Farmers Insurance reportedly "ceased placing [ads] on Glenn Beck a week ago"
August 19, 2009 1:14 pm ET by Media Matters staff
From an August 19 Politico article:
Already, twenty companies have agreed to pull advertisements from Glenn Beck's television show, within weeks of the Fox host calling Obama "a racist" and saying the president "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
Now, Farmers Insurance can be added to that list, a Farmers spokesperson confirms to POLITICO.
"We advertise on Fox News Channel which places our ads in the Network programming, and we ceased placing on Glenn Beck a week ago," said the spokesperson.
Just because advertisers pull ads from Beck's show doesn't mean the network will lose any money.
A Fox News spokesperson told the Daily News yesterday that "advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other programs on the network so there has been no revenue lost."
ColorOfChange.org, an African-American online political organization, has been targeting advertisers, while others, like RedState defend Beck in the midst of this boycott.
Previously:
Eight more companies -- including Wal-Mart -- reportedly pull Glenn Beck ads
GMAC Financial Services has "ceased advertising on the Glenn Beck program"
ConAgra, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, RadioShack reportedly halting their Beck ads
Men's Wearhouse reportedly pulls ads from Glenn Beck
Sargento "won't be airing" ads during Glenn Beck
GEICO just saved a bunch of money by not advertising on Fox's Glenn Beck
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Maybe this latest information about how many people actually believe the lies being propagated by Fox News can be helpful in pointing out how IMPORTANT it is for those in power to stand up for the truth. And when it comes to pushing Fox toward truthful reporting...only the advertisers have the power.
We've got to get them to realize that it's not just Beck!!
The rest of your comments show why after many years of Republican voting, I have turned away completely from the phony conservatives in this country. Your comments show that you are not a conservative, you are simply a Fox groupie.
Just disgusting.
As for ratings, what difference does that make? I don't watch programs because of their ratings, I watch them because I enjoy them. I watch actual news programs to get news . . . none of the ones you've mentioned here, even the ones that you gave the childish names are news programs. They are OPINION programs . . . ENTERTAINMENT programs. Do you understand the difference?
As I said, you are simply a Fox groupie. Do you get paid for your loyalty to these folks who are LAUGHING at you? You are simply a means to an end for them. You watch, they tell you the lies you want to hear and they get bigger paychecks.
you know the 9th commandment say thous shalt not bear false witness. but i guess you know god to and he was not really serious about that one huh?
I will say again, you are not a conservative, you are simply a hate speech groupie. A clue: These people you like with the GREAT ratings? They are laughing at you and others like you who believe the swill they are offering.
As for the rest of your post? LOL!!!!!!!! Who told you all of this? A friend of a friend of a friend of your great-uncle Ned's friend's friend?
Grow up.
I will say again, you are not a conservative, you are simply a hate speech groupie. A clue: These people you like with the GREAT ratings? They are laughing at you and others like you who believe the swill they are offering.
As for the rest of your post? LOL!!!!!!!! Who told you all of this? A friend of a friend of a friend of your great-uncle Ned's friend's friend?
Grow up.
I will say again, you are not a conservative, you are simply a hate speech groupie. A clue: These people you like with the GREAT ratings? They are laughing at you and others like you who believe the swill they are offering.
As for the rest of your post? LOL!!!!!!!! Who told you all of this? A friend of a friend of a friend of your great-uncle Ned's friend's friend?
Grow up.
I will say again, you are not a conservative, you are simply a hate speech groupie. A clue: These people you like with the GREAT ratings? They are laughing at you and others like you who believe the swill they are offering.
As for the rest of your post? LOL!!!!!!!! Who told you all of this? A friend of a friend of a friend of your great-uncle Ned's friend's friend?
Grow up.
I will say again, you are not a conservative, you are simply a hate speech groupie. A clue: These people you like with the GREAT ratings? They are laughing at you and others like you who believe the swill they are offering.
As for the rest of your post? LOL!!!!!!!! Who told you all of this? A friend of a friend of a friend of your great-uncle Ned's friend's friend?
Grow up.
So the true conservative movement has been usurped by neo-cons and intellectually lazy thugs like Fox and Limbaugh. The right's side of the debate has disappearewd, replaced by mindless propaganda and lies. And the "left" now dominaytes much of the center as well.
So while you may be correct in a broad, philosphical sense, my point was a more pragmatic one. He IS typical of those who call themselves conservative now. You may say he's not, but you are now (regrettebly) in the minority within your own movement.
Name the advertisers.
That sounds like a line a terrorist leader would say.
Perhaps after an extended trip to the woodshed he can't sit down long enough to do his show.
Sounds to me like his masters have done their best to straighten him out. He didn't take it very well - so has been told to go off and think about what is left of his "career."
Yes, I posted this elsewhere on MM4A. Call it wishful thinking if you want to...
