Company on Decision to Pull Ads from Beck: 'We Do Not Want to be Associated with Hateful Speech'

NewsBusters ^ | August 14, 2009 | Jeff Poor

[Rufus2007]

What constitutes "hateful speech?" It depends on the views of the individual, or in this case the advocacy group propagating the claim.

Earlier this week, Plymouth, Wisc.-based Sargento Food, Inc., along with several other companies, pulled their advertising from the Fox News Channel's "Glenn Beck" program at the behest of a campaign by Color of Change, an advocacy group.

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[Rufus2007]

Pretty bold for Sargento to call Glenn Beck sound bites "hateful speech." I think this will come back to haunt them...

[GeronL]

Have they ever heard of MSNBC??

[traderrob6]

E-mail for Sargento?

[wombtotomb]

Sargento-banned from a house that eats the atkins diet. Big sale loss here....

Hate speech? pffffft

[dragonblustar]

One less company that I will buy from.

[ConorMacNessa]

Boycott Sargento!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[trumandogz]

Losing an advertiser did not seem to hurt David Letterman and I do not see how losing an advertiser will hurt Glenn Beck.

[Bullish]

They just made my banned products list.

[RobRoy]

I would like Beck to publicly provide a list of companies that have removed their advertising for this or similar reasons.

Those companies may not like the results.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Wait until Obama starts going after the cheese makers.

[dalereed]

What does Sargento sell!

I’ve never bought anything because of an ad and never pay any attention to them.

[A_Former_Democrat]

The MSM’s ratings/earnings plunge is proof positive of who will win any boycott contests.

So go ahead Sargento, P&G, et al. Maybe you can make your bucks from the welfare crowd from now on.

[Publius6961]

I've been called a "domestic terrorist" for opposing National Socialism...

Doesn't that count as hate speech?

Anybody have the email addresses of the companies involved? I don't patronize the ones I know about, but there might be others...

[all the best]

Here is LINK to redstate.com site campaign to counter. Take a look.

[TiredofItalltoo]

Call:
1-800-CHEESES (1-800-243-3737) between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm (Central Time), Monday through Friday.
Write:
Consumer Affairs
Sargento Foods Inc.
One Persnickety Place
Plymouth, WI 53073

[jersey117]

Well I don’t need to buy their mozzarella cheese any more either. So there!

[mimaw]

I stopped buying their crap cheese years ago. I get great cheese at our local Italian Deli and grocery store. I wonder do they advertise on any of the PMSNBC programs? Screw em.

[gimme1ibertee]

Color of Change, an advocacy group.

Gee.....wonder what (or who) they're advocating....?

[adversarial]

From the article

Barbara Gannon, vice president of Corporate Communications & Government Relations for Sargento Foods Inc., told the Business & Media Institute why her company decided to stop advertising during the Fox News Channel program

barbara.gannon@sargento.com

[Radagast the Fool]

No more Sargento in my house.
I used to buy it all the time but will buy it no more!

Beck is the only thing I watch on tv regularly; his show yesterday with Pat Caddell about the Emanuel Bros, was great, but Beck needed Caddell on for a full hour, not just 3 minutes!