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November 16, 2009 7:07 pm ET by Media Matters staff

Eighty 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 November 16 sponsors, in the order they appeared:

  • Goldline International, Inc.
  • News Corp. (Fox News Channel University)
  • National Review
  • Goldline International, Inc.
  • News Corp. (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Rosland Capital
  • USfidelis
  • US Chamber of Commerce
  • TaxMasters
  • Angie's List
  • LifeLock
  • Goldline International, Inc.
  • Syco Music (Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream)
  • Imperial Structured Settlements
  • Superior Gold Group
  • Newsmax
  • IRSTaxAgreements.com
  • Rosland Capital
  • Lifestyle Lift
  • Easy Water
  • The Villages, FL
  • American Advisors Group

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    • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 8:38 pm ET)
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      Well, the list has been distilled into things only really old or really stupid white people need or want...but the ratings are still big fish/small pond huge...
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    • Author by freedomofspeech4all (November 16, 2009 8:42 pm ET)
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      Thank God someone is speaking out and telling America the truth about OBAMA!!! He does not work for the American people but the special interest, global elite and the financial cartel...the same people that own CNN, NBC abd MSNBCI think that is why so many people are watching FOX because they hunger and thirst for the truth.

      Bottome line - Obama is a traitor and has violated the Articles of our Constitution.
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      • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 9:36 pm ET)
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        Less than 1 percent of the population watches Fox. Does that answer your question? (The rest of us watch news programs.)
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        • Author by Molly B (November 17, 2009 7:12 am ET)
             
          If only 1% of the people watch FOX and 90% listen to Rush, where does that leave the rest of the networks. The day time viewers watch the day time networks for the soap operas but come evening, they want to hear the real truths like O'Reilly, Hannity and Van Sustren and others who speak what is really happening and not some soap opera. They are at the top of the list. Try it, you might like it.
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      • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 9:36 pm ET)
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        Less than 1 percent of the population watches Fox. Does that answer your question? (The rest of us watch news programs.)
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        • Author by wesley (November 16, 2009 10:14 pm ET)
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          Latest ratings for Beck...2.8 million

          Latest ratings for the liberal team captains on cable:

          Big Ed...0.5 million
          Olbermann...0.9 million
          Maddow...0.8 million

          If Beck is insignificant...then the big three champions of the liberal cause are the proverbial pimples on a backside.

          The boycott ploy promoted by CoC/mmfa has been tried before with little success...but I applaud the continuing Rockyesque attempt by mmfa to win the fight by bashing Beck in the fist with their face.
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          • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 10:34 pm ET)
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            Latest ratings for broadcast news : approximately 24,000,000.

            Now, the Rightguard is always saying that the media is liberal, so you guys are pretty much a trickle of extremism, by your own reckoning.

            Is this too difficult for you to understand? (It must be, because you are always coming around with your piddling numbers trying to make some sort of point that falls flat. If you actually had a head for numbers, you would have stopped making a losing argument weeks ago.)
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            • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 11:28 pm ET)
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              I knew I would get a thumbs down and not a single cogent rebuttable...lol.
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            • Author by wesley (November 17, 2009 12:22 am ET)
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              -- Latest ratings for broadcast news : approximately 24,000,000. -- r&r

              The 3rd quarter ratings for the evening broadcast news are the following:

              ABC-4.7 million
              CBS-3.7 million
              NBC-5.1 million
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              • Author by oscar the grouch (November 17, 2009 12:37 am ET)
                   
                While broadcast news viewership eclipses cable opinion shows, they are still reaching only about 3% of the population. One of the problems seems to be, too few people give a damn one way or the other.
                The 13 Million from your figures, Wesley, are about 1/2 of R&R's figures, but even 24MM, still talking less than 10% of the population.
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                • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 17, 2009 1:26 am ET)
                     
                  Actually, those figures I gave were taken from the election week spike - the same spike Fox viewers like to think actually represents their regular audience (it is closer to 1.6 million - just about 1% of the voters in the last general election).

                  The thing that you don't seem to recognize is that television is not the only medium available for news dissemination. With newspapers - bot print and electronic - television is for those folks who are either supplementing their reading or too lazy to actually read. I will let you decide where Fox viewers fit in that dynamic.

