Look at this response I got from emailing a Sinclair advertiser!!!

[Lindacooks]

October 12, 2004
Dear Linda:
Thank you for your concern regarding the actions of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. We had no prior knowledge of the political stance of SBG and their local affiliate, KMWB23, when we placed our advertising dollars. It is not our intention to support this kind of political indecency. As a result of their insistence in airing "Stolen Hour," we have sent the following letter to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.


Dear Sir:

As an advertiser on your Minneapolis affiliate, KMWB23, we are appalled at Sinclair Broadcasting Group's lack of corporate citizenship in the mandatory broadcasting of "Stolen Hour."

The deliberate support of any candidate over another candidate has no place in media programming governed by FCC regulations. It is the obligation of FCC license holders to present a balanced approach to broadcasting. Notice the word balanced, not the word unbiased. Offering Senator John Kerry a chance for rebuttal on your "documentary" is not a legitimate use of balanced reporting.

It is our intention to cease advertising with your affiliate unless actions are taken by the Sinclair Broadcast Group to establish and maintain fair and balanced viewpoints in programming.

Sincerely,
Scott and Debra
Owners
___ Furniture, Inc.

edited to remove their names because of possible freeper eyes.


TOO COOL!!!!!

[JuniorPlankton]

1. well done! n/t

[cthrumatrix]

29. great job.....x 100 or their OTHER clients...start writing

[Bozos for Bush]

43. WTG Linda!

"The Democratic Underground - stopping fascism, one advertiser at a time."

Good job!

[Texas_Dem]

2. You are good.

[Skinner]

3. Excellent!

Great! :thumbsup:

[high density]

4. Thanks!

I feel a snowball coming...

[wildeyed]

5. Well if I lived in MN, I know where I would be buying all my furniture!

:yourock:

[RoyalWickedness]

11. Hell, I live in Michigan,

and if/when I ever get a job and any money, I will DRIVE to Minnesota to buy my furniture from them!

[ibegurpard]

41. No shit! I'd contact these people again and let them know how

impressed I was by their response and assure them that they would first on my list for my furniture needs.

[Lindacooks]

46. Yes, I did that!

[Love Bug]

45. Well, I live in Minnesota so would someone please PM me the name

I've been redecorating and would like to buy my next purchase from them.

[napi21]

6. WOW! Wouldn't it be GREAT if all their advertisers did this?

Maybe not even all, but a few BIG ones would be terrific!

[alarcojon]

7. Right on!

This is participatory democracy in action, folks.

Keep up the good work.

:kick:

[madrchsod]

8. yes it`s the local advertisers

that have alot to loose when they are precieved to endorse one canidate over another.. their business comes first

[RedEarth]

32. that's exactly right....it's the locals that have the most to lose....

[Lex]

9. Whoa. That is cool.

Time to go furniture shopping at that store!

[eddiebrowns]

10. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

:toast:

[Kierkegaard]

12. BRAVO!

There is hope afterall. Nicely done Linda, Scott and Debra!

[Lavender Brown]

13. Linda, Scott and Debra

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[deadparrot]

14. Great job!!

[Lindacooks]

15. question:

I want to give them publicity over this fabulous letter and their actions, but I'm afraid of freepers' response, as we know this board is frequently visited by KKKarl's puppets. How should I handle this?

[sandnsea]

20. Ask them

Let them decide. I know what you mean. It's very sad.

[RevCheesehead]

23. Send them a link to this discussion thread...

...and maybe even ASK them how they would like us to respond to their noble patriotic decision.

Hell, I'd even send them a few bucks just for taking a stand!

[Barney Rocks]

26. get permission to share the

letter. But I don't think they will be ashamed to share it--they obviously were proud to stand up to Sinclaire!

[ronnykmarshall]

16. AWSOME!!

Scott and Debra :loveya:

Good going Linda!

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. Ha, ha. "political Indecency"

I wonder if that was a sly reference to janet's wardrobe malfunction?

