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Advertisers Deserting Fox News' Glenn Beck
Market Watch ^ | 8/14/09 | William Spain

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 ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: advertisers; agenda; boycott; colorofchange; democrats; foxnews; freespeech; glennbeck; liberalcowards; liberalfascism; liberalhitpiece; libhitpiece
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To: Mojave

Glock, Smith and Wesson, and Remington come to mind.


41 posted on 08/18/2009 7:23:07 AM PDT by corlorde (New Hampshire)
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To: USNBandit
Obama’s

That's some bizarre punctuation. What would Victor Borga do with that?

42 posted on 08/18/2009 7:23:07 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: DonaldC

Of course racism is alive, just look around you.


43 posted on 08/18/2009 7:23:07 AM PDT by stuartcr (When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.)
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To: easttennesseejohn

“We should write these companies”

I already did, I’m boycotting them for pulling their ads. Two can play at this game, we’ll see which boycott hurts them the most.


44 posted on 08/18/2009 7:23:39 AM PDT by Robbin (If Sarah isnÂ’t welcome, IÂ’m not welcome, itÂ’s just that simpleÂ…)
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To: steve-b

It is interesting how the phrase “advertisers desert” caused me to infer that it was a landslide, but when I read the list, it was the same small list of advertisers I saw when this thing first started up. And it has been pretty heavily discussed at FR.

Those advertisers simply don’t get our/conservative’s business.

I was going to switch to Geico in November. Now I’m not.
We always buy Charmin at Costco. No more. It is a cheap price to pay to continue to promote liberty. It’s impact will bed small but, let’s face it, so is the cost to me.

And if I am not willing to absorb even that tiny cost, maybe I don’t deserve liberty.

The other companies products are not ones I use anyway.


45 posted on 08/18/2009 7:24:14 AM PDT by RobRoy (This too will pass. But it will hurt like a you know what.)
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To: steve-b

“Men’s Warehouse” is 100% dead off my shopping list.

In fact they should be the EXAMPLE store because they are the most vulnerable in this ecconomy.


46 posted on 08/18/2009 7:24:59 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: F15Eagle
"Wow, a hit piece on Christians and then this one gloating over the Glenn Beck issue."

fyi: Let's Dial The Town Hall Antics Back A Notch Or Two
47 posted on 08/18/2009 7:25:33 AM PDT by astyanax (I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
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To: DTogo

My first thought as well. Sounds like a great opportunity for new sponsors to get a spot they may not have been able to get before all this hoopla.


48 posted on 08/18/2009 7:25:43 AM PDT by Melpomene
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To: Right Cal Gal

No Sargento cheese and no GEICO for me — ever!!!


49 posted on 08/18/2009 7:27:03 AM PDT by detch
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To: RobRoy

I have my list now when I go to the store. I have informed non-Freeper Beck fans about the boycott. I have a TEA Party in Pleasanton this Saturday and will tell as many people as possible there as well.

Amazing - they will pull their ads from Glenn’s show but continue to advertise on Osama bin Olbermann’s hatefest every night.

And Glenn backed up his claim - quoting from Zero’s own works - but all the proof I needed were the words from his preacher.


50 posted on 08/18/2009 7:27:18 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: steve-b

Oh noes! The sky is falling!


51 posted on 08/18/2009 7:27:34 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: longtermmemmory
Speaking of Men's Wearhouse, the reason the Big Mew won't go near the place...

Gov. Paterson used campaign funds at Men's Wearhouse and to pay off bar tabs

...Hot Sheets shops there :)

52 posted on 08/18/2009 7:27:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Gettin Betta
those stupid Progressive commercials with that annoying woman dressed in white with the red lipstick

You'd need to do a lot of improvements on her before she'd rise to annoying, in my view. She illustrates the need to invent a hyperclicker, so with a single touch you could make her image go away forever.

53 posted on 08/18/2009 7:27:53 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Rebellion is not brewing. Frog is brewing.)
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To: USNBandit

Remember the yin and the yang . Make sure your patronize the companies that advertise on Beck’s show...any one got a list? ....and avoid those who boycott it. Patronizing the advertisers is far more effective than a boycott. Ask Rush.


54 posted on 08/18/2009 7:28:38 AM PDT by BilLies
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To: Melpomene
Barack Obama belonged to a black racist church for over 20 years, and yes, indeed he is a black racist,
55 posted on 08/18/2009 7:28:57 AM PDT by tessalu (Obama should not ever fool us again.)
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To: KavMan

the astro turf group that started this CLAIMS 600 members.

I bet they did not exist until a few weeks ago.

this is “jamming”.

The FACT is Obama is a racist.

The FACT is Mrs. Obama is a racist.

The FACT is racism is good business for community organizers.

This in the racism industry can’t allow their leader to be hit with the label. Because then they can’t use guilt as a bully club to shakedown money.

FNC should take note, the ONLY weekday show that is worth watching is Glen Beck. THE ONLY SHOW.

all the others are just fluff and a waste of time. (the D team on weekends is just too pathetic to mention. Cavutto is good, the rest are disposable and forgettable.)


56 posted on 08/18/2009 7:29:08 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: LS

“If I was FOX, I’d subsidize Beck with other shows until this blows over.”

Smart thinking! Beck, if allowed, will surpass the Populist in their ratings.


57 posted on 08/18/2009 7:29:15 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: Frantzie
Glenn needs to have a show listing these Leftist companies and show the reasons they gave for pulling their advertising. For them, it's not about free speech, it is all about controlling public thinking.

The Left has done this repeatedly on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, etc,,,. And no sponsors have been pulled on these extremely Leftist and hateful networks.

58 posted on 08/18/2009 7:29:19 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Give me LIBERTY or give me an M-24A2!)
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To: bluerose

I sent off my emails yesterday. We do unfortunately use Geico. So far they are the only ones who responded:

“Thank you for your email request.

If you are a policyholder we thank you for being with GEICO and we want to tell
you more about this matter. If you are not, we also want you to learn more.

This week we took action to move our marketing messages from the Glenn Beck show
and you are wondering why.

Well, you deserve an answer.

If the inflammatory nature of the comments on a program overshadows our message
and causes GEICO to be drawn into a national debate, we are likely to reconsider
where we place our marketing messages, which is what we did.
GEICO delivers very important messages through its major marketing campaigns:
we’re saving customers’ dollars … we’re easy to do business with … we’re looking
out for our policyholders. That’s what we hope the public hears and sees and
focuses on.

As a company, we do not take positions on controversial issues.

As an advertiser, while a national debate on issues can be healthy and
appropriate, we don’t see ourselves in the role of taking part in those debates.

Our business is auto insurance. We want to bring people value and we attempt to
reach large audiences with that message.

It is of little benefit to us if a controversy on the program gets so much
attention that our message is drowned out.

GEICO Corporate Communications”


59 posted on 08/18/2009 7:29:19 AM PDT by bluerose (PALIN For President, Liz Cheney Vice Pres.)
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To: steve-b
I didn't know that FOX was pro-socialism.

steve-b ... you need to quit leaving your computer unattended ... one of your 2 or 3 friends stopped by while you were gone and posted the line above ... it really makes you look stupid.

60 posted on 08/18/2009 7:29:31 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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