Posted on 04/04/2018 12:33:13 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
On Friday, leading acne treatment company Proactiv announced it was rushing to remove advertisements placed on MSNBC programming after a former contributor for the liberal network slammed pro-gun Parkland teenager Kyle Kashuv online.
Kurt Eichenwald is currently a senior writer at Newsweek. In a since-deleted tweet sent at 10:35 a.m. on Friday, Eichenwald attempted to call out Kashuv in harsh and dramatic tones and terminology. He wrote:
Kyle…you continue to disappoint. Trafficking in fantasies, fine. Your followers are infantile, your only form of debate is insult. And you wonder why I have no respect for you.
In response, Kashuv called for an advertiser campaign boycott aimed at MSNBC–apparently an indirect rejoinder to schoolmate David Hogg‘s boycott aimed at Fox News‘ Laura Ingraham.
Many of Kashuv’s followers dutifully complied with the request and began to direct their outrage at various MSNBC advertisers while also highlighting the Kashuv-Eichenwald interaction. Proactiv quickly got the memo and announced, in a series of tweets posted late Friday afternoon:
We are aware of this incident and have pulled our ads from the network as a result. We are working diligently with our media partner to get them removed as quickly as possible. Thank you.
Eichenwald eventually apologized to Kashuv–and Kashuv accepted. Eichenwald then moved to try and stop Proactiv from pulling the plug on MSNBC–seemingly to no avail, at least as of this writing.
Conservative media outlet Twitchy gloatingly pointed out one major issue with the MSNBC boycott campaign–Eichenwald stopped contributing to the network just last month.
NBC Universal released a statement in response to the boycott and advertiser loss, noting, “Kurt Eichenwald is not associated with MSNBC and has not been an MSNBC contributor since February 2018.”
Eichenwald simply forgot to delete the reference to his former job from his Twitter bio.
Eichenwald eventually apologized to Kashuv–and Kashuv accepted. Eichenwald then moved to try and stop Proactiv from pulling the plug on MSNBC
It shouldn't but it still amazes me how lefties can never look at themselves in the mirror.
I’m really starting to like this Kashuv kid. I’ve seen him in several interviews and guess what? He never used the ‘F’ word once.
Boycotts work both ways ... they just found out................
I have no idea what Proactive sells but they must not need to reach many potential customers because almost no one watches MSNBC.
You didn’t read the first half sentence of the article.
Proactive is an acne treatment.
Ha-Ha!
Proactive is stupid to do this. Just quietly stop advertising. Why tick off potential customers because of political persuasion?
He never used the ‘F’ word once.
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I’m impressed as well. On this issue alone, he makes Hoggwash look like a dopester.
With as much projection of their own behavior onto others as the left likes to do, they don't have to look in the mirror. They see themselves everywhere.
Kurt should reach out to anime porn producers. They would back one of their big users.
The worm turns!
Wo und who ist das Kurt Eichenwald? Ein komischer Nuedel?
;^)
But I guess Camera “F-word” Hog is okay to Ike
If this keeps up, no advertiser is going to advertise on ANY political broadcast. Right or left, Democrat or Republican. This $hit goes both ways.
Why advertise on these shows and then get hit with boycotts? The left opened up this can of worms and the left gloated, now is going to consume them too.
Accepted the apology Grace vs being obnoxious little creep
Kurt Eichenwald ist eine Schwuchtel.
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