A simple Facebook post about Women's History Month turned into a nightmare for AllState today as the company was wrongly linked to Rush Limbaugh.
AllState was forced to deny it advertised on Rush Limbaugh's show after it was included in a list of sponsors on ToppleBush.com.
- UPDATE: AllState just told us that its ad agency had made a mistake, and some ads did air on Limbaugh's show, but the company has had a policy from the get-go to not be in that media.
Without a definitive list of Limbaugh's advertisers, ToppleBush became the go-to place for current advertiser brand names. Its list appears to be wrong, however. (We made the same mistake, too.)
Advertisers have been rushing for the exits after Limbaugh called a Georgetown University student a "slut" because she supported health insurance coverage for contraception.
The problem is that before AllState could get its denial out, the angry masses showed up on the company's Facebook page. There they found this unfortunate Wall post:
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The post triggered dozens of angry responses from people who wrongly believed AllState was a Limbaugh advertiser and didn't see the contradiction in financially supporting a man who calls women sluts. Here's one:
Shiori Fiedler What is the significance of Women's History month to Allstate, when your still advertising on Rush Limbaugh's program? Do you not consider this hypocritical?
We asked ToppleBush for comment. We'll update this post when we get a response.
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