Posted on 08/20/2009 3:18:08 PM PDT by montag813
Clorox: "Decision not to advertise on political talk shows"
Cites shows which "distort" facts to "blatantly partisan advantage"; Scope remains unclear
Clorox Inc. appears to be following in the footsteps of WalMart, by announcing it would be no longer "advertise on political talk shows". Clorox said they "do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts". The scope of this new policy remains unclear. WalMart itself told DefendGlenn.com on August 19th that it was removing "all advertising" from cable news talk, which we were led to understand meant EVENING shows, including MSNBC and some CNN shows. Clorox has not yet elaborated to us WHICH shows would face this new policy, but the company is sure to catch hell if they show ANY commericals on one of those shows from here on out.
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If this decision mirrors that made by WalMart this will once again hurt MSNBC much worse than FoxNews, since MSNBC's fledgling shows will have a much harder time finding replacements. Glenn Beck's show is the highest rated show on Fox among the critical 24-54 demo, and garners TWICE as many viewers as Olbermann and Maddow COMBINED.
(Excerpt) Read more at defendglenn.com ...
Makes sense that bleach would go with whitewash
So freedom of speech is wanted to be directed by advertisers? Like we will tell you content or we’ll go take our marbles somewhere else to play? Other than talk radio where else would people want to hear about Clorox as in nobody has ever heard of that company before .....
Well they can certainly choose who to sponsor. Freedom of speech doesn’t equal the right for your speech to be paid for. On the other hand are free to show the sponsors what we think about their chickening out.
WE are free...
"..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..."
No this is just a natural side effect. If people are going to boycott advertisers for the content of shows they advertise in then advertisers are going to be careful about the content of shows they advertise in.
So where were these clowns at during the Bush administration? Funny how nobody raises a stink until conservatives do it. Just like with the stupid 527 groups in the 2004 election. Nobody said a damn about the 527s until the Swift Boaters got involved, then you heard all this baloney about “well we need to crack down on this divisive speech and groups blah blah blah”
Where was the conscience of these Companies when the majority of the main stream media called George W. Bush liar, Nazi, stupid, racist, etc.?
I WAS a Clorox customer.
I can live without Clorox and Walmart.
Barkeeper’s Friend is a much better product. Meijer is head and shoulders above Walmart in quality, shopping experience, cleanliness, and, most of the time, price.
(And you don’t have to walk around hearing kids yelling “hey, uncle dad!”)
.....we were on the same thought track..
This has unintended consequences as they are pulling their ads from MSNBC and CNN while Fox is still raking in the money for their other shows.
As long as they do it across the board, I have no problem. It is their money and they have a right to choose not to advertise on political shows. MSNBC and CNN are not going to be happy now which makes me happy.
Ya, well figured. Rush says boycotts really don’t work but an email to the company to list our thoughts on their decision might help - just saying ....
I don’t think most boycotts work. It all depends on how many people participate. I’m generally too lazy. I shop for quality, price and convenience, adding politics into the mix just makes things complicated.
For commodity products like liquid bleach, gotta wonder why the brand name commands the premium it does.
Sodium hydroxide is Clorox ... that’s what I buy, generic brands. I don’t buy brand names. I make my own stuff up at home. Example is 30 Second Cleaner which is nothing but bleach+TSP ... you can make it for pennies where a gallon costs $10. Same too with tile cleaner, a quarter cup of bleach to a quart of water. A few pennies vs almost five dollars.
Were had Beck been all week?
Because the people that buy by brand trust the brand. You pay more for trust. Some folks just don’t really pay attention to how simple a product is and the fact that nobody could screw it up.
Headline?
Radical Hushlims push boycott beyond Limbaugh.
We're Isflamists. We Reject Truth.
"Isflamists, may our Flam be with you, are offended by the blasphemy of truth against our Flam!"
Clorox has a lot more products out there than just bottled bleach. Some of it’s pretty good too. I worry about mixing my own, especially when bleach is involved, a lot of really nasty chemicals can be made with 2 household cleaners, and in almost all of those formulas one is bleach.
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