AP: List of Fox advertisers no longer airing commercials on Beck reaches 33
August 23, 2009 3:20 pm ET by Media Matters staff
From an August 23 Associated Press article:
Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel after a vacation on Monday with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist.
A total of 33 Fox advertisers, including Walmart, CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint, directed that their commercials not air on Beck's show, according to the companies and ColorofChange.org, a group that promotes political action among blacks and launched a campaign to get advertisers to abandon him. That's more than a dozen more than were identified a week ago.
While it's unclear what effect, if any, this will ultimately have on Fox and Beck, it is already making advertisers skittish about hawking their wares within the most opinionated cable TV shows.
The Clorox Co., a former Beck advertiser, now says that "we do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts." The maker of bleach and household cleaners said in a statement that is has decided not to advertise on political talk shows.
I refer you to the elections of 2006 and 2008.
People may like to call themselves "center" or "center right", but when you ask them about specific policies, most people are definitely "center left" to full-on bleeding-heart left.
But when asked about SPECIFIC policies, more people are lefties.
It's the truth. Does it hurt?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/122333/political-ideology-conservative-label-prevails-south.aspx
But when you break it down, most people support liberal policies.
I just like to ensure all the facts are presented. Gallup combined somewhat conservative, moderate, and somewhat liberal all together on the chart. But in the end, so what? Obama enjoys 90%+ approval among democrats. Democrats aren't against health care reform because Obama is pushing a "liberal" agenda, they are going against him for not pushing harder and blowing off the republicans once and for all. It's time for him to say sod off to bipartisanship and push through a partisan crafted solution that he's already being accused of doing. Conservatives have already been heard saying they are against reform and especially a public option because the country will like it.
Targets are sought by advertisers, not vice versa.
Whether this whole flap makes a dime's difference in the end will be undetermined. Fox could offer Beck commercial free, giving him about 14- 16 more minutes per hour to spew nonsense. Is that really what's desired??
Maybe Beck really does believe in his heart that Obama does indeed hate white people. Many black people thought that Bush hated them and actually blew up the leviees in New Orleans. We have a politician here in NY Charles Barron who makes it very clear how much he hates whitey and he is suppossed to represent ALL NY'ERS in his district.
That's no excuse. If he really does believe it, then he's too unbalanced to have a show on the public airwaves.
The only thing we have to protect us against Fox News mis-informing the public, which is VERY dangerous (Dr. Tiller, holocaust museum shooter, church shooter), is people who stand up for the truth.
Hannity falsely claims "we've had hardworking Americans called Nazis and brownshirts and un-American by Nancy Pelosi"
That statement is true. There is footage to support that claim.
But did she call anyone a "brownshirt" or a "nazi"? She certainly didn't in the link you've provided. And if that is all you have then I guess that makes Hannity a liar.
Beck lies or is stupid about Paul Krugmann.
Limbaugh lies or is stupid about congressional Republicans.
Go look it up? Here's how this works chief. You make a claim, and then you have to back it up. It's up to the person making said claim to have the burden of proof. You made it, now back it up, or just shut up about it. I am willing to have an open mind, but you have come to me with nothing.
FoxNews lies to Americans on a daily basis, we see some evidence of that here, plus the fact that they were allowed to lie by a court in Florida I believe it was. There was a decision handed down that essentially said, FoxNews is allowed to lie.
I do have a political agenda.
Like I said, got a quote about Olberman? You'd be shocked to learn I don't really watch him that much, nor agree with everything he says.
It's the classic scenario now, put up, or shut up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/10/olbermann-fox-news-is-wor_1_n_63818.html
That's right, because I DIDN'T.
The Holocaust Museum shooter.
The church shooter who wanted to kill Liberals.
Timothy McVeigh.
These are the type of people I'm scared of. Not Al Queda. I have confidence in our military/itelligence apparatus. Don't you?
Threats to Assassinate the President Soar By 400 Percent Since Taking Office, Averaging 30 Threats a Day; Most are Cranks, but All Must Be Investigated, Putting a Strain on an Understaffed Secret Service While Concerns Mount About Racist Hate Groups.
