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In your snap-filled Thursday media column: Jon Capehart’s mom will not have you mocking her son, Mara Liasson apologizes better than God, Glenn Beck loses advertisers, and J-school kids almost get blown up. [1]
Last week, after Glenn Beck called President Obama a “racist” who has a “deep-seated hatred for white people,” we asked ColorOfChange members to call on Beck’s advertisers to pull their funding from his show. [2]
Last week, after Glenn Beck called President Obama a “racist” who has a “deep-seated hatred for white people,” we asked ColorOfChange members to call on Beck’s advertisers to pull their funding from his show. [3]
Along with free speech comes a certain responsibility and the bill for that responsibility has been delivered by the advertisers who refuse to condone his paranoid rantings. [4]
Fox News’ Glenn Beck is feeling the consequences of his controversial comments on the July 28 episode of “Fox and Friends,” when he said that Barack Obama was a “racist” who had a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” [5]
The decision by the three companies comes as over 45,000 ColorOfChange.org members call on advertisers to pull their ads from Glenn Beck after the controversial news host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” on “Fox & Friends” last week. [4]
Both Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance called the Beck advertising placements an error that they would correct. [2]
According to TVNewser, Beck advertisers Procter and Gamble, Lawyers.com and Progressive Insurance have all pulled their ads from Beck’s 5PM ET show. [5]
Last week, Fox News host Glenn Beck called President Obama a “racist” with a “a deep-seated hatred for white people.” [6]
Three companies who had run ads during Glenn Beck’s Fox News show have distanced themselves from Beck, including LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance. [1]
Three companies who run ads during Glenn Beck — NexisLexis-owned Lawyers.com, Proctor & Gamble and Progressive Insurance — today distanced themselves from Beck. [7]
Three companies who run ads during Glenn Beck — NexisLexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance — today distanced themselves from Beck. [3]
Both Proctor & Gamble and Progressive Insurance called the Beck advertising placements an error that they would correct. [7]
James Rucker: Glenn Beck’s advertisers are backing away — help us increase the pressure The writing is on the wall — Beck should not have the backing of mainstream advertisers. [5]
Progressive Insurance said any ads running during Glenn Beck were a mistake by Fox News Channel — a mistake they have asked the network to fix immediately. [3]
Sources:
[1] Glenn Beck’s ‘Racist’ Comment Sends Advertisers Elsewhere - Blogrunner
[2] Glenn Beck’s advertisers are backing away ‘ help us increase the …
[3] James Rucker: Glenn Beck’s advertisers are backing away — help us …
[4] Advertisers pull ads from Glenn Beck Show | Mountain Sage
[5] Glenn Beck’s Obama “Racist” Comments Cost Him Advertisers
[6] Think Progress ” Three advertisers drop Glenn Beck over his claim that …
[7] Advertisers dump Glenn Beck | Media Matters for America