[Gothmog]

18. Good Job

Way to go. If Sinclair gets enough of these letters, then they may have to back down.

[sandnsea]

19. Go local

The local channel can't afford to lose one advertiser so the local affiliate will hit Sinclair corporate if their local advertisers start balking. Watch your local Sinclair channels and start hitting these local advertisers. Be sure and site the FCC regulations just as it is in this email from Scott & Debra. Watch the ripple turn into a tide.

[sherilocks]

21. Fantastic

It's working. It's working

[Carla in Ca]

59. This is a post in Comments over at Eschaton

* ITS WORKING

Just talked to a lawyer i know
they have almost 50 law firms under one marketing dept
all the firms have told their marketing director to tell sinclair that all of those firms are pulling their ads



by tlaw on Tue Oct 12th, 2004 at 17:00:07 PDT
< Reply to This >

--------------------------------
It IS Working!!!!
Added:

<http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=7083976&tid=sbgi&sid=7083976&mid=2442>

[Lorien]

22. Great going, Linda!

:toast: to you and ___Furniture, Inc.!

[SeanQ]

24. w00t!

[progressivebydesign]

25. Can you believe it? I'm choking up reading that...

For some reason, the replies I've been reading from advertisers have been really hitting me hard.. in a good way. I'm just so happy, so gleeful, that there are still people willing to defend our democracy. It's not about right wing or left wing, it's about our Country, our democracy, and our Constitution. I wish I lived in Michigan.. I'd buy something from those nice people!! :) :loveya:

[BootinUp]

27. I LOVE it!

Me thinks Sinclair will be backing down before too long. :)

[fob]

28. Great story, but did they really get the name of the movie wrong?

Stolen Hour? Isn't it Stolen Honor?

[RedEarth]

30. Excellent!!!!!!!!!

[Zorra]

31. Wow. After the election, if I need a product that these folks offer and

can purchase it over the net, they would be my first consideration.

That is a very thoughtful letter that they wrote to Sinclair.

[George_S]

33. Kick, you can make a difference!

If only Sinclair broadcasted in my area. Well, come to think of it, I'm glad they don't!

[Skittles]

34. one of the best responses EVER

Scott and Linda are decent folk

[nonconformist]

35. That's AWESOME! nt

[Diogenes2]

36. Excellent letter, excellent response!

BTW, this sad piece of s*** is called "Stolen HONOR" not "HOUR"... but the time allotted for it on the airwaves is certainly a STOLEN HOUR and then some! :)

[crispini]

37. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[realcountrymusic]

38. Kick

Beautiful. Send them a huge thanks -- from a LOT of DUers!

RCM

[you forgot Poland]

39. EXCELLENT! have you a link to Sinclair's advertisers?

[HootieMcBoob]

40. YES!!!

Excellent letter - on both of your ends :toast: :kick:

[qanda]

42. Beautiful!!!

Good job and keep up the good work.

[troublemaker]

44. Smallish point, but what's the name of the film? Is it "hour" or "honor"?

[Killarney]

49. honor

[Meshuga]

47. Refreshing to see this...

Thanks for the letter to the advertiser and it is nice to see that they were personally appalled.

Sinclair needs to feel the pressure and I'm sure they are going to hurt because of this.

Thank you linda!

[Debi]

48. kick

:kick:

[0007]

50. Beautiful fucking beautiful!

[janx]

51. I THINK YOU'D BETTER HAVE A LOOK AT THIS:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1242919/posts

[tjdee]

53. They want to "educate" this company about "free speech"?

"Looks like Minnesota FReepers now have an obligation to educate Carroll's Furniture in Arden Hills (651-494-3908) of the full ramifications of free speech in the United States of America. I suspect their current education level is lacking certain, how shall I say, refinements."

Compassionate conservatism at its best.

[tjdee]

55. dupe.

[IdaBriggs]

64. Delete the Contact Info -- They are being Swamped! nt

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

68. Nicely veiled threats.

They sound like the fucking mafia!
Pardon me for quoting Malloy, but have I told you lately how much I hate these people?