Beck caps off week of race-baiting by calling Obama a "racist"
Now, do you think that Beck's (employed by Fox News) rhetoric is helpful or harmful? I am not suggesting that there is a direct connection between the above links. I am suggesting that in an already hostile and potentially violent climate, rhetoric like Beck's help fan the flames. And if you don't think that words can't influence people, then go back and look at the spike in death threats to Obama, as reported by the Secret Service, that coincided with the Palin rallies last September.
So is Fox News as bad as Al Qaeda? That's hyperbole, I'll give you that. Do I think that Fox has a dangerous element? Absolutely. Maybe not to the direct safety of the American people, but certainly to our current President.
Have a nice day.
What Beck believes, and what is actually reality are 2 different things. Obama has done nothing, nothing at all, to show that he hates white people.
There were a few kooky people, very few, that thought Bush blew up the levies in NO. His response to Katrina was un-believably bad, and the people who suffered most in that situation were, yes, black people.
If Charles Barron hates whitey, then don't vote for him, and don't re-elect him if he's that bad. Then again, he is just a city councilman (NY City), not someone who has a ton of power, nor influence I'd say. So if you don't live in NY City, his influence doesn't affect you at all.
How many of those black people has a media platform and an audience of millions?
I suggest you don't understand how television works.
whOO-HOOO ! ! ! The beginning of The End.
Clorox pulling ad budget money OUT OF HATETALK SHOWS altogether, as I read it, and as Color Of Change can push it Push It PUSH IT.
Beck can be the first domino. Fall flat fool, and push down the others.
Clorox is going to save a lot of wasted money which was NOT selling product, was advertising to ANTI-customers -- audience goons addicted to hatetalk adrenaline and needing bigger and BIGGER doses to get their buzzzzzz on, HATE normal people going about their lives being NORMAL Customers.
Clorox can be the first Good Example.
Model Consumer Goods CivicCorporation.
You're next WalMart, you HATETALK funding sponsor.
But since it clearly is a God-given right to host a t.v. show, how do we protect this right? Perhaps if we forced the people who were boy-cotting Beck's sponsors to buy the sponsor's products, then no more would this terrible injustice continue.
We shall overcome, daveart, we shall overcome.
For now, we won, they get to have a seat for a little while.
Thanks to all the great Obama people Beck's show now has even more viewers, along with new advertisers.
The new advertisers are YOU!!!
Aren't you glad.
The more Obama's administration use their people to spread false rumors the more viewers Beck gains.
Keep up the Great Work Guys.
We're looking forward to Glen setting even better Number One Viewer Records, especially with all your Great Help and help from Obama administration.
Obama's administration didn't do anything about Glen Beck. Nothing. That's just something that you just made up.
He has more and new advertisers? Sure he does. Help us learn about these new advertisers.
Let me let you in on a little secret about how TV shows work. In order for them to be produced, and get paid for, they need advertisers with deep pockets normally. Beck, getting paid outrageous amounts of money for basically being off of his meds, isn't pulling in the ad dollars that he needs now, not to mention, FoxNews, like the rest of cable TV, doesn't draw that many viewers in to start with. Couple loss of ad revenue with not that many people watching, Fox can't sell premium ad space on Beck's show, or charge as much as they did before.
Beck will never get #1 ratings, because in cable TV, his ratings are nominal compared with network TV already.
You write about Beck being number one in viewers. So what? 2.4 million people in the grand scheme of things is nothing. HIs viewership is not even 1% of the population. His radio audience is perhaps more, but likely many are one in the same. I love how he likes to brag that he is the THIRD most listened to progam in the nation. Isn't that like a pro football team saying "we are the THIRD best team in football?" Really, who does that? Shouldn't that alone tell you all you need to know about this mans ego? He preaches to the choir and you guys run around believing his schtick while he makes millions by lying to you everyday. He tells you that Everything this President does is somehow part of a nefarious plan. You believe it and have the audacity to accuse Liberals of "drinking the Kool-Aid." Amazing.
