German companies pull advertising from US website Breitbart

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

December 7, 2016


BERLIN (AP) — Several large German companies are pulling ads from news and opinion website Breitbart due to concerns about its content.

The move follows a social media campaign using the hashtag #KeinGeldFuerRechts , which translates as "No Money for the Right."

Deutsche Telekom said Wednesday the ads hadn't been placed on Breitbart intentionally and it would blacklist the site from future online ad campaigns. The telecoms giant said it "absolutely doesn't tolerate discriminatory actions or statements."

Supermarket group REWE, automaker BMW and restaurant chain Vapiano also told The Associated Press that they had stopped advertising on Breitbart and distanced themselves from the site


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-companies-pull-advertising-us-website-breitbart-160906089--finance.html

[Blanks]

1. Just in the nick of time.

[Blue Idaho]

2. What the hell

Took them so long?

[Initech]

3. Even Hitler hates Breitbart!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. am I bad for loving those Hitler parodies?

[kimbutgar]

4. This is so they don't get the German orange hitler chancellor

Merkel could be replaced by an extreme right winger. They saw what happened here and don't want it to happen again.

[KittyWampus]

5. Germany better get ready to shut down Breitbart entirely. Thank goodness they have hate-speech laws.

[Sunlei]

11. hate speech laws but their hate websites publish the full address of people'targets' like immigrants

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. "the ads hadn't been placed on Breitbart intentionally" is pure BS

No body spends their marketing budget "unintentionally".
In fact, how does any ad show up UNintentionally???

[Sunlei]

12. places like breibart, nazi news and basic foxrepublican are free to view.

They don't have any control of general banner ads on the free to view websites. Many times advertisers use those general banner ads services and don't know every website the ads will appear.

Corps can quickly start to exclude websites from banner ads, especially when complaints like this OP.

[Brother Buzz]

14. Yes, very possibly unintentionally

Many corporations contract with firms that developed software to place the ads at appropriate sites with no knowledge where they will appear.



The companies must opt-out on a per site basis, and that is what appears to be happening.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. I stand corrected. Had no idea....

thank you.

[closeupready]

8. Because they are trying to influence our elections?

Sorry, I don't understand. The only people trying to influence our elections are Russians.

[Faux pas]

9. Yes!

[Sunlei]

10. fake news trump watched and reported on daily are breibart & fox. fox shouldn't be supported either

trump called in daily to fox. Never showed his face, just a standing daily phone call to give republican TV propaganda quotes. Information he called an "interview" to his fans.

[NBachers]

13. Donald Trump and the republicans are turning the United States into a pariah state.