The Campaign is working.
Glenn Beck, the conservative talking head, may be regretting his choice of words he used to describe Barack Obama in July.
Beck said Obama revealed himself to be a “deep-seated racist” after the president said Cambridge, Massachusetts, police “acted stupidly” in arresting professor Henry Louis Gates. Shortly afterward, the Fox News presenter claimed he wasn’t saying the president “doesn’t like white people” .
Beck’s words prompted auto insurer Geico to pull adverts from his show. Several more companies including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Travelocity, Progressive Insurance, Sargento, Radio Shack and CVS followed suit, bringing the total number of businesses withdrawing ad time from Beck’s programme to 20.
It appears the boycott will most likely not have an affect on Fox’s overall advertising revenue since many of the companies have simply moved their ads to different shows.
Presenters on Fox News have increasingly become the voice of opposition to Obama’s policies on cable television. Their stance has paid off: the network’s viewership has skyrocketed 11% since Obama took office.
Current Advertisers on Beck, via FoxNewsBoycott.com:
Claritin
Schering Plough Corporation
2000 Galloping Hill Road
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1-800-CLARITIN
http://www.claritin.com/…
GoToMeeting
http://www.citrixonline.com/…
Lear Capital, Inc
1990 S. Bundy Dr., Ste 600
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: 1.800.576.9355
Fax: 310.571.0194
1-800-214-8271
http://www.learcapital.com/…
Liberty Medical *
1-800-296-0720
1-800-695-2500
http://www.libertymedical.com/…
Medco Health Solutions, Inc
investor_relations@medco.com
media@medco.com
Oxi Clean
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
469 N. Harrison St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
1.800.781.7529
http://www.oxiclean.com
