The liberal watchdog group Media Matters doesn’t want you to forget about Rush Limbaugh’s smearing of Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke.On Thursday, the group announced a $100,000 ad buy in eight cities to “educate listeners” about Limbaugh’s comments. Limbaugh called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she testified before a House hearing on contraception. The radio host later apologized for those comments, but, according to Media Matters, did not atone for 44 other remarks against her. “This is not acceptable,” Media Matters for America’s Campaign Director Angelo Carusone told TPM. “It has real effects.”
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