As of this post, several companies, including Procter and Gamble, Geico, Men's Warehouse, Sargento, Progressive Insurance, and Lawyers.com, have pulled their advertising from the Glenn Beck show on FOXNews due to his comments on President Obama. On July 28, while appearing on "Fox and Friends", Beck stated that he thought President Obama was a racist and had a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture".
The group Color Of Change (www.colorofchange.org), a group dedicated to promoting african american involvement in politics, has been contacting advertisers in an effort to get them to pull sponsorship based on his offensive ranting and apparently it is working. You can go to their website, no matter your race (contrary to what some people will tell you - ahem - FOXNews), and sign an electronic letter to send to the CEOs of the businesses that advertise on the Glenn Beck Program. Here is the text of the letter:
To President/CEO & Board:
I want to alert you to the fact that Glenn Beck--whose show you sponsor on FOX--is using his platform to make outlandish accusations about the President and to advance baseless theories that prey on race-based fears.
He is claiming that President Obama is a "racist," that he has a "deep-seated hatred for white people," and that he is attempting to use our government to deliver "Obama-brand reparations." The claims are ludicrous, and the rhetoric is racially divisive and pollutes our public discourse.
I presume your company does not want to enable such rhetoric, nor have your products or services associated with the kind of views and tactics espoused by Beck. I urge you to immediately cease all advertising on the Glenn Beck Program on the FOX News Channel.
I wanted to alert you to the fact that Glenn Beck--whose show you sponsor on FOX--is using his platform to make outlandish accusations about the President and to advance theories that prey on race-based fears.
He is claiming specifically that President Obama is a "racist," that he has a "deep-seated hatred for white people," and that he is attempting to use our government to deliver "Obama-brand reparations." The claims are ludicrous, and the rhetoric is racially divisive and pollutes healthy public discourse. It has no business being aired or supported by advertising dollars.
I presume that your company does not want to enable such rhetoric, nor have your products or services and your company associated with the kind of views and tactics described above. If that is the case, I would request that you immediately cease all advertising on the Glenn Beck Program on the FOX News Channel.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
If you wish to make your voice heard and join this movement, please go to their site and sign up to support them. These current happenings with Beck's sponsors show that if enough people speak out, we can hurt them where it hurts the most - in their wallets. Perhaps if they refuse to listen to reason to reason, they might listen when sponsors pull their money from their show. One can only hope.
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