USA Walmart, Best Buy, CVS drop ads on Glenn Beck

[Fred]

Official "Color of Change" press release is here.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/micha...anies_pull_Beck_ads_WalMart_CVS_Best_Buy.html

More companies pull Beck ads: Wal-Mart, CVS, Best Buy

Earlier today, I noted that GMAC Financial Service will cease advertising on Glenn Beck's Fox show — but that's not all.

ColorOfChange, an African-American online political organization that’s targeted Beck’s advertisers since his calling Obama a “racist,” says in a release that eight companies confirmed today they’re pulling ads from the top-rated Fox News show. The list of 20 companies now includes Wal-Mart, CVS, and Best Buy.

James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange, told POLITICO it’s significant that major corporations are no longer “willing to attach their brand to the show." Rucker added that the organization's problems with Beck run deeper than just his “racist” comments. Beck, in his opinion, is regularly stoking the “fears of white America” and “pushing fiction as if it's news analysis.”

Still, even with major companies leaving the show, it doesn't necessarily mean Fox will lose advertising revenue overall.

A Fox spokesperson told the NY Times last week that the initial advertisers who pulled ads on 5 p.m. show “all moved their spots from Beck to other day parts on the network."

I’ve contacted Fox for a response to the decision of eight more advertisers to pull ads and will add a response when I get one.

 

[Satanta]

More of that 'Change' you were pro,ised using others to silence anyone that does not agree with you because going to the door and dragging them into the streets is not a feasible agenda at the moment.

 

[maric]

More of that 'Change' you were pro,ised using others to silence anyone that does not agree with you because going to the door and dragging them into the streets is not a feasible agenda at the moment.

That day is coming.

 

[Surprise]

snips..

Since he (Beck)aired his thoughts, hysterical progressives have launched a vicious Internet campaign led by Color of Change, a far left-leaning urban community organizing group, created to express that white racism was behind how we as a country prepared for and responded to Hurricane Katrina.


To a degree their campaign has been successful, with four large advertisers pulling sponsorship of the program, but it’s really not that simple. You see, the way ad-space is sold on cable television is in bulk and shuffled in time slots to satisfy demographic purposes. As a result ads may well have ended up on his program by mistake, violating some advertisers’ apolitical posturing guidelines.

Some of the advertisers explained that this was not due to anything Mr. Beck said, but the campaign brought attention to the fact that their ads were not intended to air on politically charged programs to begin with. So attention to any potentially controversial programming, would have earned removal of ads for any program, be it right or left leaning in nature.


http://www.examiner.com/x-8817-Pitt...009m8d17-Glenn-Becks-advertisers-flee--really
fair use applies

 

[Hansa44]

I can understand why businesses are pulling their ads. Because they are businesses. Simple.

Look at TB2K, for instance. How many of you have now said you will refuse to buy from companies that pulled their ads?

So, on the other hand, how many people are telling these companies they will refuse to buy if they DON'T pull their ads?

It's being caught between a rock and a hard place. They will do whatever it takes to keep the money rolling in.

 

[smokin]

Beck

"pushing fiction as if it's news analysis.”

Oh! you mean like the msn does everyday. Who are they kidding?

Take those green shoots and.........Well anyway back to our regular programming.

 

[dieseltrooper]

That cuts both ways. We don't have to spend our $$ at their stores.

 

[Thunderbird]

I think this brings into question the integrity of the advertisers. In my opinion they should stand for free speech. It appears they are bowing to political pressure.

 

[maric]

I think this brings into question the integrity of the advertisers. In my opinion they should stand for free speech. It appears they are bowing to political pressure.

 

[MissyFlex]

Does anyone know if I can redeem my $2,000 worth of gift cards from Best Buy for cash? I certainly don't want to make a purchase there!!

 

[maric]

Does anyone know if I can redeem my $2,000 worth of gift cards from Best Buy for cash? I certainly don't want to make a purchase there!!

I know there are websites where you can trade giftcards but I'm not sure what they are called.

 

[Terriannie]

Well, back to the keyboard to write a few more letters.

We really, really need to remind these companies that FREE speech is synonymous to FREE market!! If they let freedom of speech fall due to intimidation then who is going to speak out to protect and save their freedom be-hinds with tied tongues?

 

[Fred]

Um. This isn't a freedom of speech issue.

 

[Terriannie]

Found this from DefendGlenn.com so I guess I won't send my letters to these companies after all.

http://defendglenn.com/color-of-lies-best-buy-denies-boycott-of-glenn-beck.html

Color of Lies: Best Buy Denies Pulling Ads Off Beck
Hate to say it, but we told you so.

Even though our community of Glenn Beck fans have contacted Best Buy to protest their well-hyped supposed boycott of Beck's #2-rated show at Fox News Channel, we demurred from adding ANY of these new advertisers to our "turncoat" list. Simply because we can't believe anything Color of Change prints.

