BECK CONTINUES TO LOSE ADVERTISERS

Catherine · **Posted:** Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:36 am

EIGHT MORE COMPANIES STOP ADVERTISING ON BECK'S SHOW

EIGHT MORE COMPANIES, including Allergan, Ally Bank, Best Buy, Broadview Security, CVS, Re-Bath, Travelocity, and Wal-Mart — have agreed to stop advertising on Glenn Beck’s Fox News show. Their announcements are in response to a ColorOfChange campaign after Beck said that President Obama is a “racist” with “a deep-seated hatred for white people.” A total of 20 companies have now pulled their advertising. “We support vigorous debate, especially around policy issues that affect millions of Americans, but we expect it to be informed, inclusive and respectful, in keeping with our company’s core values and commitment to diversity,” explained Carolyn Castel, Vice President of Corporate Communications for CVS Caremark.

Catherine · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:16 am

Something for the media to consider before letting Glenn Beck set their news agenda

Fox News' Glenn Beck has made no secret of his desire to influence the types of stories other news outlets cover, at one point boasting that a story on his program on the community organizing group ACORN would divert the media's attention from health care reform. However, Beck's long and growing list of controversial statements -- which are often conspiratorial, racial, and violent in nature -- undercut his credibility as a de facto news editor.

More at the link

dori · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:07 am

Beck actually made conservatives mad at him. You don't say McCain would be a worse President than Obama and not get feed-back.

Catherine · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:37 am

WHITE HOUSES TO FOX NEWS: YOU LIE!

WASHINGTON - Harry S. Truman banned reporters he disliked from his presidential yacht. Franklin Roosevelt placed his journalistic critics out of earshot at the back of the room during presidential press conferences.

No such subtleties in Barack Obama's White House. A White House blog posting this week dismissed assertions on the Fox News Channel bluntly: "Lies." And don't expect an apology to network owner Rupert Murdoch.

The White House's target was Glenn Beck, the conservative Fox News commentator who regularly pokes the White House with provocative commentary. But the cable network and the White House don't just part ways over Beck. That the White House regards Fox News with suspicion and even disdain is an understatement. And Fox News' Chris Wallace recently called the White House "the biggest bunch of crybabies" after Obama gave all major networks except Fox News interviews for their Sunday talk shows.

Excellent. It's about time the lies and distortions put out as "news" by Faux Noise were challenged by theose they attack the most.

Catherine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:55 pm

19 More Advertisers Ditch Glenn Beck

Great news today in our campaign against Glenn Beck. We're announcing that nineteen more of Beck's advertisers have stopped supporting his show. That number includes two British companies who just announced that they've pulled their ads from the U.K. broadcast of Beck's show after hearing from customers.

Two companies -- Waitrose (the British supermarket chain) and Metropolitan Talent Management -- pulled their ads not only from Beck's show, but from Fox News in general.

Over 280,000 of us have now called on advertisers to stop supporting Beck's show. We are keeping Beck isolated and making sure that he continues to be a financial liability for Fox. Eventually, Fox will have to explain why they are continuing to give Beck's race-baiting and fear-mongering a platform even as it hurts their bottom line

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