Walmart, Best Buy, CVS, and GMAC are among eight major advertisers that have confirmed pulling their advertising from Fox News’ “Glenn Beck” program in light of his comments that President Obama is a racist.
The advertisers did not pull their spots from Fox News, but rather requested that their ads do not air during Beck’s 5PM program.
We have talked about Glenn Beck here on Anti and about disinformation/misinformation. We have certainly had many discussions here about racism, racists, and what makes one a racist. Should there be a price for calling the president a racist?
Apparently, the group behind the letter writing campaign is colorofchange.org. How does this differ from Christian groups conducting letter writing campaigns against things they don’t like?
Of course, Steven Colbert just couldn’t leave poor Glenn alone and comes to his ‘defense.’
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Oh, we wouldn’t want to throw around the word “racist” carelessly around here, would we?
Come on now Slowpoke, you know I have defended you on that score. I keep warning everyone. Look what happened to Beck for doing it! 😉
Indeed, maybe this will finally start people realizing it’s not smart to throw the word racist around so carelessly.
I think this letter writing campaign – like that of various Christian groups’ campaigns – is an attempt to show displeasure with commercial media in the only way most of us have – through the power of the purse strings. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t.
Looks like Beck is headed back to shock jock radio where he belongs. Imagine being too hateful and biased for Fox “News.” The man is a disgrace.
He is strange. I often watch him just for the ‘strange’ factor. He is like the Fox News X file. He is scarey though. He appears to be so well researched, and he carries out his logic until the end…then falls flat.
Glenn Boy isn’t on today. Judge N is substituting for him. It just isn’t as much fun.
Beck will be fine! Too many people know he’s telling the truth. I already told Sargento I won’t be buying any more of their nasty cheese. Best Buy? Store Sucks big time (do they specifically hire people who can’t find their anus with a funnel?) GMC? Well, go figure. Nobody buys their junkers anyway. Wal-Mart? well, got me there, I love me some Wal-Mart!! Sorry Glen, can’t help you there!
Hey Slow, you may want to take a little walk on the wild side, by that I mean factcheck.org. I’ll bet there are more where this came from!
http://m.factcheck.org/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers/
please don’t tell Glenn he is wrong, he may end up crying again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9JE5SBm9UU
Slow, why do you think Glenn is right?
Got to admit, that was funny! Perhaps everyone should be recorded, and then made to observe themselves as others do. There would probably be less BS and more resolution out there.
Wow, a little piece of “cash for clunkers” stuff. Pretty powerful stuff! And it’s so right, the Obama administration would NEVER do anything bad online, would they? I’m utterly in awe.
So much for ‘free speech’ the video has been removed from:
http://m.factcheck.org/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers/
both are back now.
Was Shep Smith mocking him or was it for effect? I couldn’t tell.
How long do we think he will last with Fox? He is the bad boy who doesn’t step into line.
Has anyone noticed how much futher right Greta has gotten lately? She has done about all the plastic surgery she can do. I guess real journalists who are aging have to worry on that channel…especially when they no longer fit into the bunny mold.
Is it my imagination …or are there NO even semi NOT beautiful women on that channel?
I would like to know who sponsors his show. I will not do business with them any longer he has been spewing his venom about the president since he was elected it began in February with comments like calling watchers comrades.