Whether it is their petitions, which always suspiciously seem to have "75,000 signatures" (#1) (#2), or whether it is company after company we actually SPEAK to who deny their claims and then continue to place ads with Beck, such as Roche's AccuChek, placing ads on Beck on every show since their supposed "boycott", and denying it to us as well by email.

Even though thousands of emails were likely being sent to them today, we took the time to clear all this with Best Buy before adding them to the boycotting list. At last, around 3:00, they got back to us...

from: Hawks, Lisa <Lisa.Hawks@bestbuy.com>
to: info@defendglenn.com
date: Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM
subject: Best Buy


Good afternoon-

I noticed on your web site that you have incorrect information about
Best Buy and advertising related to the Glenn Beck show. Like some other
retailers, we have never been sponsors of the show. We have not
advertised in or around the show. We do advertise on FOX, but only
during an early morning timeframe. We have not changed our advertising
strategy on FOX. It would be helpful if you could relay this information
to your viewers so they are aware.

I am in the office this afternoon if there is someone that would like to
connect directly.

Regards, Lisa

Lisa Svac Hawks
Director, Public Relations
Best Buy
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423


So there you have it folks, from the horse's mouth. Best Buy is NOT pulling its ads from Glenn Beck's show on FoxNews Channel. You can go ahead and take that price on the LCD you wanted.

And let's hope the media and bloggers take note of this example--it worked for Reagan with a different Communist entity, it can work for you with Color of Change: "trust but verify".

UPDATE: The lie about Best Buy applies also to CVS and WalMart, which has NEVER sponsored the Glenn Beck Show. Therefore the press release from Color of Change is absolutely meaningless.

 

[rafter]

Ah, but yet Wal-mart sells his book and book on tape (DVD)...how convenient.

 

[Rex Jackson]

Good. Ive been looking for more of an excuse to drop shopping at those toilets anyway..and I'm serious.

 

[denfoote]

Obamagoons: strike back at the commie scum!!

 

[oldladydoolin]

You would think that Walmart would increase their ads on Glenn's show. The more Glenn talks about what's coming, the more sheeple might wake up and run to Walmarts to stock shop.

 

[Terriannie]

Um, I don't think some of you read my post above. (Maybe I should have put it in bold.)

From defendglenn.com http://defendglenn.com/color-of-lies-best-buy-denies-boycott-of-glenn-beck.html

So there you have it folks, from the horse's mouth. Best Buy is NOT pulling its ads from Glenn Beck's show on FoxNews Channel. You can go ahead and take that price on the LCD you wanted.

And let's hope the media and bloggers take note of this example--it worked for Reagan with a different Communist entity, it can work for you with Color of Change: "trust but verify".

UPDATE: The lie about Best Buy applies also to CVS and WalMart, which has NEVER sponsored the Glenn Beck Show. Therefore the press release from Color of Change is absolutely meaningless.

 

[kozanne]

Um, I don't think some of you read my post above. (Maybe I should have put it in bold.)

Yup, I was over at DefendGlenn and read that, too.

But I thought only us right wing extremists were capable of astroturfing [just another fancy word for lying]........

 

[AngryBeaver]

Found this from DefendGlenn.com so I guess I won't send my letters to these companies after all.

Well I called Best Buy to pitch a fit about this earlier today... was transferred around a bit, and then got someone in "Consumer Relations" who informed me "Best Buy can do what it wants, and will do whatever they see fit to do."

(I don't know how this guy got his job, but he was very belligerent with me, and from his 'accent' he seemed to be an urban black man.)

He was supposedly transferring me to someone else who could better help me, and of course transferred me to the dial tone.

So even if they didn't "pull" their advertising, Best Buy will NEVER see me again. I already threw my silver reward zone card in the trash.

 

[Terriannie]

Well I called Best Buy to pitch a fit about this earlier today... was transferred around a bit, and then got someone in "Consumer Relations" who informed me "Best Buy can do what it wants, and will do whatever they see fit to do."

(I don't know how this guy got his job, but he was very belligerent with me, and from his 'accent' he seemed to be an urban black man.)

He was supposedly transferring me to someone else who could better help me, and of course transferred me to the dial tone.

So even if they didn't "pull" their advertising, Best Buy will NEVER see me again. I already threw my silver reward zone card in the trash.

Wow, what jerks! Even though they didn't pull advertising from Glen Beck I just might want to boycott them anyway too, just for the heck of it.

 

[Y2kO]

Walmart, Best Buy, CVS drop ads on Glenn Beck

This whole thing is a hoax designed to get more viewers for the Beck, the government shill and provocateur.

 

[Scott Mayland]

Does anyone know if I can redeem my $2,000 worth of gift cards from Best Buy for cash? I certainly don't want to make a purchase there!!

It does not matter what you do with the gift cards. Best Buy already
has the money from when the cards were bought.