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Some advertisers leave Carlson show after immigrant comments [Tucker Carlson]
ABC "News" ^ | December 18, 2018 | By MAE ANDERSON, AP BUSINESS WRITER

Posted on 12/18/2018 12:47:23 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Some advertisers say they are leaving conservative host Tucker Carlson's show following his remarks that immigrants could make the U.S. "poorer and dirtier."

It's the latest example of sponsors leaving a Fox News Channel show after controversy, but experts say the flap is likely to blow over. So far, the show's biggest advertisers appear to be sticking with him and his prime-time show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Carlson said last Thursday that there's pressure from "our leaders" to accept immigrants "even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided." He added Monday that in the Southwest, "thanks to illegal immigration, huge swaths of the region are covered with garbage and waste that degrade the soil and kill wildlife."

The comments caused a furor on social media. Several advertisers, including the IHOP restaurant chain, personal finance website NerdWallet and Pacific Life insurance, have pulled advertising from the show. (NerdWallet is a content partner of The Associated Press.) SmileDirectClub said it is working with its ad buyers to stop running ads during any political opinion shows.

Fox News Channel said in a statement that "left wing advocacy groups" were using social media to "stifle free speech." The network said it "continues to stand by and work with our advertisers through these unfortunate and unnecessary distractions." Fox added that all advertisers have switched their ads to other shows, so no revenue was lost.

Carlson said he would not back down to criticism.

"We're not intimidated," he wrote . "We plan to try to say what's true until the last day. And the truth is, unregulated mass immigration has badly hurt this country's natural landscape."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carlson; fox; groupthink; news; pomposity; smugness; tucker; tuckercarlson
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I watched the show. He quoted a US Government report that said garbage and waste from illegal aliens has (nearly) destroyed portions of our southern border.
1 posted on 12/18/2018 12:47:23 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Import Third World
Become Third World


2 posted on 12/18/2018 12:48:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Time to dump STATE FARM insurance..!


3 posted on 12/18/2018 12:49:31 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If he had been talking about White Men, he would have gained advertisers.


4 posted on 12/18/2018 12:49:44 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: gaijin

https://www.statefarm.com/customer-care/contact-us


5 posted on 12/18/2018 12:50:16 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“poorer and dirtier.”

What? That isn’t true?


6 posted on 12/18/2018 12:50:47 PM PST by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hope those advertisers find success in advertising to all 4 people watching CNN and MSNBC.


7 posted on 12/18/2018 12:52:38 PM PST by Tenacious 1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I give up. Where's he wrong?


8 posted on 12/18/2018 12:52:43 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

9 posted on 12/18/2018 12:53:11 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

I don’t see state farm mentioned.


10 posted on 12/18/2018 12:53:13 PM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has anyone seen places where illegal immigrants tend to cluster together?

“Clean” is not a word that springs to mind.


11 posted on 12/18/2018 12:53:30 PM PST by servo1969
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The truth is sometimes sobering. The companies dropping Tucker for this will get replaced by others. Else, they’ll quietly resume in a few days or weeks.


12 posted on 12/18/2018 12:54:48 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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“poorer and dirtier”

Just like Starbuck’s opening their restrooms to the public!


13 posted on 12/18/2018 12:56:25 PM PST by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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The dirtiest parts of any town in America are those infested with people from Mexico and Central America. Filthy, rundown, living off taxpayers.


14 posted on 12/18/2018 12:56:57 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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That sponsor needs to come here to Phoenix and see what’s been done to it. This used to be the cleanest City in the country. It’s now filthy, with half our signs in Spanish. The most horrifying thing I ever saw in a grocery stor was a woman who changed her baby’s diaper on the floor then stuffed the dirty diaper on the shelf with food


15 posted on 12/18/2018 12:57:05 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

DUMP THE FOLLOWING:

Pacific Life (insurance)
Bowflex (exercise equipment)
Minted (online design environment)
Farmers Insurance


16 posted on 12/18/2018 12:57:46 PM PST by gaijin
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When my neighborhood got invaded, it definitely got dirtier. When these “wonderful, vibrant, hardworking undocumented folks” decide they no longer want a mattress, Christmas tree, piece of furniture, or anything else, they dump it on the sidewalk. They’re fond of leaving rusty old cars in their front yards, spraying graffiti, tossing trash, etc. Look at any before-and-after pictures of an invaded area, and you will see, it’s dirtier “after.”


17 posted on 12/18/2018 1:00:11 PM PST by Nea Wood
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IHOP restaurant chain?

I guess all their cooks are low wage illegals. Greedy employers love hiring illegal$.


18 posted on 12/18/2018 1:00:37 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: McGavin999

I’d have spoke to Ralph had I witnessed this.


19 posted on 12/18/2018 1:04:01 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump Effect.

He dissed President Trump, now he’s losing advertising................


20 posted on 12/18/2018 1:05:53 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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