Glenn Beck sponsors pull out

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Registered: 03-30-2009
Glenn Beck sponsors pull out
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Tue, 08-25-2009 - 12:41pm

http://www.newshounds.us/2009/08/18/as_sponsors_pull_out_we_ask_is_glenn_beck_fed.php


 


For those keeping score at home, Beck's show has lost 20 ad sponsors. To refresh your memory, here's a list of the companies Beck has lost thanks to his comments, courtesy of the organization who began the campaign because of said comments, ColorOfChange.org:


• Progressive Insurance
• Proctor & Gamble
• Lawyers.com
• GEICO
• Men's Wearhouse
• Sargento Cheese
• Wal-Mart
• CVS
• Best Buy
• Travelocity
• Allergan (maker of Restasis)
• Ally Bank (a unit of GMAC Financial Services)
• Broadview Security
• Re-Bath
• Radio Shack
• Roche
• Sanofi-Aventis
• SC Johnson
• State Farm Insurance
• GMAC


 


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Registered: 02-20-2007
Tue, 08-25-2009 - 1:00pm
Poor guy. I nearly began to well up when I heard the news.....;)
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Registered: 03-18-2000
Tue, 08-25-2009 - 3:41pm

Those are some pretty big a/c's. I wouldn't buy advertising on a show that's so divisive.


 


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Registered: 02-20-2007
Tue, 08-25-2009 - 3:52pm

I agree with you. I'd say the higher ups at Fox Snooze will be doing some serious "soul searching" about the profit and loss impact this will have for them. My guess?

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Registered: 05-07-2004
Tue, 08-25-2009 - 4:09pm
It came out that a lot of these sponsors like proctor & gamble and AT&T signed a boycott statement made by czar van jones outfit but when questioned were forced to admit that they never actually had bought time on glenn becks tv show. theres a difference between saying you wont sponsor a show and being a sponsor and then pulling out - but of course the media reporting this is getting it wrong once again just like they misreported on the content of the show yesterday which covered a lot of financial topics - the media makes it sound like it was a one hr rant on van jones
as many sponsors are pulling out i venture to say there are twice that many ready to jump on board - i dont think chris matthews will be getting a tingle up his leg anytime soon.
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Registered: 02-20-2007
Tue, 08-25-2009 - 4:34pm

If what you say is true, then I guess the media MAY have slanted it toward their own political beliefs. So be it. I have never been a Beck fan. He tries so hard to come across as "sincere", even resorting to bawling on camera and over the radio air waves as proof of his passion. I find it embarrassing that a TV host feels he has to do that in order to MAYBE boost his ratings a notch or two. He's a phony IMO, and Fox Snooze will eventually cut their ties with him in the end.


I can take O'Reilly, believe it or not,.....and Greta too. Sponsors are extremely fickle. In the economic state we're in now, no thanks to the former regime, money must be spent wisely. Don't be surprised if some, if not all, of the current sponsors decide to boycot Glen Beck's sorry azz excuse for a show.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 08-28-2009 - 11:14am
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Registered: 04-05-2002
Fri, 08-28-2009 - 11:40am
I'd be interested in seeing the list of sponsors who still support him.










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Registered: 03-18-2000
Fri, 08-28-2009 - 1:07pm

Oh what a difference a year can make. This is good.........


 


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