Ratings, schmatings. Fox's total viewership at night is less than 1% of the American population. Believe it or not, most people I know don't watch cable opinion networks at all. I, myself, watch very little. I can read the news and form my OWN opinions, I don't need a high school dropout like Beck or a college dropout, former carpenter like Hannity telling me what to think.
Oh, and Air America . . . it's alive and well, so that's one fallacy in your statement above. You really need to broaden your horizons a bit . . . The rest of the country knows a heck of a lot more about what's going on around them than the people who watch Fox. Your very small group of fellow Fox viewers are WOEFULLY uninformed.
Try caring more about your country than you do an ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. They really don't give a flip about your loyalty . . . they are laughing at you. You think they care . . . they simply care about making their money.
How far can all this go? Where will the breaking point be?
You do realize that Fox has fewer viewers for their primetime than Jon & Kate plus 8. Survivor had 6 times the viewers than Fox's entire prime-time lineup.
You're being had, buddy.
Let's look as this shall we? Beck criticizes the president & thinks he feels racist toward white people & now we have a person with close contact with the White House & the activist group getting one to do the dirty work for the oteher. Basically part of our gov't with NO accountability except to Obama himself going after a private citizen in private market! I guess this is what Chicago politics looks like!
Guys listen, it really doesn't matter what you think about Beck's comments, but that's out 1st Ammendment doing it's job. The purpose for the 1st Ammendment was to protection from teh government particulary in policital speech and that is exactly what's happening!
For you out there that think socialism is the best way to go & you're open about your viewpoints i think you are wrong, but I respect you viewpoint & look forward to further discussions. I also apprectiate your honesty & ability to speak frankly regarding your beliefs. for those of you who think this govenement (and I mean both Dems & Repubs) are somehow going to make us a free & better America based on the Constitution, PLEASE wake up and see we are losing our liberties every day. Compare what is happening now to previous times in history when government systems changed. Review the history of the birth of our nation & see how far we have come off track.
If color of change wants to ask his advertisers if they really want to support his words that is their 1st amendment right. and It is a company's right to take money away from something they don't believe in.
There, no one's rights have been stepped on and no one has forced anyone to do anything they don't want to. Now to exercise my 1st amendment right... Anyone who doesn't understand this concept is an idiot that needs to go back and take a civics class again and again until they pass.
Please quit throwing around the "s" word. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, you just lifted it from the e-mail with the talking points. I'm a moderate conservative from the 2nd most conservative area in the country and I think Beck and his mouth are counter-productive to the health of this country.
Were you upset when the last administration trashed our Fourth Amendment rights? Just curious.
Personally I think Olbermann is the loud mouth lying jerk. He called Bush a fascist on many occassion, where's the outrage. I don't boycott I just turn him off.
As far as the "S" word, why can't it be mentioned? I do know what I'm talking about. I didn't know only a select group was allowed to say it. Is that a work only left for people who support it? Could it be that since most American's know it is an unsuccessful form of goverment there is a stigma therefore the new buzz word is "progressive'?
i don't need talking points-I tink for my self. As I have mentioned several times, I disgusted by the many Republicans have acted as well.
For the record, i'm a true conservative in probably in the most conservative & may I add prosperous state. i'm in the healthcare field & this proposal the Democrats are trying to shove onto us is a bad idea. Why did they themselves vote down the proposal to be on the same ins. tehy want us to take?
I am signing this online petition not to thank Glenn Beck for his bold stand for the Principles and Values that he holds dear and for his desire to educate the American public, but to alert people to be appalled by them.
Mr Beck has erroneously motivated tens of thousands to learn more about the U.S. Constitution and the founding of our great country. He has helped expose the corruption in both political parties, Fox News, and himself, and speaks from the heart even when it is not logically correct and may be considered controversial by many to do so.
I am also signing this petition to ask Fox News Channel to discontinue support of the Glenn Beck television program and to let his advertisers know that I proudly reject the Glenn Beck program and will look to reward those that drop advertising on his show by using their products and services when possible.
To current or past advertisers that have reportedly withdrawn support of his program, you are to be congratulated. To those that are continuing to advertise to appease the demands of special interest groups, please know that I reserve the right to stop purchasing your product or using your services as a form of economic protest.
Boy, have you got it bad. This is the biggest load of BS, I've ever read. Beck is an ENTERTAINER and cares NOTHING about any of this stuff. His favorite person to mention, Thomas Paine, would be APPALLED at the use of his name by this jerk.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Some media reports have created the incorrect impression that Progressive pulled advertising in response to specific comments made on a show, but that is not the case. We did not buy advertising time on the The Glenn Beck Program, so when we learned that our ad had aired during the show, we corrected the error. I hope this clarifies the situation.
Sincerely,
Mary O.
Progressive Internet Representative