State Farm ads were never supposed to run on Glenn Beck; company “evaluating” its ad buys

That's the word from the insurance giant, whose representative posted in the comment section of a Media Matters research item today [emphasis added]:

In response to inquiries concerning State Farm's recent advertisements in the Glenn Beck program, I want to clarify this situation.

We have a policy of not advertising on political or opinion programming. We have corrected this issue and have taken steps to make sure it does not happen again.

Understanding our millions of customers and thousands of associates hold a full spectrum of views on political issues, State Farm has a long-standing practice of not advertising in political discussion programming regardless of a program's political point of view.

Because of the recent situation, State Farm is now evaluating its commercial placement practices to ensure its political issues advertising guidelines are maintained.

Phil Supple
Public Affairs
State Farm Insurance