Posted on 08/19/2009 9:05:11 AM PDT by montag813
Color of Change's Phony "Boycott" Continues to Unravel
P&G Denies Pulling Ads; WalMart Pulls Its Ads from ALL Talk Shows; Sargentos Too
Following on the heels of yesterday's denial by Best Buy of claims by Color of Change that they pulled their ads from the Glenn Beck program, today 2 more major advertisers denied CoC's take on events.
DefendGlenn.com contacted officials at WalMart in Bentonville, including David Tovar, the representative quoted in Color of change's well-hyped press release. They confirmed that WalMart, which was not even a sponsor of Glenn Beck's show on FoxNews Channel to begin with, has pulled its ads from ALL CABLE NEWS TALK SHOWS as of August 3rd, as a direct response to this "controversy". Tovar stated their reason for pulling all ads from "commentary broadcasts" was to "avoid polarizing our customers". This includes CNN and MSNBC. ALL PULLED.
DefendGlenn.com has also spoken to officials from Procter and Gamble, and Sargentos. P&G said they have NOT pulled ads because they never advertised on Glenn Beck to begin with. In addition P&G said they would be "restricting our advertising to daytime lineups" in an attempt to "avoid controversy". While Sargento, whose brand-destruction by its own public relations reps has been well-documented here, has now said they will also be yanking ads from MSNBC and CNN "talk personalities" as soon as it can be "arranged".
Great work, Color of Change, you are killing the struggling shows like Hardball, Ed Show, Anderson Cooper 180, and Maddow, in addition to the once-strong brands such as Olbermann, which is now hemorraging viewers, by yanking their few high-paying advertisers away from them.
Meanwhile FoxNews continues to explode its ratings, and is able to replace advertisers on a moment's notice. For instance, last week, after Men's Wearhouse confirmed that it was joining Color of Change's astroturf fraud, JoS A. Bank Clothiers had ads to replace them on Beck's show only 2 nights later!
Sorry!
Actually you only have to drive to New Mexico... :)
http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp
Or send them an email asking who makes their organic ketchup so that you can find out if it is sold under another name at a store near you.
Use the rewards check. It’s free merchandise, so it hurts them financially.
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