Glenn Beck losing advertising dollars.

[Hieronymus]

http://community2.myfoxdfw.com/_Glenn-Beck-losing-advertising-dollars/BLOG/509534/78592.html

Glenn Beck losing advertising dollars

From Michael Stone:


Glenn Beck, controversial News personality, is losing advertising dollars for his program airing on the Fox News Channel. Corporate sponsors have been distancing themselves from Beck, fearing backlash for being associated with Beck's crazed and dangerous rantings and ravings. Recently Beck called President Obama a racist, just one of many utterances which has outraged his critics and worried his supporters.

Beck is known for his on air hysterics, his crying and manic gesticulations have become infamous. What is unclear is whether Beck is seriously mentally ill, or merely pandering in some gross and obnoxious fashion to the lowest, most base segment of American society. Perhaps it is both.

Regardless, GEICO is the latest corporate sponsor refusing to be associated with Beck. GEICO joins Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, Men’s Wearhouse, State Farm, Sargento and SC Johnson in boycotting the Glenn Beck Show.:bounce:

[AspenRose]

1. I'd like to see the same thing happen to the Pigman.

[Dinger]

6. Me Too (nt)

[Cha]

2. That's 8 sponsors dropping beck's stupid hate

show..Kellogg's was in the original list..so my question is..are they still sponsoring that bigot?

[opihimoimoi]

5. It just proves Becks Negativism was TRUMPED with REASON SANITY TRUTH

otherwise known as POSITIVENESS

The GOP today aides and abets guys like him until they go overboard....then, under the bus he goes...

NX idiot to tow the GOP Party line?

OReally? Hannity? Rash Anally? Danny?

[Cha]

7. Yeah, I'm kinda

shocked about those sponsors dropping him because money talks but our activism and money is stronger.

I'm wondering about Kellogg's because they dropped Michael Phelps when the pic of him taking a hit off a bong came out but they're okay with beck?

BTW, Subway kept Phelps.:)

[opihimoimoi]

12. "If Ya Can't ATTRACT...Ya gatta go back..." He had some GOP Attraction at one time

His rants and bizzaro behavior made him ugly enough to get the BUS JOB

[Towlie]

3. What I'd like to see is a list of the sponsors that still remain.

[AspenRose]

8. Here's a list on Democrats.com

....complete with petition

http://www.democrats.com/boycott-fox-news-advertisers

[Towlie]

13. That petition is directed against Fox News in general, not just Glenn Beck, and that's a good thing.

I was wondering if these advertisers are dropping Fox News Channel completely or just not advertising on Glenn Beck's show.

[BecomingBrainy]

4. I guess Beckie's economy

is starting to tank. That is a lot of money to disappear quickly.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. Ally Bank (formerly GMAC) has '...ceased to advertise on the G. Beck program."

They wrote me yesterday re: my complaint.

[Zen Democrat]

10. I wrote the FCC at least 10 times about Beck's racist radio rants over a couple of years

I don't know if he was on everywhere, but his insane radio show was on in Houston -- and I couldn't believe the things that he said with seeming inpugnity. I got tired of writing the FCC about him. He tried to incite violence every single day. He's either certifiably insane or a committed fascist, or both.

[JimWis]

11. I don't know if anyone saw it - but on C-span this morning they had

some asshat Republican blogger (didn't catch the name) saying that since the Democrats were forcing advertisers to drop Beck, the Republicans needed to fight back against it. I was under the impression that these advertisers did this on their own.

I knew that was coming.

[AlinPA]

14. I think you nailed it with this:

"pandering in some gross and obnoxious fashion to the lowest, most base segment of American society". That is much of the Fox "News" audience.