Major Advertisers Flee From Glenn Beck
Black Star News, News Report , Staff Posted: Aug 06, 2009
Three companies who run ads during Glenn Beck, today distanced themselves from Beck.
The companies are Lawyers.com, owned by NexisLexis, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance. LexisNexis pulled its advertising from Beck and says it has no plans to advertise on the program in the future.
Both Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance called the Beck advertising placements an error that they would correct. The decision by the three companies comes as over 45,000 ColorofChange.org members call on advertisers to pull their ads from Glenn Beck after the news host called President Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" on "Fox & Friends" last week.
"What Beck is doing is race-baiting at its worst, it's dangerous and it's hard to imagine any company wanting their brand associated with it," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. "Beck has now shown that his extreme views are more appropriate for a street corner than a major media program. He no longer deserves the backing of mainstream advertisers."
"Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention," said John Michaels, Senior Communications Manager at LexisNexis in an email to ColorOfChange.org. "We have suspended further advertising during Mr. Beck's program."
"We have no plans to continue advertising on Mr. Beck's show," Michaels continued in another e-mail message.
When executives at Procter & Gamble were contacted by ColorOfChange.org, they said that any ads run during Glenn Beck were run by mistake, and that they would correct the problem going forward.
"No P&G ads should have appeared on this program in the first place," said Martha Depenbrock, Brand Building Stakeholder Relations for Procter & Gamble in an email. "To be clear, if any of our advertising appeared on the Glenn Beck show, it was in error and we appreciate you bringing this matter to our attention. We will do what we can to see that it doesn't happen again."
Progressive Insurance said any ads running during Glenn Beck were a mistake by Fox News Channel -- a mistake they have asked the network to rectify immediately.
"Our order specifies no Glenn Beck," said Linda J. Harris, Media Director at Progressive Insurance in an email to ColorofChange.org. "We have confirmed with the network that our spots should not be running there," Harris said in a later email.
Last week, ColorOfChange.org called on its 600,000-plus members to sign a petition urging companies who advertise on Glenn Beck's radio and television shows to cut off their advertising on Beck's programs.
The mobilization came after Beck’s remarks about President Obama. More than 45,000 members responded to the call by signing a petition directed at advertisers, including LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com as well as Procter & Gamble.
The ColorOfChange.org email urged members to go visit http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/ where they could send letters to executives of target companies. Some of the advertisers who are targeted as part of the campaign include GEICO, NutriSystem and United Parcel Service.
With more than 600,000 members, ColorOfChange.org is the largest African-American online political organization in the country.
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User Comments
Jsmith on Aug 12, 2009 at 09:30:05 said:
No problem. I am now boycotting them.
Rob S on Aug 10, 2009 at 13:07:13 said:
Where would the gop be without their Ignorant Voters???
Need proof???...chk out the fauxNoise Blogs, the Posts there, filled with Ignorance, then check out CNNs Blogs, what a differance in Intelligence
Jim Benjamin on Aug 08, 2009 at 06:31:15 said:
We should demand that Glenn Beck show us his birth certificate.I need proof that he was actually born somewhere on this planet and is not masquerading as a human being.
Jim Benjamin on Aug 08, 2009 at 06:27:54 said:
I am white.I have been white for 78 years. My parents were both white and my brothers and sisters as well.My children are also white.However,if all white people were like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh I am sure I would have developed a "deep-seated hatred for white people"long before this.
leedurhamstone on Aug 07, 2009 at 13:39:57 said:
Sammy, You are incorrect: Pres. Obama said the police officer acted with "stupidity," not racism. It was the prof. who declared in his own home that the officer was acting racist. Not sure about the latter, but it was pretty unprofessional to entice someone to go out of their home and then arrest them, no matter what the person said to the officer inside their home.
Pres. Obama in his memoirs writes of his ambivalence concerning his racial identity. That's one reason his perspective is so unique (for a president).
Judith Smith on Aug 07, 2009 at 10:53:03 said:
I agree with Amy 45,000,why that is a drop in a bucket, talk about intimidation. Thought P&G was a little bigger than that. Well, If the 400,000 people that signed Glenn's last petition, boycott P&G, Progressive and Lexis maybe they will realize alot more of us really care about what is happening to our country.
MrsDi on Aug 07, 2009 at 10:09:02 said:
Hurrah for these advertisers. Mr. Beck is an anarchists and incites others to criminal violence. There is a big difference between criminal violence and shouting and bullying and quietly and persistently being active on issues. ColorofChange is the latter. Mr. Beck demonstrated recently how someone should poison our Speaker of the House - the third in line for president if anything should happen to our first two. This is unamerican. It is anarchism. It is disgusting.
