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Glenn Beck (credit: Miami Herald)
Yesterday, reports circulated here and elsewhere that twenty major sponsors had pulled their ads from Glenn Beck's program on FOX News.
(The boycott organizers are protesting Beck's description of President Barack Obama as "racist" on a "Fox & Friends" segment late last month.)
But according to blogger Ed Morrissey, reports of the boycott's success have been exaggerated.
Morrissey contacted three of the companies who'd reportedly joined the boycott as of yesterday: Wal-Mart, CVS and Best Buy.
A spokesman for Best Buy told Morrissey that they've never advertised on Glenn Beck's show to begin with. Neither had CVS.
Of the three companies, only Wal-Mart confirmed that they had indeed pulled their ads from the program.
Echoing my observations yesterday, Morrissey marveled at the tone deafness on display at Wal-Mart corporate headquarters, writing:
I have to say I’m puzzled by Wal-Mart’s acquiescence in this boycott. It’s not Beck fans who picket their stores, demanding unionization and demonizing them for their employee compensation policies. They’re appeasing the same people who want to drive them out of business.
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It's racist to observe that someone may be a racist? So Beck saying that he thinks Obama is racist is somehow racist in itself and his career deserves to be ended?
What happened to free speech? Or we're allowed to say only nice things about Obama?
Of course it is racist to recognize someone else having a racist attitude. There are no exceptions to the rule, even if you are an ethnic minority you MAY NOT EVER recognize another ethnic minority who has a racist attitude. If you cannot abide by these rules and say nice things then YOU MUST be quiet and keep your opinion to yourself. ..................Just Kidding. :D
Glenn Beck is a douche bag and so are his supporters. Beck’s fans are often referred to, and happily refer to themselves, as “Sick Twisted Freaks,” thereby embracing an irony that is nonexistent.
Glenn Beck is a douche bag and so are his supporters. Beck’s fans are often referred to, and happily refer to themselves, as “Sick Twisted Freaks,” thereby embracing an irony that is nonexistent.
Advertisers pulling ads is not an attack on free speech. In this case it's a business choice.
Also I would think that Wal-Mart in this case would break from the norm and be more pro-Obama as far as health care reform goes. They already have thousands of "associates" on food stamps, Medicare, and in subsidized housing. Not having to pay for health care would be awesome for Wal-Mart.
Free speech is our right, I may not like what you say but I will respect your right to say it. But be advised I certainly will say what ever I feel like to who ever I want to.
This has nothing to do with Beck saying Obama may be a rascist. It has everything to do with Van Jones, President Obama's Green Czar/Special Advisor and co-founder of ColorOfChange.org. Mr. Jones has directed this boycott due to Beck starting to connect the dots to a lot of shady dealings he has been involved with prior to his current position and what his true intentions are by being the so called "Green" Czar. Like all things in Washington, things are not as they seem to be. This whole act is straight from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. Rule 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. C'mon people....start thinking for yourselves and stop being pulled into these childish race baiting schemes, which is exactly what ColorOfChange.org has created here. Look at the bigger picture, because there is more to this story.
This has nothing to do with Beck saying Obama may be a rascist. It has everything to do with Van Jones, President Obama's Green Czar/Special Advisor and co-founder of ColorOfChange.org. Mr. Jones has directed this boycott due to Beck starting to connect the dots to a lot of shady dealings he has been involved with prior to his current position and what his true intentions are by being the so called "Green" Czar. Like all things in Washington, things are not as they seem to be. This whole act is straight from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. Rule 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. C'mon people....start thinking for yourselves and stop being pulled into these childish race baiting schemes, which is exactly what ColorOfChange.org has created here. Look at the bigger picture, because there is more to this story.
Boycott ColorofChange.org, I am well aware of the bigger picture.
