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So who's still advertising on Beck? October 5 edition...

October 05, 2009 8:21 pm ET by Media Matters staff

More than 60 advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from Glenn Beck's Fox News program since he called President Obama a "racist" who has a "deep-seated hatred of white people." Here are his October 5 sponsors, in the order they appeared:

  • Rosland Capital
  • Hydrolize
  • Goldline International, Inc.
  • Lear Capital
  • LifeLock
  • FX
  • Imperial Structured Settlements
  • News Corp. (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Americans for Prosperity
  • Humana
  • The Foundation for a Better Life
  • National Review
  • The Employment Policies Institute
  • Metal Roofing Alliance
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    • Author by eweston8542983 (October 05, 2009 8:30 pm ET)
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      The list seemes to be shrinking and becoming more hard core.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 05, 2009 9:17 pm ET)
         
      No militia groups...?
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    • Author by mightymo (October 05, 2009 10:21 pm ET)
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      Found this item at the Guardian UK:

      Waitrose dumps Fox News in protest over remarks about Barack Obama

      Excerpts:

      His last-minute Olympic sprint to back Chicago may have come to nothing, the Afghan quagmire may be bubbling away and Sarah Palin may be topping the bestseller list, but Barack Obama can at least take comfort from the fact that Britain's most upmarket supermarket chain is on his side.
      ...
      "We take the placement of our ads in individual programmes very seriously, ensuring the content of these programmes is deemed appropriate for a brand with our values," said a customer services spokesman. "Since being notified of our presence within the Glenn Beck programme, we have withdrawn all Waitrose advertising from the Fox News channel with immediate effect and for all future TV advertising campaigns."

      WOO HOO! The Boycott just went INTERNATIONAL, hitting Fox News in the Nuts!

      See full story at:
      http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/04/waitrose-fox-news-barack-obama

      i just love it!
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    • Author by John Paradox (October 05, 2009 11:56 pm ET)
         
      # Metal Roofing Alliance

      Special this week on tinfoil hats?
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      • Author by New Frontier (October 06, 2009 8:44 am ET)
           
        tinfoil hats?

        Buy yours NOW, or else you'll wind-up at one of the Imperial Structured Settlements (aka FEMA concentration camps).
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    • Author by dmhack (October 06, 2009 1:55 am ET)
         
      Hey! What happened to the Scooter Store?
      They can't stop advertising with Becky---his doughy followers need scooters or they'll be stuck forever in their trailers!

      (And, of course, many of them won't even have to pay for their freedom wheels because the evil government will end up paying the bill.)
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    • Author by nerzog (October 06, 2009 8:26 am ET)
         
      One thing we know for sure... you don't necessarily have to be intelligent to rise to the top in America's Corporate Culture. I'm sure there are plenty of CEOs out there who also happen to be Paranoid Evangelical Nutbags. They will continue to support their guru no matter what insanity spews from his pudgy little face.
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    • Author by GranFalloon (October 06, 2009 9:41 am ET)
         
      LifeLock. LIFELOCK. A marginally useful service that costs a fortune and doesn't work particularly well. Wonder why they would advertise on Beck.

      Oh, wait. Protect information from the Gubmint. Census workers using information to send us off to internment camps. Talk about a company with a vested interest in Beck continuing to spew extremist lies.

      Funniest thing is, the Beck listeners have little to no need for LikeLock. Protect their credit rating? Please. Most identity thieves have better credit ratings than the average Beck listener.
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    • Author by Flaboy (October 07, 2009 7:33 pm ET)
         
      Hey you must be watching a different Glenn Beck, in N. Fla. I see progressive ins. has rejoined the team, good, now i dont have to switch to GEICO also Henery rifles, a fine piece of American craftsmanship has joined the Beck team, these companies that boycotted glenn beck are also being boycotted, they are begining to feel the heat, and watching their profit shares drop, they are begining to see that beck was right about the lying, racist, commie loving, Van Jones,
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