Posted on 10/18/2004 1:29:45 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Leftists are still writing to advertisers to boycott Sinclair. A few of the cowardly ones have given in but General Mills deserves kudos for not giving in to the Leftists! Read their reply to the Leftists and their swipe at CBS!
"We believe one of the fundamental elements of our society is the freedom of the press. Companies such as ours, in our view, should not attempt to influence, control or pre-empt the content of news through the leverage of advertising sponsorship. To do so would undermine that fundamental freedom.
From time to time, any one of us as viewers may consider a particular news story to be inaccurate or imbalanced. News organizations do err. Judgment is not always well applied. One major news organization recently acknowledged that errors were made in stories relating to the current presidential election. When such errors occur, certainly a price is paid in terms of reputation. But errors and questionable judgment are an acceptable price to pay, in our view, to assure the presence of a free and independent media in our society."
Sounds like the grown-ups are in charge at General Mills.
Thanks for the list of good products.
I do work for General Mills; perhaps with expanding support from this forum, our stock will get back to $50 per share and I can afford to retire (being the old white guy that I am).
My Email has been sent... Salute to GM... something I rarely do nowdays.
Great! I just bought some Haagen Dazs this afternoon. Musta seen this coming.
Good fer General Mills...MUD
I made groceries today and picked up Cheerios for the kids, Bisquick for hubby (loves Bisquick pancakes!) and Progresso CarbMonitor soups for me. Will email and thank them as well. Appreciate the heads up.
Hahah, I did the same thing. I put "thank you" in the subject line as I thought they may like to hear that instead of the threats from the thugs.
I hear ya .. I'm starting that stage and forever having to refill the shelves
And some Betty Crocker, and
Bisquick
Cheerios
Gold Medal
Green Giant
Häagen-Dazs
Hamburger Helper
Nature Valley
Old El Paso
Pillsbury
Totino's/Jeno's
Seems I will have to move away from Blue Bell for awhile... Oh well, the Dazs is getting shorter... LOL
Must buy cereal.
Since I'm now doing large amounts of Cheerios to help get my cholesterol into a healthy range, I'm happy...
I sent a note of thanks to them & I will continue to buy their products. As a matter of fact we are having ole el paso tacos tonight!
Hay Ernesto! Look at the "To:" heading on this reply!! It says yer Dysfunctional!!! Ha Ha Ha!!!
From now on... I'ma gonna perpetually ping "Dysfunctional;Ernest at the Beach" (snort!)
Sorry Dysfunctional, to take your name in vain, but I just love to tease Ernest and this thread is so heartening that it really put me in a good teasing mood!!! (evil grin)
I'm sorry, Dysfunctional, but this is more fun than the Waspman should ever be allowed to have!!!
You just made me very hungry. :)
I'm having a bowl of Multigrain Cheerios. BTW, General Mills, what's with the little boxes & big prices on my favorite?
I use alot of the listed products & just sent an e-mail thanking the company.
Yeah, a NON boycott thread. I can eat! I can eat!
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