Rush Limbaugh has dropped to second in talk radio ratings
You knew that Rush would find just the right outrageous invective to trigger a flood of publicity after the second presidential debate. In yet another round of blame the moderator, Rush disgorged the terror and suicide bomber buzz words:
"Candy Crowley's Act of Journalistic Terrorism Failed to Help Obama on Libya"
RUSH: Candy Crowley had to go back and eat crow on CNN. In a real world, she woulda committed career suicide last night, in the real world. In the media world I grew up in, her career would be finished. It won't be now, because she gave it her all for the good guys. She gave it all for the right side. But she committed an act of journalistic terror or malpractice last night. If there were any journalistic standards, what she did last night would have been the equivalent of blowing up her career like a suicide bomber. But there aren't any journalistic standards anymore. She's going to be praised and celebrated, probably get a raise, maybe give her another half hour on that show she hosts. [emphasis added]
--Rush Limbaugh: Candy Crowley's Act of Journalistic Terrorism Failed to Help Obama on Libya, October 17, 2012
Rush got some media attention:
Politico covered it.
Huffington Post covered it.
Business Insider covered it.
Fox News covered it.
It seems no one in the corporate media has yet covered what may be a much bigger story: Rush Limbaugh has dropped rather precipitously, from number one to number two in streaming talk radio listener metrics. It seems that Limbaugh's downward spiral, visible in the revenue and publicity dimensions for more than eight months, may have finally hit his ratings as well.