Glenn Beck simply went too far. The Fox News host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends.
ColorOfChange.org called on its 600,000-plus members to sign a petition urging companies who advertise on Glenn Beck to cut off their advertising support of his work. Since then, more than 280,000 members have responded to the call by signing a petition directed at advertisers.
Today, we learned that another 19 companies agreed to join the boycott of the Beck Show. The impact continues to be felt by Glenn Beck as we now see 80 companies pulled their advertising from his show. These advertisers are:
ColorOfChange.org called on its 600,000-plus members to sign a petition urging companies who advertise on Glenn Beck to cut off their advertising support of his work. Since then, more than 280,000 members have responded to the call by signing a petition directed at advertisers.
Today, we learned that another 19 companies agreed to join the boycott of the Beck Show. The impact continues to be felt by Glenn Beck as we now see 80 companies pulled their advertising from his show. These advertisers are:
- Aegon
- Airware
- Allergan (maker of Restasis)
- Ally Bank (a unit of GMAC Financial Services)
- AmMed Direct
- Ancestry.com
- Applebee's
- Ashley Furniture
- AT&T
- Bank of America
- Bell & Howell
- Best Buy
- Binder & Binder
- Blaine Labs
- Broadview Security
- Campbell Soup Company
- Capital One
- Citrix Online
- Clorox
- ConAgra
- Concord Music Group
- CVS
- The Dannon Company
- Diageo (a London-basd alcohol company that produces Guinness and Tanqeray)
- DirecTV
- Discover
- Ditech
- Eggland's Best
- The Elations Company
- Equifax
- Eulactol USA
- Experian
- Farmers Insurance
- GEICO
- General Mills
- GetARoom.com
- Hoffman La Roche (maker of Boniva)
- HSBC
- ICAN Benefit Group Insurance
- Infiniti
- Jelmar
- Johnson & Johnson
- Jordan McKenna Debt Counseling Network
- Kraft Foods
- Lawyers.com
- Lowe's
- Luxottica Retail (owner of LensCrafters and Pearle Vision)
- Men’s Wearhouse
- Mercedes-Benz
- Metropolitan Talent Management
- NutriSystem
- ooVoo
- Overture Films
- Procter & Gamble
- Progressive Insurance
- RadioShack
- Re-Bath
- Regions Financial Corporation
- SAM (Store and Move)
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Sargento
- SC Johnson
- Scarguard
- Schiff Nutrition
- Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Simplex Healthcare (creator of Diabetes Care Club)
- Sprint
- State Farm Insurance
- Subaru
- Toyota-Lexus
- Travelers Insurance
- Travelocity
- United States Postal Service
- The UPS Store
- Verizon Wireless
- Vonage
- Waitrose (a popular British supermarket chain)
- Wal-Mart
- Woodland Power Products
- Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
I suspect that Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the other wingnuts that mobilize and motivate the Republican Party will think twice before they go buckwild on the President of the United States in public.