Michael on Aug 07, 2009 at 10:05:37 said:
Glenn Beck represents everything that Progressive's Peter Lewis despises. Why they were sponsoring his program before shows the hypocrisy of the left.
Elisa/Lopez on Aug 07, 2009 at 08:14:15 said:
Here's a sample (modified for each advertiser) that I will boycott--and tell friends, who will tell friends, etc.
After learning of your pulling of advertising from the Glen Beck program I am boycotting all Proctor & Gamble products and will also contact all of my "right-wing-fanactics" (as we are referred to) to boycott your products as well. Proctor & Gamble shouldn't roll over just because ColorofChange has thrown down the "race card." You're folding to a minority group (not a racial slur but a group with loud voices and little backing from fellow Americans). Americans are mad with our government -- all races -- and we will not fold, but we will boycott Proctor & Gamble.
Elisa/Lopez on Aug 07, 2009 at 07:51:58 said:
Interesting how "right-wing fanatics" and Fox Station hosts have been accused of organizing disturbances at town-hall meetings and tea parties as turf-roots to distort the "truth," but ColorofChange is praised by advertisers for helping them "see the truth."
Raisa Menhall on Aug 07, 2009 at 06:23:57 said:
If Pharaoh Hussein is not a whitey-hater in spite of attending the Rev. Wright's hate-whitey church for 20 years, he should prove it by wearing lederhosen as Glenn Beck does.
Sammy on Aug 07, 2009 at 05:29:44 said:
I agree, this is reverse racism. Funny how that term just came to be, as far as I know. Honestly, there are more special favors to the black community than to the hispanic OR white! (BET, NAACP, National Black History Month, etc.) If white people had special days, months or college funds strictly for white people, they would be racist for sure! It's time for blacks to realize that NOBODY living today owned a slave or have parents that owned one. Get over it! Remember that our first African American POTUS is half white? Guess not since, at an early age, he decided which race he was, and it was black. So be it, nevertheless, white blood runs through his veins! It can't be denied!
And for the advertisment issue. Isn't it funny how the president can call a white cop doing his job "racist" but when the shoe is on the other foot it is discrimination? I'll pick Glenn Beck any day! There are lots of insurance companies, cleaning products and lawyers to choose from. The ones mentioned just lost tons of consumers while Beck got even more popular! 45,000 signatures is nothing!! GO BECK!!
Nathan Hale on Aug 06, 2009 at 23:02:45 said:
What is the "Color of Change"?
I think it must be an organization like La Raza and is run by charlatans' like Al Sharpton. organizations like these specialise in ginning up feigned "outrage" over bogus issues. And usually done so with their hands out begging for money at the same time.
I once heard someone call these types of groups "the racial grievance industry".
Take for instance LaRaza, (translated in English "the race"). a group whose motto is something to the effect " for those of the race everything, for those outside the race nothing". And that is their motto!
This same organization goes around screaming racism!!!! against anything and anyone who wants to stop illegal immigration and stop illegal aliens from draining our jobs, schools, hospitals, and tax dollars.
They say they are against "racism" and at the same time they call themselves "the race" and want nothing for those outside the race.
Honestly,it is almost laughable that people even listen to groups called "the color of change" or "the race". Because it is obvious that their true interest and goal is the dominance of their own particular race.
Nef P on Aug 06, 2009 at 21:09:30 said:
Now I am a hispanic and the thing I don't understand is that every time I look for any news from any website like NPR, New America Media, or colorofchange they are just as LEFT as any other WHY. They are just another left liberal voice. Stop the division you people are going to lose your popularity if you ever had any. Stay in the middle if you dear.
This Health care debate should be presented to the American people clearly and then allow us to vote on it. We have ballot for things less important.
ben bebee on Aug 06, 2009 at 20:33:13 said:
I am also boycotting these companies and this ignorant colorofchange.org website. The truth hurts doesn't it. This is a reverse racist website and should not be tolerated. Call for a their sponsors to boycott this organization.
Beck Rules!!!!
Amy Hall on Aug 06, 2009 at 16:20:21 said:
45,000? Are you serious? Hmmm, too bad for Progressive... I was looking for a new auto insurance company. I would think 8 million radio listeners & over 2 million tuning into the television program would shadow a pathetic 45,000 signatures. Glenn's last petition had closer to 400,000 signatures. Proctor & Gamble is also now on my, do not contribute to their profits list.
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