I support Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. Mostly because i agree with them but also because it really annoys the hell out of libtards who troll-post on conservative forums. :D
This has nothing to do with Beck saying Obama may be a rascist. It has everything to do with Van Jones, President Obama's Green Czar/Special Advisor and co-founder of ColorOfChange.org. Mr. Jones has directed this boycott due to Beck starting to connect the dots to a lot of shady dealings he has been involved with prior to his current position and what his true intentions are by being the so called "Green" Czar. Like all things in Washington, things are not as they seem to be. This whole act is straight from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. Rule 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. C'mon people....start thinking for yourselves and stop being pulled into these childish race baiting schemes, which is exactly what ColorOfChange.org has created here. Look at the bigger picture, because there is more to this story.
I support Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. Mostly because i agree with them but also because it really annoys the hell out of libtards who troll-post on conservative forums. :D
People can voice their opinions, and businesses can spend their advertising dollars where they want.
Yes they can Traveler. Nobody is disputing that.
What's so bad about Obama?
Ted, why do you think those that have issues with Obama have those issues? What do you think that people like myself do not like about Obama? I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
I don't see that Wal-Mart would suffer at all if they had stayed put on Beck's show. Most people that listen to the show are conservative and are going to shop there for their largely Chinese made goods regardless of how many Americans are thrown out of work. In the 50's and 60's conservatives railed against anyone who even wanted to talk with the Chinese let alone buy from them. They were Communists and therefore not to be trusted. Now the right has come full circle because there is money in it and money to be made off the backs of the poor bastards under the Communist heel. Any remorse at trashing our desire for the world to be free has been paid for by the Chinese to Wal-Mart shareholders and executives. We even fueled our economy with money borrowed from them. For all intents and purposes the Chinese people are our serfs as well as the Communist party's serfs.
I think the American right likes them because they are sworn enemies of worker's rights.
So they should stick with Bec
I don't see that Wal-Mart would suffer at all if they had stayed put on Beck's show. Most people that listen to the show are conservative and are going to shop there for their largely Chinese made goods regardless of how many Americans are thrown out of work. In the 50's and 60's conservatives railed against anyone who even wanted to talk with the Chinese let alone buy from them. They were Communists and therefore not to be trusted. Now the right has come full circle because there is money in it and money to be made off the backs of the poor bastards under the Communist heel. Any remorse at trashing our desire for the world to be free has been paid for by the Chinese to Wal-Mart shareholders and executives. We even fueled our economy with money borrowed from them. For all intents and purposes the Chinese people are our serfs as well as the Communist party's serfs.
I think the American right likes them because they are sworn enemies of worker's rights.
So they should stick with Bec
Davidfromcali, I think we should all shop at Whole Foods too.
I just spoke with Wal-Mart customer relations. The woman I spoke with said Wal-Mart is stopping ALL advertising on commentary programs. They say they are not going to advertise on programs that may be polarizing. I asked if that meant they would stop advertising on NBC, CBS and ABC. The nice lady had no info on that. So, until I see Wal-Mart ads on Glenn Beck, I will vote/shop elsewhere.
I cannot help but get a chuckle from the people who trash Wal-Mart for buying and selling Chinese made goods. At the same time that Wal-Mart is denigrated for selling said goods by people who claim to be all about human-rights. If I follow that train of logic, then Wal-Mart would be okay for buying and selling goods from a country that is obviously not too keen on human-rights so long as they were unionized.
It is all so clear to me now. :D
Re:Whole Foods comment by Douchebag
Whole Foods is a bit expensive for me but I occasionally shop there on that rare occasion they have something I can't get elsewhere. They definitely are big on the organic, Fair Trade, haute cuisine, environmentally grown side of things so if that's where you're coming from then it is a great place to shop. I agree with you that we should shop there to encourage a better attitude toward what we eat and I am glad to see you appreciate the finer things in life.
Davidfromcali....HIGH FIVE!!!!!
I wish i could find an environmentally and socially conscious place to buy New York strip steaks, Kraft Dinner and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer at.
Congrats, Douchebag, on fighting the fight against "libertards" trolling on conservative blogs by trolling conservative blogs to incite liberal retailiation. You sir are truly one of God's soldiers and are filling an important roll in this society, namely holding a position almost as important as winning Best Yard, runner-up from your local city council. Bravo!
