10 More Advertisers Drop Glenn Beck
Over 170,000 people have now signed our call upon to Glenn Beck's advertisers, and it's working.
By James Rucker, Color of Change Posted on August 27, 2009, Printed on August 28, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://colorofchange.org/142273/
Today we're announcing that ten more companies have made reliable their ads won't run on Glenn Beck's program:
Adding to an increasing list of companies distancing themselves from Fox Talk Channel's Glenn Beck, ten new companies whose ads were recently seen during Beck's program -- Applebee's, Bank of America, Bell & Howell, DirecTv, Unrestricted Mills, Kraft, Regions Financial Corporation, SAM (Store and Move), Travelers Insurance and Vonage -- have pledged to take steps to make sure that their ads don't run on Beck's show. Forty-six companies have now committed not to support Beck's show since ColorOfChange.org launched its push three weeks ago after the Fox News Channel host called President Obama a "racist" who "has a weighty-seated hatred for white people" during an appearance on Fox & Friends.
Three of the latest defections -- Travelers Insurance, Bell & Howell and DirecTv -- extend to the list of advertisers who claim to have already placed Glenn Beck's program on a "do not air" rota, but whose ads have been seen on Beck's program, apparently against their wishes.
"We could not be happier with the results of our campaign so far," said James Rucker, Chairman of the board Director of ColorOfChange.org. "All 46 companies that have distanced themselves from Glenn Beck should be applauded for their stance."
"We are still reaching out to companies whose ads we see during Beck's after sunset program," Rucker continued. "Based on the fact that many of the recent ads on Beck's program are for gold coins and Intelligence Corp properties, it looks like Fox News Channel is struggling to place advertisements on Beck's show."
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