Editing Rush Limbaugh (section)

===Leukemia and lymphoma telethon===
From 1990 until his death, Limbaugh held an annual fundraising telethon called the "EIB Cure-a-Thon"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Cure-A-Thon Breaks $3 Million Mark|work=Rush Limbaugh|url= http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/04/18/leukemia_lymphoma_society_cure_a_thon_breaks_3_million_mark |date=April 18, 2011|publisher=RushLimbaugh.com|access-date=August 4, 2006|url-status=live|archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025201018/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/04/18/leukemia_lymphoma_society_cure_a_thon_breaks_3_million_mark}}</ref> for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org |title=Leukemia and Lymphoma Society|work=501(c)|publisher=Leukemia and Lymphoma Society|access-date=August 4, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324093452/http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/ |archive-date=March 24, 2005|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, the EIB Cure-a-Thon conducted its 16th annual telethon, raising $1.7 million,<ref>{{cite web|title=It's Over: The Operative Words are "Not Guilty" |url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/rushwire/the_operative_words_are_not_guilty.guest.html|date=May 1, 2006|work=Rush Limbaugh|publisher=RushLimbaugh.com|access-date=November 15, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912051755/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/rushwire/the_operative_words_are_not_guilty.guest.html|archive-date=September 12, 2012}}</ref> totaling over $15 million since the first cure-a-thon.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Newsweek]]|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12555181/site/newsweek/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504194057/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12555181/site/newsweek/ |archive-date=2006-05-04 |url-status=dead |title=Rehabbing Rush |author1=Arian Campo-Flores |author2=Evan Thomas |date=2006}}</ref> According to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society annual reports, Limbaugh personally contributed between $100,000 and $499,999 from 2000 to 2005 and in 2007,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |title=2000 Annual Report |publisher=Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |url=http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/attachments/National/Annual_Report_2000_Final.pdf |archive-date=2003-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030816192524/http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/attachments/National/Annual_Report_2000_Final.pdf}}</ref> and Limbaugh said that he contributed around $250,000 in 2003, 2004, and 2005.<ref>{{cite web |work=Rush Limbaugh Show |date=April 28, 2005 |url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/rush_photos_main/the_american_dream_is_no_myth.guest.html |title=The American Dream Is No Myth and Our Cure-A-Thon Numbers Prove It |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013112425/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/rush_photos_main/the_american_dream_is_no_myth.guest.html|archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref> The Society's 2006 annual report placed him in the $500,000 to $999,999 category.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> Limbaugh donated $320,000 during the 2007 Cure-a-Thon,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Limbaugh Donates $320,000 to Kick Off 2007 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Cure-A-Thon |work=Rush Limbaugh|publisher=RushLimbaugh.com |url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042007/content/01125106.guest.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729064143/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042007/content/01125106.guest.html|archive-date=July 29, 2011|access-date=April 20, 2007}}</ref> which the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society reported had raised $3.1 million.<ref>Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202060615/http://lls.org/all_news_detail.adp?item_id=472343&cat_id=140 Rush Limbaugh Cure-A-Thon Raises $3.1 Million for Society Mission]. May 1, 2007.</ref> On his radio program April 18, 2008, Limbaugh pledged $400,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society after being challenged by two listeners to increase his initial pledge of $300,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Donates $400,000 to Kick Off Annual Blood Cancer Cure-A-Thon|work=Rush Limbaugh|publisher=RushLimbaugh.com |url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_041808/content/01125106.guest.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612220851/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_041808/content/01125106.guest.html|archive-date=June 12, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>