Fucking Nazi brownshirts. All of them.

[Oreo]

54. You gotta love these people....

I'm sure the ignorants are now prank calling these people.
Disgusting

To: areafiftyone
Looks like Minnesota FReepers now have an obligation to educate Carroll's Furniture in Arden Hills (651-494-3908) of the full ramifications of free speech in the United States of America. I suspect their current education level is lacking certain, how shall I say, refinements.

[tjdee]

56. Exactly what I said.

"the full ramifications of free speech"??


No wonder these people adore Bush so. He's the smartest of their kind, apparently.

[janx]

61. Freepers are apparently harrassing them from other states.

One called them from Mississippi.

[brentspeak]

63. I hope they have caller ID

I'd like to see some Freepers busted for harrasing phone calls.

[IdaBriggs]

65. Delete the Contact Info -- They are being Swamped! nt

[rumguy]

69. that's a look inside the mind of brownshirt evil

[Oreo]

74. Sorry... can't edit. PLEASE DELETE if possible

[Lindacooks]

58. Oh my God.

I feel so terrible! How could those fucking freepers get their name and number -- it was posted for about 20 seconds before I yanked it from the post.

I wrote a letter to them apologizing for the hate mail - Jesus, I hate freepers more than ever.

[janx]

62. They probably would have gotten the information anyway.

But they're not only writing; they're CALLING! Jeez. When I think of all the work I've done today (and the work I'll have to do tonight), I can't help wondering--do freepers really have nothing else to do?

[brentspeak]

66. Constantly amazed at how tech-sophisticated Freepers can be

You have to be careful when divulging information on a website like this -- freepers, if nothing else, are masters at high-tech pranks and harrasment. Which is why I don't think it would be a good idea to making voting available over the internet.

[54anickel]

60. Oh sheesh! n/t

[Career Prole]

70. Payback due in Crawford?

Where the Iconoclast is getting beat into the ground by repukes?

CRAWFORD, Texas (Oct. 12) - Signs at the bank, the cafe and the Bottlinger Grain bins all declare Crawford - the proud home of the president's ranch - as "Bush Country."
So when the Lone Star Iconoclast, a tiny weekly that bills itself as Bush's hometown paper, endorsed Democrat John Kerry, there was hell to pay.
Local businesses pulled their ads and banned the paper from their stores.

"We felt a little betrayed," said Larry Nelson, manager of the Crawford Country Style, a downtown shop that sells "Luvya Dubya" trinkets and other Bush memorabilia.

<snip>

"If it wasn't the week of the Tonkawa Traditions, it would have still been upsetting," said Nick Spanos, owner of the Coffee Station, a convenience store and cafe where Bush sometimes dines when he is in town. "But that on top of it just made it a little bit worse."

Smith said he hopes tempers cool and his relations with Crawford merchants improve after the election.

Asked about that possibility, Spanos replied, "With him? Hell, no."
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=200...

There's a couple of businesses who could use a little love...
:evilgrin:

[Pacifist Patriot]

71. Typical Freeper bile and venom. Ew!

[Longhorn]

52. That is FANTASTIC!

Thanks for protecting their identify. I am so excited to see this kind of response. Way to go!

[meganmonkey]

57. Hooray!

kick

[crispini]

67. It might not be a bad idea for you to

email whoever is running http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/ and have them take this company off the list. So they don't get emailed a bazillion times.

[Tsiyu]

73. Freepers hate America

They hate the freedom advertisers have to choose where they will place their ad dollars. Free enterprise? Capitalism? Whuuuuusssattttttt?????

Repukes have opened a can of worms and their idle threats might just serve to get a few of them locked up. I hope the furniture co and others who boycott will document some of the threats they will no doubt receive. Freepers belong in prison, not out free, when they are trying to terrify the populace into submitting to their fascist fantasies.

[merh]

72. Thank you Scott & Debra

:yourock:

Here's to democracy and following the law! :toast:

thank you for the post Linda