The Glenn Beck Advertiser Boycott Must Be Working

[Ian David]

The way you can tell if a protest is effective is when the target of the action can’t stop complaining about it. For two days in a row, Glenn Beck has devoted valuable airtime to castigating the proponents of an advertiser boycott that began last year in response to Beck calling President Obama a racist with “a deep-seated hatred of white people.”

For Beck to divert so much time from fabricating paranoid conspiracy theories to fabricating smears on his perceived enemies is revealing. His anxiety could not be more apparent, even as he pretends that the efforts directed against him are making him happy:

“The fact is, I haven’t felt this good and positive in a long time. Why? Because the boycott attempts are the most transparent AstroTurf attacks I have ever seen or ever heard of.”

Ever? The truth is that the boycotts were initiated by a very small group that most people (including me) had never heard of. Color of Change began the effort with a small email list and a campaign to communicate with Beck’s advertisers. This shoestring effort produced surprising results, getting more than 100 advertisers to refuse to permit their commercials on Beck’s show.




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http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1613

[fasttense]

1. Good, couldn't happen to a more nutso guy. n/t

[Ikonoklast]

2. Yep, it must be getting to him.

He loses enough paid advertising, he loses his gig, end of story.

[mdmc]

3. Lets see a list of advertisers..

holla!

[goclark]

6. Where is the list please ~ thanks

[Mojeoux]

4. If you try to catch his show during commercials, note the 800#s

and call them.

Just you. No group, no prepared talking points.

Just speak from your heart.

Most folks who's job it is to answer these phones will be confused and they may say that there is nothing they can do.
If you need to ask to speak to their marketing dept.

Quite a few of the operators have agreed with me and said that they will make sure that the word is sent along.

Hannity and his "wanna-be Tim Mcveigh's" are next.

[damntexdem]

5. Wonderful. Does anyone know whether Red Lobster still advertizes there?

I'm not about to watch Beck to find out.

[Supersedeas]

7. Now, how about a boycott of Joe Skank and Mika Mouse

[Swamp Rat]

8. k&r

[AmandaMae]

9. Great news. Can't wait to see him crying when he's kicked off the air.

[RedCloud]

10. The bastard still raked in over 38,000,000 last year!

[UpInArms]

11. well, there you have it - another "free marketeer" that doesn't like

the way "free markets" work.

They advertise with Beck - we don't buy their shit.

End of story.

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Ian David.:thumbsup: