Posted on 08/18/2009 7:08:18 AM PDT by steve-b
In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the "Glenn Beck" show on Fox News following the host's incendiary comments that President Barack Obama is a "racist" and has a "deep-seated hatred for white people."
Among the advertisers to pull spots from the popular cable talk show are Geico, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway /quotes/comstock/13*!brk.a (BRK .A 99,275, +275.00, +0.28%) /quotes/comstock/13*!brk.b (BRK .B 3,235, +5.20, +0.16%) ; Procter & Gamble /quotes/comstock/13*!pg/quotes/nls/pg (PG 52.49, +0.28, +0.54%) ; Sargento Cheese; and Progressive Insurance /quotes/comstock/13*!pgr/quotes/nls/pgr (PGR 16.01, -0.08, -0.50%) , according to the companies and Color of Change, one group that is organizing a campaign against the program....
Adding fuel to the fire is Donny Deutsch, a TV personality and head of the ad agency Deutsch Inc., which is part of the Interpublic Group /quotes/comstock/13*!ipg/quotes/nls/ipg (IPG 5.95, +0.02, +0.34%) . He, too, called for a boycott of Beck's show, saying on the air on the business-news channel CNBC that "this has to stop," and the "only way this stops" is if sponsors pull their support....
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Funny thing is we can abandon them as well....2 can play THIS game!
This is proof that racism is alive and well, and it trumps free speech. The government is nowhere near being color blind and the rest of society follows suit.
Can't wait until he moves to 10p ET
If I was FOX, I’d subsidize Beck with other shows until this blows over. He’s clearly a massive draw, and more than that, he’s right.
I am admittedly late to this party. What, exactly are the verbatim comments, in context, that Mr. Beck uttered?
Is there a transcript somewhere?
We can’t let these left wing loons play this game. We need to let the companies know we can play this game too!
Me too!
They do so at their peril. They’re missing a huge audience.
I didn't know that FOX was pro-socialism.
Beck’s king-of-the-hill ratings will encourage other advertisers to take their place.
So he gets new sponsors.
The above transcript looks pretty accurate as to what he said .
That gal annoys the crap outta me too!
Ugh! Good riddance!
Just another example of the truth being intensely offensive.
A company choosing how to allocate their own internal funding is socialism? You slay me.
A boycott run by competitors not inspiring.
I watch him everyday but it’s best to avoid personal name calling (as I have always posted). Better to say ‘his policies appear racist’ or similar then to say he is a racist. Personal references that are subjective are a great way to draw fire. No you dont know what Obama’s true motives are, even if you think you do. You know what he does, not what he thinks.
Silly thing though is these advertisers are throwing away the largest viewing audience.
Right now, FOX is riding high. You WOULD think that the advertisers would want to be in front of those people, instead of buying discounted advertising in a lesser media.
HECK! They want a deal? We can put them in the Missoula Journal!
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