Re:Douchebag and Whole Foods?
Boycotts USUALLY won't help the situation. The trick is to size up the 'problem' and decide whether your own interests are better served by boycotting or leaving it alone. Wal-Mart is sizing up whether they will keep/increase their customer base by being associated with Beck's politics or keep/increase their customer base by taking what appears to be a moral stand. They're not leaving FOX, they're bailing on Beck. You can hear the boardroom bean counters buzz.
Spreading the word about healthier food with 275 stores trumps the CEO's opinion in my book. The whole chain is marketed towards concerns of social progressives. Most conservatives will not put their money where their mouth is based on a CEO's opinion. Some might until they check it out.
BTW - Whole foods has New York Strip steaks, Porterhouse, bacon, sausage, poultry, and top quality, too. Upscale customers regardless of political affiliation are their base so Pabst and Kraft won't fly.
What an interesting time in history we find ourselves. Advertisers, theoretically, having to do the job that editors and fact-checkers once held. Opinions, blatant or not, projected from a "news" station is irresponsible journalism. Making even the playing field is no excuse for baseless claims and ridiculous rhetoric. Just beacuse people agree doesn't make it fact...and I'm a little sick of the "truth."
Thank You WalMart.
um, Kathy? When you cite "reports circulated here" don't you think the link should be to someone other than yourself? Otherwise don't you stand the risk if being simply self-referential?
Wow - so you cite a r/w blogger who said he called a couple of co's and allegedly this is what they told him? Um-Kath...why don't YOU call these co's yourself as a good citizen journalist?
And...losing the world's largest retailer isn't entirely insignificant, you know. If you look at the co's currently advertising on Beck's TV show...well...they're pretty scant.
Oh, and Kath-it looks like CVS in next, per the Boston Herald:
"CVS Caremark Corp., the R.I.-based giant pharmacy chain started in Massachusetts, acknowledged yesterday it’s had enough of Beck, the center of much controversy in the past, including his contention at one point that the Obama administration was secretly planning to build concentration camps. “While advertising on Fox is part of our communication plan, we had not requested time on Glenn Beck’s show specifically,” CVS said in a statement. “We have instructed our advertising agency to inform Fox to ensure Glenn Beck’s program is not part of our advertising plan.”
Comment section won't let me link, but google it - it's there.
@Davidfromcali The issue - for me - with Whole Foods is not for me to make a statement by not shopping there. The issue - again for me - is that I don't condone the CEO's position and I don't care to put any more money in his pocket by shopping in his store.
I've heard that otherwise progressive folks in NYC shop there due to the combination of price and quality, and bless' em.
It's just that my mileage varies from theirs.
I think we should boycott these companies for pulling away from Beck...he tells it the way it is in the "real world".Stand up America & don't let any company ,or any political group bully you around...FREEDOM OF SPEECH was given to us from our forefathers...USE IT
Douchebag (R), how did you know that i won best yard? I bet you must be that dude across the street from who is jealous. Nonetheless, I LOVE YOU MAN!
If I was Beck I would be doing my own happy dance. He was doing well before this. The crazies are just making a martyer of him. He's just gonna end up rich the more they bitch.
JMO
@ Revnant Dream: You are correct. Beck's audience numbers and his ratings are going to sky rocket due to this publicity. He should send the ColorOfChange.org people a bouquet of flowers with a thank you card. You would have thought that the Left would have learned their lesson after Obama attacked Rush, and what happened, Rush now has the biggest base of listeners that he has ever had. Silly Libtards....they never learn from their mistakes.
1000 characters is not enough to tell the story of my interaction with Geico!
