On his show this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh shared some startling news with his listeners:
obamaflix!
RT @BruceCarrollSC: .@netflix WHAT? You are raising rates for subscribers to subsidize people who can't afford your service???
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) March 21, 2013
@repub9989 Limbaugh just read it from a news item.
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
@mchastain1981 @netflix Limbaugh read it with certainty about 20 minutes ago.
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
The scoop didn’t sit well with many of Netflix’s conservative customers:
obamaflix!
RT @BruceCarrollSC: .@netflix WHAT? You are raising rates for subscribers to subsidize people who can't afford your service???
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) March 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/TheCrazyOtt/status/314808494211616768
@BruceCarrollSC Does the Obama Administration run @netflix too?
— Anna (@ItsAnnaMorris) March 21, 2013
Netflix increasing monthly subscriptions to cover those who cannot afford svc? JUST CANCELED! When I cld'nt buy stuff, I worked HARDER!
— NoToTheMark (@ljcambria) March 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/cherokeenatv46/status/314810600461041665
Wait, Netflix is raising its rates on current customers to help the poor be able to afford it? What? You can't be serious.
— Jared, the Jaguar (@jaredthejaguar) March 21, 2013
As it turns out, Rush was just being Rush, using absurdity to illustrate a larger point:
BREAKING: @netflix is NOT raising rates to pay for people who can't afford it. #Rush was making a point, and pulled an "AceofSpades".
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
Limbaugh was making a point. There is NO @netflix subsidy rate increase.
Rush just said he was "illustrating absurdity"
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
Limbaugh's point about @netflix – the Govt raises rates all the time to subsidize others, and there's no instant outrage from Libs.
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
Hey @netflix sorry Rush just name dropped you in a social experiment. Long story short, if people were honest more would hate obamacare
— Jo (@JDtheBard) March 21, 2013
Well played, Mr. Limbaugh. Well played.
Rush accomplished this today: No private subscription service will now DARE to raise rates on customers to subsidize non-paying ones. LOL.
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) March 21, 2013
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Update:
Audio, via Daily Rushbo:
