Why isn't there a boycott of Fox advertisers?

[Onlooker]

Why hasn't Move On or one of the other well heeled liberal groups organized a boycott of Fox news advertisers? Are they afraid it will backfire or perhaps they think now is not the time? Fox is a nonstop commercial for the Republicans, and unlike Moore, who admits he has an agenda, they profess to be fair and balanced. Conservatives have already demonstrated their willingness to penalize liberal bias, with their attacks on the Dixie Chicks, Whoopie Goldberg, and Linda Ronstadt. Progressives should do the same thing.

Perhaps if we compiled a list of advertisers and products on Fox News shows we could get a group like Move On to mail it out?

Your thoughts?

[shoelace414]

1. my thoughts?

when the last time going after a sponser/employer worked for the left?

[hairy]

2. www.newshounds.us has a list of advertisers for O'reilly

http://www.newshounds.us/2004/07/24/hey_bill_wives_are_off_limits.php#more

LIST OF ADVERTISERS THAT AIRED ON THE O'REILLY FACTOR JULY 20, 2004

AARP
Call 1-888-OUR-AARP (1-888-687-2277)
601 E. Street NW
Washington, DC 20049

BayAreaJobFinder.com:
343 Church Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: [phone]

Bayer (Ascensia)
100 Bayer Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
412-777-2000

CDW Customer Relations
www.cdw.com
Phone [phone]

Closet Factory
12800 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90061
Customer Service Line: [phone]
General E-mail: [e-mail]

DeliPro Knife (Ontel Products Corporation)
21 Law Dr.1st Floor
Fairfield, NJ 07004
973-439-9035

Dell Computer Corporation
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
512-338-4400
Toll free: 1-800-624-9896
Toll free: 1-800-624-9897
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web site: www.dellcustomercare.com

Dodge Durango SUV
1-800-992-1997
Dodge Customer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 21-8004
Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004

Eloan.com
6230 Stoneridge Mall Dr.
Pleasanton, CA 94588

Fidelity Active Trader Services
Call 800-FIDELITY - 800-343-3548

Ford Customer Relationship Center
(Lincoln/Mercury Dealers)
P.O. Box 6248
Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: [phone]
800-232-5952 (TDD for the Hearing Impaired)

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
Marianne Salibene, National Manager, Consumer Information Center
1100 King George Post
Edison, NJ 08837
Toll free: 1-800-800-FUJI (3854)
Fax: [phone]
Web site: www.fujifilm.com

Gerber Grow-Up Plan
(Gerber Products, Inc.)
445 State St.
Fremont, MI 49413
231-928-2109
Toll free: 1-800-4-GERBER
Fax: [phone]

International House of Pancakes
450 N. Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91203
818-240-6055

Infiniti Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 191
Gardena, CA 90248
800-662-6200

LendingTree.com
PMB 008
15105-D John J Delaney Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277
Phone: [phone]-TREE
Fax: [phone]

Michelin North America, Inc.
PO Box 19001
Greenville, SC 29602
Toll free: 1-800-847-3435
Web site: www.michelin-us.com

ORBITZ Corporate Communications
Send all media inquiries to [e-mail].

Paramount Studios (Manchurian Candidate)
5555 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90038
323-956-5000

Philip Morris USA
Nancy Zimbalist, Supervisor, Consumer Affairs
120 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10017
917-663-2883
Toll free: 1-800-343-0975
Fax: [phone]
Web site: www.philipmorris.com

Romano's Macaroni Grill (Brinker’s International)
6820 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240
[phone]

Scottrade
E-mail: [e-mail]

T-Mobile Wireless
PO Box 37380
Albuquerque, NM 87176-7380
325-653-4600
Toll free: 1-800-937-8997
Fax: [phone]
Web site: www.tmobile.com

Toyota
1-800-GO TOYOTA

Vehix.com
1165 E. Wilmington Avenue Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
801-401-6060
Customer Feedback:
[e-mail]

Viagra (Pfizer World Headquarters)
235 E. 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
VIAGRA Consumer Information:
1-888-4-VIAGRA

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Becky Elliott
702 SW Eighth St.
Bentonville, AR 72716-0117
501-273-4000
Toll free: 1-800-WAL-MART
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web site: www.wal-mart.com





and contact #'s for the f-channel
http://www.newshounds.us/2004/07/22/what_you_can_do_contact_fox.php

What You Can Do - Contact Fox
If you see something unfair, inaccurate, partisan, or just plain inappropriate for a "news" organization, contact Fox News. Some contact information follows.

# Bill O'Reilly, O'Reilly Factor Host : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Brian Knoblock, International Editor : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Brit Hume, Managing Editor : Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
# David Asman, Fox News Host : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Ian Rae, Exec. VP News : Phone: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]
# Jane Skinner, News Anchor : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# John Moody, Sen VP News : Phone: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]
# Justin Schmidt, Chicago Bureau Chief : Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
# Kathy Ardleigh, Sen. Politics Producer : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Ken LaCorte, Los Angeles Bureau Chief : Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
# Kim Schiller Hume, Wash DC Bureau Chief : Phone: [phone]; Fax:
202-824-6426
# Shepard Smith, Fox Report Host : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Thom Bird, Fox News Sen. Producer : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]
# Todd Ciganek, National News Editor : Phone: [phone]; Email:
[e-mail]

[DennisDemocrat]

4. anonymous email

If you'd like to send an anonymous email to the above addresses
go to www.linkbase.org no signing up, very easy.

[newyawker99]

15. Hi DennisDemocrat!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[DennisDemocrat]

16. Thanks

Thanks, Glad to be here.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. Well except for Dell and IHOP we're good here

My computer is a Dell and IHOP is probably my husband's favorite restaurant in the world. But other than that....

[GiovanniC]

11. Gerber Grow-Up Plan

O'Really should use this product.

GROW UP! JUST GROW UP!

[DennisDemocrat]

3. Count me in

Good idea, I would definetly avoid those products.

[Goldom]

5. because EVERYONE advertises on fox

Between FNC and the local channels in every city in the country, we'd be boycotting the whole world.

[Onlooker]

8. Then let's just target a few advertisers

I'm not sure of the best strategy, but it seems to me that if you successfully boycott a few advertisers, others will be afraid that they'll be next.

For a boycott to succeed, it needs to be led by a group with a lot of clout. How about if we put together an electronic petition to Move On? Let them strategize the best approach. If we put together a petition, maybe Skinner would give it a prominent place on DU.

What'd'ya think?

[Catfight]

7. by avoiding the programs, you'll avoid the sponsers. Sponsers don't

advertise when it's not profitable and they don't get exposure. Don't turn on FOX, simple as that.

[LittleApple81]

9. HOW DO THEY CALCULATE the RATINGS? Does it matter if we watch

(WHICH I DON'T... it is beyond my capabilities...) OR NOT? Aren't the ratings done through boxes on TVs? I am ignorant about this because I just got cable. AND WILL GET RID OF IT IN ONE and A HALF MONTHS.
I did not have a TV for 21 years and I will go back to no TV... IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY SLIME. I thought it would be good to know what was going on during he elections but it just drives me to despair... I knew the country was "idotized" but not to this extent.

[Catfight]

10. when you call to cancel, tell them you did not like their choices of

right wing media. When they offer a more balanced choice, they may call you to possibly pay for their service again. They have a way of knowing how many people tune in, probably through the cable box or something.

[maggrwaggr]

12. because Dems are terrible at organizing and playing dirty

that's pretty much it

[Scorpious_Maximus]

13. Boycott

Come on guys. We're not Freeptards.

We have to stop worrying about what is said on FOX NEWS.

We ALL know they are liars, and mainstream America isn't watching FOX. The numbers they put out about "Highest Rated News Network" are deceiving.

By the numbers, CNN has a higher cume which advertisers look for, which is why advertising rates are enormously higher for CNN.

The average FOX viewer tunes in and sits there like a zombie nodding their heads. These are people who are beyond reaching.

Write them off.

What we need to do, is to focus on MSNBC, CNN and the Big Three.


Personally, I would not mind some serious attack towards ABC and NBC respectively for their obvious Pro-Bush stance.

More Americans are watching THOSE networks.

If we are going to be smart, and we need to be, we need to follow the lead of Clinton. He has shown us the way.

Take their issue, and beat them over the head with it.


I personally registered 30 new young women voters in the last week.


Here's how. "Do you support a woman's right to choose? Then you had better vote for Kerry."


If we are to win, we can't be a bunch of radicals. (Even though we are!!!)


PEACE.

[Dob Bole]

14. Because we don't pay attention to advertisements anyway

That's my hunch.

[pstokely]

17. here's a local Kansas City Faux news advertiser

Jay Wolfe Honda
220 West 103rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64114
Sales: 1-800-655-1385
Service: 1-800-655-1277

http://www.jaywolfehonda.com/frameset1.asp?LINK=Information&MAIN=contactusform&id=94

[notbush]

18. Boycott's of advertisers are stupid....and they for the most part

don't work.
When I see someone at DU calling for a boycott, it's the same as when I see those "DU this poll" comments.
You think you're "helping the cause"....but in reality you're playin' with your pudd.
If you REALLY want to help, go do some dooor to door for your candidate.Lick some stamps.Cross check a voter database.
Boycott's and "DUing polls" don't really get us anywhere. But maybe they help LAZY people think they are "helping the cause".