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Limbaugh Purges ‘Slut’ From Site

SLUT FUROR

But "prostitute" is still there.

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A “slut” search on RushLimbaugh.com just got more difficult. Nine days after the radio host called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” a search for the word on Limbaugh's website turns up "no results." And while a search for the word “prostitute”—another term Limbaugh used for Fluke—yields plenty of results, a click on the transcript of Limbaugh's first attack on Fluke brings up a blank page. Since lambasting Fluke last Wednesday for testifying in Congress in favor of women's access to contraception, Limbaugh has faced a rash of criticism and has lost at least 50 advertisers. He apologized last Saturday, writing that his "choice of words was not the best" on his site, but is facing a continued fallout for his comments.

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