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Wisconsin companies pull ads from Glenn Beck Program (Sargento, SC Johnson Confirm Beck Boycott)
© Copyright 2009 BizTimes Media LLC ^ | Published August 14, 2009 | BizTimes Daily

Posted on 08/15/2009 7:40:36 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Several national advertisers, including some Wisconsin companies, have pulled their commercials from the broadcast of the Glenn Beck Program on the Fox News Channel after Beck called President Barack Obama a "racist" who has a "deep-seated hatred for white people....

Several advertisers then removed their commercials from the show, including ....

Racine-based S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. [and] Plymouth, Wis.-based Sargento Foods Inc., a privately held company, pulled its ads from Beck's show.

Barbara Gannon, spokeswoman for Sargento, told BizTimes today, "I can confirm that we have instructed our media buyer not to buy any advertising that would appear during the Glenn Beck Show. We market our products to people regardless of their political affiliations, yet we do not want to be associated with hateful speech used by either liberal or conservative television hosts."

(Excerpt) Read more at biztimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: beck; boycott; business; fcc; foxnews; glennbeck; politics; sargento; scjohnson; talkradio
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I don’t think they sell Sargento at the Whole Food Grocery Store, which is where I shop!


61 posted on 08/15/2009 9:29:36 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( Obama Happens! Not my Fault!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Let's target Sargento Cheese in particular--easy to remember, a not bad product that I used to purchase regularly.

What brand of sandwich-style cheese would make a good replacement?

Also, address of Sargento?

62 posted on 08/15/2009 10:28:29 AM PDT by Mamzelle (bring your cameras to all political gatherings--video if you can)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
who has a "deep-seated hatred for white people....

Did he really say this? I missed that particular show but I have a hard time believing that Glenn simply said those things without putting them in the context of the overall debate on racism, or comparing them to the race-baiters like Jackson, Sharpton, et al, who play the race card at every opportunity.

63 posted on 08/15/2009 10:33:04 AM PDT by SaveTheChief (Obama lied, America died.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Pointing out that the president railed against white cops on national tv and is by extension racist is hardly hate speech.


64 posted on 08/15/2009 10:39:57 AM PDT by lucias_clay (I got feathers whose got tar ?)
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To: WellyP
Crush the bosses but please let the little guy live.

I never did see how the 'trust' commercial came out, especially after the green guy nicked the boss' first dollar for crisps.

I noticed they got Oobie on the payroll, too...

Who's next? The duck?

65 posted on 08/15/2009 10:48:21 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: woodb01
"We market our products to people regardless of their political affiliations, yet we do not want to be associated with hateful speech used by either liberal or conservative television hosts."

Too funny.

66 posted on 08/15/2009 10:53:16 AM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“We market our products to people regardless of their political affiliations, yet we do not want to be associated with hateful speech used by either liberal or conservative television hosts.”

Hateful speech? OMG, this is getting ridiculous. Beck expressed his views based upon Obama’s actions, words, books and life associations. There is nothing “hateful” here, it is fact.


67 posted on 08/15/2009 11:09:39 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Toespi; All
Petition for BECK:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/we-support-glenn-beck

68 posted on 08/15/2009 11:12:45 AM PDT by AuntB (Tired of D & R globalist power brokers? How 'bout HEARTLAND AMERICA PARTY? It's a state of mind!)
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To: WellyP
The gecko doesn’t own the company. He takes orders from higher up. Crush the bosses but please let the little guy live.

I hear geckos are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

69 posted on 08/15/2009 11:45:18 AM PDT by voicereason (I Don't Need SEX...I Get Screwed By Democrats Everyday!!!)
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To: alicewonders
I’ve read that vinegar actually has disinfecting properties & baking soda scrubs, but doesn’t scratch. Plus, they are both as cheap as dirt.

Whenever you do need a little abrasiveness in the kitchen, use kosher salt. When done, just put it down the drain. It also kills bacteria better than any of the "anti-bacterials" out there, unless of course your using a bleach mixture.

70 posted on 08/15/2009 11:50:25 AM PDT by voicereason (I Don't Need SEX...I Get Screwed By Democrats Everyday!!!)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

I would like to hear what they consider imflammatory, the specific words they are objecting to.

The exact words. I think it is time to insist that when people make those kinds of statements, they must prove them.

Otherwise they will get away with all these generalizations that play so well in the MSM.


71 posted on 08/15/2009 12:08:33 PM PDT by SusaninOhio
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To: SusaninOhio

Glenn Beck called the President a racist.

They are the words.

However, what OBAMA’S “pastor” has said from the pulpit, I suppose, is neither racist nor inflammatory.

And when Obama talks about his OWN grandmother being “a typical white person” neither is that.

It is only when WHITES call racist blacks a “racist” that an act of racism has occurred, according to Gagco.


72 posted on 08/15/2009 12:21:53 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (I want all communists to fail.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Any other liberal loving companies I need to avoid?
Yep. Levi Jeans.
They donate heavily to the gun grabbing Brady bunch and have for over a decade. Since I found out back in the early days of the Internet (Prodigy era) its been nothing but Wrangler Jeans for me. Plus Wranglers fit better.

Citi Corp is another big donor to the Brady bunch.
It's a litter harder to boycott them since they bought up most Dept Store credit cards (like Sears) and 'merged' (gobbled up) with other banks.

73 posted on 08/15/2009 12:33:19 PM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I emailed them all!


74 posted on 08/15/2009 12:35:40 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for the people to remain silent.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I always love it when special interest groups use their rights to free speech and expression to demand it be taken from others.


75 posted on 08/15/2009 1:05:46 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: WellyP
Warren Buffet owns Gieco Insurance...
76 posted on 08/15/2009 1:08:10 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; All
Talk to the manager of your local supermarket. Ask him to remove Sargento products from their shelves because Sargento has supported a racist group’s attack on free speech. Supermarket shelf space is the life blood of retail food sales and there are many products begging for every inch of space. Get them pulled from a few stores and it will get their attention.
77 posted on 08/15/2009 1:10:11 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: fwdude

I do already. Baking soda and vinegar are much healthier for ya...


78 posted on 08/15/2009 1:10:40 PM PDT by Ladysmith ("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
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To: fwdude

Oh, and also much cheaper.


79 posted on 08/15/2009 1:11:39 PM PDT by Ladysmith ("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Condor51

Dockers are what is keeping Levi in business. Most people don’t know Dockers are Livi because the company plays it down.

Don’t buy Dockers either.


80 posted on 08/15/2009 1:15:16 PM PDT by SUSSA
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