Beck has a right to speak his mind and he may be very right and those companys are sell outs, not what America is all about FREEDOM YOU FOOLS. If you can't see what has happen with this Government tring to gain more and more power and control over all of us,you are gone to get hit by a ton of bricks when you wake up and see what as been done by not standing up and fight for your rights. If you are not with Obama you are this Government's ENEMY and they will try to wipe you out. I feel Obama is wrong for America and what the DEM's are tring to do. I will be at the 9-12 march on D.C. and I hope you too will stand up for the AMERICA WE KNOW AND LOVE. Please check out the 9 12 project and march in your area if unable to be at WASHINGTON D.C.
Beck is an Anti-American terrorist, like all you terrorist, Anti-American conservatives are. Each and every one of you should be exterminated, you filthy, little puppets of the rich
It is up to patriots to rice, up to workers to rise, take arms and eliminate the enemy, the terrorists calling themselves conservatives
Reagan is dead, and now it is time to remove the Reagna scum from this great country
identify cons
expose cons
eradicate cons
they want to destroy this country
destroy them first
Beck is a terrorist
I bought $10,00 in stock from each and every company boycotting that filthy conservative
Beck is an Anti-American terrorist, former junkie. The fact that he earns $30 million a year and 2 million retarded folk watch him every night is evidence of the end of America
conservatives have destroyed this nation. They are true enemies of this country
Enemies of workers
enemies of unions
enemies of the middel Class
It is time for patriots to eliminate the enemy, the Reagan Republican
may the streets run red with their blood, the blood of the conservative terrorist
Amazing that conservatives think our freedoms are being destroyed. You should have spoken up against Bush. So much is being revealed now by his insiders that your heads should be spinning.
I am a white person that is part of this boycott, and I strongly disagree with the idea this boycott is not widespread, in fact it is still growing. Just yesterday I wrote a letter to Verizon Wireless about their commercials on Glenn Beck's show, and indeed in ONE DAY I got confirmation that Verizon Wireless has REMOVED their commercials from Beck's show too. Indeed this boycott is one of the few TV boycotts that has caught on like wild fire, and for darn good reason too.
This guy is a nut spreading false and dangerous (lies) about our President And our Country. He has advocated "Bin-laden" NUKING AMERICA to "wake up" people, called Obama a racist, he seems to forget Obama is 1/2 WHITE- Claims the Health Care Reform Bills want to unplug senors to let them die, and on and on. This guy may get viewers but he is causing people to act just like the nuts that bring their shotguns to the Democrat's town hall meetings about Health Care. Glen Beck is a dangerous nut spreading lies.
I like Glen Beck - he is entitled to his opinion - just like you people who don't like him are - change the channel - what are you afraid of? Remember what was done to Bush - books were written -- novels with the plot being to assissinate Bush and yet you can't handle Beck giving his opinion about Obama! Hypocrites all of you. Soon you will lose the right to your opinion too - don't be such stupid suckers and walk right into the trap - mindless sheeple.
To Terry Bates: It seems Obama is the one who has forgotten he is 1/2 white.
Boycott Wal-Mart!!!!!! Boycott that RACIST Obama...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When somebody spreads lies about our President and calls for the #1 terrorist to "NUKE" America just to get the rest of us to agree with Mr. Beck, then it's time to stand up no matter what right to free speech or right change a t.v. channel may be out there. THIS IS EXTREMELY UN-AMERICAN IN MY VIEW. It reminds me of somebody attempting mind control 101 to the laughter of many others, only it's too sad to laugh at for most of us. The ultra-conservative-whites are the ones that often seem to forget Obama is 1/2 white, end of story. That really makes a lot of sense (NOT), to say an American, such as Obama (shall we debate this again too?)HATES whites, while having a white father. It only goes to show how out of touch Mr. Beck is with reality. Glen came up with this crazy idea because of the so called Beer Submit- Ah, yeah, that sure proved a lot of hate for whites by our President (err... not really). An intense dislike of the behavior of police racial profiling seems much more likely.
When I first read about the boycott a few days ago, Beck's daily audience was about 2 million. Today I read it has exploded 50% to 3 million. Looks like this boycott is working out for the lefties just like all that hope & change.
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