Posted on 08/13/2009 9:09:57 PM PDT by STARWISE
As NewsBuster Matthew Vadum reported Wednesday, a race-baiting group named Color Of Change -- co-founded by President Obama's "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones -- has launched a campaign to get companies to stop advertising on Glenn Beck's television program.
Recent press releases from COC concerning Beck have listed as the contact "Brandon Hatler -- Sunshine, Sachs & Associates."
As Variety reported in May 2007, SSA is a powerful New York-based public relations firm with quite an impressive list of clients:
Current clients include Ben Affleck, Jon Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Fallon, the Farrelly brothers, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Michael Moore, Tyler Perry, Barbra Streisand and Michelle Wie.
On Monday, COC published the following press release concerning Beck listing Hatler as contact: Story Continues Below Ad ↓
"We applaud GEICO and all of the other companies who have stepped forward to pull their ads from Glenn Beck," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. "Beck's rhetoric is dangerous to the fabric of our democracy, and we are heartened that so many big companies feel the same way. We won't stop here -- we're going to continue our fight to see that as many of Beck's advertisers pull their support as possible."
Two weeks ago, ColorOfChange.org called on its 600,000-plus members to sign a petition urging companies who advertise on Glenn Beck to cut off their advertising support of his work. More than 75,000 members responded to the call by signing a petition directed at advertisers.
As RBO uncovered last week, SSA also represents Van Jones's Green for All, "a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty."
When you add it all up, a current member of the Obama administration is co-founder of a group trying to get a conservative talker off the air, and is being assisted by a powerful New York PR firm.
And America's so-called journalists couldn't care less.
O’Reilly is a huge Beck supporter (clearly if you watched BOR you would know that)... and if anyone goes to bat at Fox for Glenn it will be BOR.
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Absolutely! BOR KNOWS how much Glenn
enhances FNC .. especially the bottom
line.
And Lawyers.com
*If* the wind happens to blowing the right way, maybe.
I don’t trust BOR.
He switches “sides” so often that I get dizzy trying to watch him.
I’m still waiting to see what this “showdown” between FOX and Obama he’s blustering about comes to.
That One will probably come BOR’s show again and he’ll lob him some more softballs.
Calling Dave Horowitz.
I bet we all spend a heck of a lot more money on their products than Luis Farrakhan’s Color of Change group...
Although evil, this campaign is little more than a distraction. Glenn Beck’s program gets high ratings and I’m willing to wager his ratings will increase thanks to the thuggery.
Gimme a list.
I’m in.
I sent this to Geico:
Since you have decided to boycott Glenn Beck, we’ve decided to boycott you.
~We’ll~ lose nothing.
You, however, will lose 3 million+ viewers/potential customers.
Not the brightest business move that I’ve ever heard of.
[Those of us boycotting you actually *own* cars, homes, boats and motorcycles...we don’t use bicycles, taxis, mass transit or other “green” transportation. Think about that.]
he is an Independent, he is not and has never said he was a Republican ergo he cannot be a RINO... in addition he is a huge and vocal supporter of Beck and had tremendous and growing ratings for his program, which means he can bring a lot of pressure to bear with these people going after Beck... sheesh, people stop shooting ourselves in the foot and when you have a friend in your corner appreciate it.
"We applaud GEICO and all of the other companies who have stepped forward to pull their ads from Glenn Beck," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. "Beck's rhetoric is dangerous to the fabric of our democracy, and we are heartened that so many big companies feel the same way. We won't stop here -- we're going to continue our fight to see that as many of Beck's advertisers pull their support as possible."- - - - -
Fight fire with fire! How many of us have Geico for our
insurance/financial services? Not me, but if I did?:Bye-bye, Geico!
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Pingin' my General Interest AND Texas Lists cuz I thought you'd wanna know! ...
Ping! Ping! Ping!
Like I said you clearly do not watch BOR, he and Beck are thick as thieves and it’s an obvious mutual admiration thing, Beck seems to be having a positive affect on BOR who has started to go bonkers on Obama...
Any more?
I’ve hit all those.
Thank you... several other FReepers (on another thread) recommended All State as well.
Pat survived the 60s ~and~ knows how the Dems work.
He’ll be fine.
Any organization that wants to alienate over half the populous isn’t very savvy. Just ask the Lame-Stream Media.
“A bit”?
I take it you’ve not seen the “Let me be myself” apron-sobbing angst ad, yet?....:)
God, I do love a great backfire when I see one. Beck, Limbaugh and the shrieking leftists attempting to silence them by pressuring capitalists who rely on the great unwashed mobsters of middle America to buy their products. This is a trifecta of quality entertainment. Louis B. Mayer couldn’t produce something this awesome.
Beck will kick their asses
Last night was the first time I’ve watched him since the pre-election Obama love fest.
Hadn’t watched him for *years* prior to that.
O’Reilly said he saw Obama’s birth certificate and called “borthers” like me - crazy. No thanks.
He also said Obama’s people were loving the Birthers as it drew attention from the healthcare debacle. At this point we have to choose our battles and unless you understand Alinsky’s rules, which Obama is following, then they get the upper hand and they win... he may or he may not have a real birth certificate, but no one is going to hear it, the media is protecting him, but we can stop healthcare, cap and tax and other things if we keep our eye on the ball... people need to get their heads on straight this battle is too important.
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