore” progressive activists.... according to research conducted by Limbaugh’s camp, about 70 percent of #StopRush tweets originated from a total of 10 Twitter account holders. The individuals affiliated with those accounts hail from only four states: California, Florida, Ohio and Georgia....

To reach a large number of businesses, Stop Rush activists employ software that sends out automated tweets. Use of the software, though, violates Twitter’s terms of use.