Women react to Rush's apology: Not accepted?

Teaser:

The outcry over Rush Limbaugh calling birth control activist Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute,” seems to have worked. Several days after his attempt to slut-shame the Georgetown University law student, Limbaugh issued a rare apology on his website, saying "in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize."

Editorial:

From MSNBC [1]:

The outcry over Rush Limbaugh calling birth control activist Sandra Fluke a “slut” [2]and a “prostitute,” seems to have worked. Several days after his attempt to slut-shame the Georgetown University law student, Limbaugh issued a rare apology on his website [3], saying "in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize."

The conservative radio host also claimed he wasn't against birth control, according to a transcript of his show [4].

But the apology may be too little, too late for scores of women who felt personally stung by the attack.

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Source:

MSNBC

URL:

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10564407-women-react-to-rushs-apology-not-accepted

Date:

March 5, 2012

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[2] http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10564832-despite-furor-limbaugh-refuses-to-back-down-on-criticism-of-sandra-fluke
[3] http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/03/a_statement_from_rush
[4] http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/02/the_democrats_are_desperate_obama_calls_sandra_fluke_the_30_year_old_victim
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