I for one and simply elated that there are only 2.4 million morons who believe this guy. You people are loons, certifiable and undeniable. You have recruited old people to protest against governmental run health care for Christ's Sakes!!! How ridiculous is that? Wouldn't that be similiar to a person loving Chevrolet cars only to turn around and protest the making of Chevrolet cars? do you people have any idea of how ignorant and easily led you really are?
Profits over People.
Let 'Em Fail.
Water that Liberty Tree.
So how many bumper stickers can I put you down for, stark colbert?
In wingnut world, ratings are all that matters of course, and that is supposed to somehow prove that whoever has the highest ratings and or yells the loudest are always correct?
Welcome to stupid America if that's what you think.
You see, there are 2 realities. Reality-based reality, and wingnut world reality. Understand?
People NEED Fox News to reinforce their warped view of the world. It validates their warped sense of reality. Because when Fox viewers are told the truth, they have to run back to Beck, Hannity, and hate radio to get a fresh heapin' mouthful of lies.
I refer you to John Dean's book Conservative Without Conscience. It explains this all quite well and with evidence.
I said most people support GENERAL LIBERAL POLICIES, not that most people view themselves as "liberal".
And I explained to you that cons need their daily re-inforcement of "information" as opposed to liberals. Therefore, yes, conservative hate radio and Fox do have higher ratings.
Then I directed you to a book, written by John Dean, who despite appearing on Countdown sometimes, is not a radical anything. It doesn't trash conservatives so much as it explains their psychology.
Reading is good for you. It keeps you from looking uninformed about the issues of the day.
You're really, seriously putting forth cable news ratings as a political barometer of the nation?
You remember what happened in the '06 and '08 elections, right? And who continued to dominate cable news ratings during this time despite the huge freakin' mess that Bush and the Republicans made?
The downward spiral was what I hope to be the final chapter of Rega-Busha-Clinto-nomics. It was the product of twenty-five years of insane trade policy, insane domestic policy and insane foreign policy. These problems were a VERY long time in the making and go back way further than one recent election.
Reagan set in motion America's descent into bubble economies that look great on the surface, but have a foundation that's bound to fail sooner or later.
Now we're clear.
So, for example, on a good night O'Reilly will capture an audience of 2-3 million people.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is a nation of 300 million people. In addition, the top 20 primtime network programs capture audiences that are 3 to 4 times the size of O'Reilly's.
Cable news ratings represent the crumbs that are left over when most of the audience opts for drama, comedy, sports, talent and reality shows. Fox News simply gets the lion's share of the crumbs.
Thing is, you might lose some, but 30+? I doubt that's normal.
You keep trying to change the subject, first starting that this is normal that 30 advertisers jump ship ALL the time. But you haven't proven out that this is normal that 30 advertisers would jump ship.
Maddow and Olberman have lesser ratings, we know this, and again, ratings has nothing to do with advertisers leaving Beck's show at an alarming rate.
Don't you see, Mags? starkraving makes a claim, you request evidence, he tries deflecting for a long while, you stick to the topic, and finally he answers by giving you his ipse dixit. Another joyful peak into wingnut world.
They're going to be trying to get anyone, at first, anyone who's a conservative off the air. Then, once they've successfully silenced us who speak the truth, you will see. They WILL force all white people off the air. They're going to start with conservatives, and move their way, right to left, until there are no white people left presenting the news".
That's my bet of what the transcript will be ^^
Un-freakin-believable.
That's how I read it anyway.
Ratings do not mean someone is right or correct. Just means they are a spectacle. Proof? American Idol. BIG RATINGS, yet a stupid waste of time.(On Fox, BTW). And a spectacle.
These are the rules: You bring up something, you have your ducks in a row. Otherwise, you don't bring it up.
Again, ratings don't make someone right. Just means they're popular-which we learned in high school had nothing to do with smarts.