Posted on 03/31/2018 6:56:45 AM PDT by blam
Progressive insurance, a major publicly traded company, has decided to pull ads off Laura Ingraham’s radio programs, Breitbart News can confirm. In addition to the news of the decision to pull the ads, Progressive–through an ad placement firm–at least partially defined what qualifies as a reason to pull Progressive ads off the air of a certain program: “Controversial programming.” Even so, despite coining that term for this, Progressive refused to further define what it means by “controversial programming.” A media ad-buying-and-placement firm for Progressive insurance notified radio affiliates on Friday morning to stop airing ads on or near Ingraham’s programming.
“DO NOT AIR ANY PROGRESSIVE SPOTS IN OR ADJACENT TO ANY CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAMMING, SPECIFICALLY LAURA INGRAHAM PROGRAMMING, IN THE WEEK OF 4/2,” Ad Large Media wrote on behalf of Progressive to radio affiliates nationwide on Friday morning in an email subsequently obtained by Breitbart News.
Progressives jumping on the bandwagon of other companies that are at least temporarily boycotting Ingraham’s shows is a major development. Perhaps even more significant, though, is that through ad placement firm Ad Large Media, Progressive has at least begun to define what constitutes a company’s withdrawal of its ads from a program in this new age of corporate warfare.
What has happened particularly with Laura Ingraham this week is she made comments about Parkland student David Hogg, prompting a left-wing campaign against her advertisers. In response, some advertisers pulled ads from her show. Then, she apologized to Hogg, Hogg did not accept her apology, and the attacks on her advertisers have continued.
This is the latest in a long line of similar corporate warfare attacks from the left against conservative media.
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Laura needs to consult with Rush regarding Advertiser Management and get some different Advertisers.
That Flo hag hasn’t been promoted by that firm for 20 years. Their human resources must really suck.
“Never explain. Never complain” - James Michael Curley
We are finding out which companies are leftist or are controlled by leftists.
These fascist organizations probably only reluctantly support conservative shows. The thin-skinned managers quickly jump on any opportunity to punish common sense.
Who or what are they afraid of? Their actions to please Democrats are obviously bigoted and partisan.
Their ads are too lily white. Good luck to them and their self-destructive management policies.
“Progressive” should tell you all you need to know. Go to GEICO. At least they’re not marxists.
Peter B. Lewis was the guy you are thinking of. Another pro-pot Liberal lunatic. His dad started Progressive in the fifties and this member of ‘The Lucky Sperm Club’ Ran it for decades.
Never apologize
Let’s have a list of boycoteers so we can boycott them!
Their ads are tiresome. Shut them off.
Pajama Boy grown up to be Flo?
Flo resembles road kill with lipstick.
Does anyone have the names of all the sponsors who caved?
I will add them to the myriad of organizations I will no longer or never patronize!
Eodguy
Why do they advertise on a mostly conservative TV station anyway? What the hell did they expect? I’m so glad I dropped their car insurance 8 years ago.
Agreed. No sense doing business with moral cowards.
WAS PARKLAND AN IDYLLIC SCHOLASTIC SETTING OR A NIGHTMARE
I suspect but only an investigation will either dispel or prove that with those policies enforced. Students had all kinds of disciplinary problems (drugs, thefts fights etc) when attending classses there.
WHERE WAS THE DEMAND FOR FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTIGATIONS ????
They’re missing the point It’s not guns or the NRA It’s policies which had cops standing outside while killing was going on or some nut getting a gun the FBI knew he wasn’t suppose to... Plus a whole raft of other stuff
DEMAND STATE AND FED INVESTIGATION ON THE POLICIES WHICH RESULTED IN THIS PERMISSIVE FAILURE.
http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm
“Hooray. Those Progressive ads are annoying. Plus, the company lives up to its name. They are overly priced and they use their millions to push a progressive agenda.”
Wonderful! Not seeing that fatuous b!tch “Flo’s” ugly mug is a relief. Fox needs better ad clientele. The good news is that the Liberal a$$hole who started Progressive Insurance died recently.
I had heard somewhere that Soros was an investor in Progressive. Anyone have any other info?
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