                  The sad thing is that, of those who think they are informed, many only single-source their news - and most of them don't trust any objective sources (and are ill-equipped to tell the difference), so they just watch Fox and let Beck, hannity, and O'Reilly tell them what to think. Luckily, though, they are a fringe.
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                  • Author by MaximumFreedom (November 17, 2009 3:08 am ET)
                       
                    You do realize that if Obama actually had the balls to go on to Fox News and debate with someone about things that have been going on, then maybe people wouldn't complain so much. He has never debated with anyone since being president, every news show he appears on will give him softball questions and kiss his butt. Not once have I seen him give a true debate with anyone. And yes even though he is the President, it is his job to answer the questions of millions of people. Haha he even has the audacity to say to the Chinese students he spoke to last night, that critics like Fox news is what makes our country great! And he invites all critics to make him a better president lol..What a crock. If he didn't condemn advertisers on Glenn beck, and or just critics in general... I may have believed him. Why can't he just answer simple questions.. like personally tell us how he views the scandal of ACORN, why he's so in love with SEIU, why he thinks that Cap and Trade will be a great thing for the planet and Global warming.. even though countries like Germany and Britain have been doing it for the past 12 years.. and guess what? CARBON OUTPUT HAS GONE UP IN THOSE COUNTRIES!!! why can't he answer those questions.... cause he can't. OH by the way. Glenn Beck hammered Bush all the time when he did stupid stuff as president. OH and also... all the people that have been investigated on fox news for having communist political philosophy, have all stepped down from the administration.
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                    • Author by MickD (November 17, 2009 6:28 pm ET)
                         
                      Easy dude, we get it, you believe Fox above all other fair and balanced entities. You rule </sarcasm>
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              • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 17, 2009 1:28 am ET)
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                Oddly, your link does not lead to any of the ratings you site. Did you learn to do that from Hannity?
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          • Author by New Frontier (November 17, 2009 7:11 am ET)
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            with little success
            So long as you ignore Beck's losing 80 sponsors (the whole idea of the boycott) then yeah--the boycott's been an utter failure.
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      • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 16, 2009 9:38 pm ET)
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        By the way, maybe you could take a few minutes to outline the specific articles of the US Constitution President Obama has violated, and tell us exactly how he has done this.

        When we are all done laughing, we will take a minute or two to rebut your ridiculous statements.
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      • Author by canaanxing9025 (November 16, 2009 9:48 pm ET)
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        freedomofspeech:

        Which of the seven articles, and which of the twenty-seven amendments has Obama violated?

        Just asking.
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      • Author by New Frontier (November 17, 2009 7:20 am ET)
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        I think that is why so many people are watching FOX because they hunger and thirst for the truth.

        These are the same people who, when hungry and thirsty for Filet Mignon and a fine Pinot Noir, go to a 7-11 for beef jerky and a Big Gulp.
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    • Author by paul8616 (November 16, 2009 10:45 pm ET)
         
      I'd love to see a graph of number of advertisers over time.

      Is this number rising? It looks like a longer list. Perhaps the new advertisers need a clue as to what Beck is about.
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      • Author by John Paradox (November 17, 2009 2:03 am ET)
           
        Note that it's not the number of advertisers, but advertisements. For instance, Goldline is #'s 1 and 3, so they are the same advertiser, but different advertisements. Probably they're running shorter commercials (once, it was only :30 and :60's, but now there are a lot of :15 ads, which means you need 2 to equal one :30, or 4 to equal one :60). I've seen some ads that are nearly 'blipverts' because they're so short.
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    • Author by jms (November 17, 2009 8:47 am ET)
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      still the top rated cable show at 5 and still no dead air...and so still a pointless blog entry. yaaaaawn.
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      • Author by New Frontier (November 17, 2009 9:11 am ET)
           
        still no dead air-yaaaaawn
        Wake up. 80 advertisers have abandoned Glenn-the President is a white-hating racist-Beck. The Glenn Beck Show is dead to them, no matter how is ratings are.
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        • Author by jms (November 17, 2009 9:41 am ET)
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          you wake up, those supposed 80 advertisers have been replaced. there is no impact unless there are no advertisers. there will always be advertisers as long as there are ratings.
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          • Author by New Frontier (November 17, 2009 10:18 am ET)
               
            those supposed 80 advertisers have been replaced

            That's right: Proctor & Gamble and Toyota-Lexus were replaced when Beck landed the coveted and lucrative Newsmax and Easy Water accounts. Too bad for P&G, as they are missing out on the demographic that thinks our President is a white-hater.
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    • Author by woody357 (November 17, 2009 10:38 am ET)
         
      Better Business Bureau ratings for TaxMasters
      BBB Rating
      Based on BBB files, this business has a BBB Rating of F on a scale from A+ to F.

      http://www.bbb.org/atlanta/business-reviews/tax-return-preparation/tax-masters-of-america-in-doraville-ga-27012407
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