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Becklash: Advertisers Flee Glenn Beck

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the "Glenn Beck" show on Fox News following the host's incendiary comments that President Barack Obama is a "racist" and has a "deep-seated hatred for white people."

Among the advertisers to pull spots from the popular cable talk show are Geico, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Procter & Gamble, Sargento Cheese and Progressive Insurance, according to the companies and Color of Change, one group that is organizing a campaign against the program.

Beck, who made the remarks during another Fox News program late last month, is among the network's biggest draws, pulling in an average of about 2 million viewers...

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Beck is full of shit

I guess Bill Maher is right about him talking out of his behind.

He says one thing one week, and the complete opposite another time around.

WHAT I WILL NOT FORGET is that he viciously attacked Ron Paul when it mattered most, less than two months before the start of the primaries. In case you forgot or haven't seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8M2JBIoqo&eurl

Yes Bill Maher is a true

Yes Bill Maher is a true promoter of liberty isn't he? Wake the hell up! MSM is not to be trusted but we should utilize it when it promotes our cause!

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www.schiffathon.com

That p.o.s. Maher ought to know

Maher talks out of his a$$ daily. As a vet I would love to punch that *rick in the mouth more then once. I am ok with Beck, he is out there but he is saying some interesting things.

whether beck is

"one of us" or not does not matter. how he treated dr. paul does not matter. that he is causing people just like him to question the illusion does. what we make of the opportunity he provides us, even if unintentional, matters.

"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul

to hell

with glenn beck.

stop bringing his sorry, lame ass to the table for discussion.

he fucking blows.

even i agree with an obama supporter friend of mine on the whole beck issue.

and that's saying quite a bit.

Glenn is lost. naughty,

Glenn is lost.
naughty, naught

enter for freedom.

Beck is indeed late to the party (of Liberty that is)...

But I guess it's better late than never.

I think Glenn Beck supports Dr. Paul's economic views but he is wrong on foreign policy.

He still doesn't get the connection between having an empire and a screwed up economy.

"You can't have an empire and a republic" as quoted by George Washington.

Beck must learn this concept in order to be a tru lover of freedom.

"What have you given us sir?"
"A republic ma'am - if you can keep it." -Ben Franklin

Pawnstorm

Why would anyone want to watch Glenn Beck

He is not one of us. You don't get that?

Murdock owns Fox and Murdoch pulls endorsements, hmmmm?

This "should" translate to most DPers as "Glenn Beck is a whore for ratings"

Glenn concocted this -- Why wuold Murdoch pull sponsorship and keep him live everyday on the radio and t.v -- it doesn't make any sense.

If you don't like what someone says you "fire him" -- not just pull some advertising dollars, hahahahahaha.

2+2 does not always add up to 4 -- at least not to collectivist

Octobox

Murdoch doesn't keep him

Murdoch doesn't keep him live on the radio, it's a totally separte media. I can't think of the name right now, but it's the same one who brings Rush and Hannity. Beck is 2nd on radio only to Rush. As far as the advertisers, on Fox they are not removing their ads from Fox only asking not to be on during Becks time. Since Beck has the 3rd most watched show period, and the first in that time slot, I wouldn't be surprised if we see more liberty minded slots filled such as goldline and others. I think it will have no efffect. However, as much as Beck pops off on the republicans, I am wondering how long Murdoch will keep him around. I think it's Murdoch in this case being pimped...

And Beck said the other day on his radio, that he is beginning to understand some of what Ron Paul was talking about regarding ongoing occupation and manning 800 bases or more around the world. He said don't get me wrong, I still say bomb the hell out of em, but we don't have to build an empire there. So he may be coming around. Either way, I like about 50 percent of what he says so I will defend his right to his opinion and celebrate the things we agree on.

Don't understand the Its All or Nothing attitude around here sometimes.

" Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of they day; but a series of oppresssions...pursued unalterably, through every change of ministers, too plainly proove delibrate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery..."
Tho

" Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of they day; but a series of oppresssions...pursued unalterably, through every change of ministers, too plainly proove delibrate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery..."
Tho

Letushope: Beck's radio "growth" is spurred by his media growth

If you reduced 50% of our debt -- 99% of all RP folks would go back to sleep.

50% wrong is not 50% right

Octobox

There's a counter boycott in effect

among Beck listeners/viewers. They are boycotting the companies that pulled out. Wonder which boycott will be more hurtful.

We have lots of company when we put off taking preparedness action, until suddenly mass panic arrives and everyone decides to prepare. Then it will be too late. You are given the opportunity now. Please don't waste it.
http://www.preparednessequipment

Now!

Going to tune in to his show everyday based on that alone. His viewer numbers should go up. :)

Or else Faux is saying this so there's a reason to fire him & do to him what MSNBC did to Tucker Carlson after he said he was writing in Ron Paul if he had to.

Obama = O.ne B.ig A.ss M.istake A.merica

Obama = O.ne B.ig A.ss M.istake A.merica

Is the interview on YouTube

Is the interview on YouTube yet?

I heard Beck almost apoligize on the radio show one day this

week. I got in the truck (old delivery truck no tape no cd) and had it on the talk station. He was saying something about how around two years ago he started to see what "they" were saying didn't add up, and was sorry he didn't speak out sooner, blah, blah.

Right now I still don't know where I stand on him, I don't take what anyone says as truth until I can verify it as best I can. But, right now Beck still isn't my "friend" but he is the enemy of my enemy. And, that is better than anyone else on the air. If he gets canned in the next couple of months or moved to 6 o'clock Sat night, we'll know he is truly changed.

"What was taken from the boomers, it ain't there, what was taken from the X'ers it ain't there, what is being taken from their great, great, great squared grandchildren it ain't there. Some generation just has to have the guts to quit passing it on." Me

Tea Party People--Folks that want to be on the winning team, and just so happen to think that the republicans have cuter helmets and jerseys. Don't matter if the two teams always tie to them, they KNOW they really won.

Yes. Another good interview with Rand

Glenn has had Rand on TV and radio a couple of times now and each time their conversations have dovetailed nicely with each others beliefs.

You may not like Beck and that's fine. You don't have to watch him but I've been listening to him for over a year and it seems like he's coming closer to my views and the Liberty movement in general more quickly than anyone else. Mark Levin too. Hannity's still playing the politics game but even Rush is starting to sound like he reads DP!

Just because these guys are working for big media conglomerates doesn't mean they're "the bad guys". And besides, there are local 9-12 groups you can plug into and network with local people who are open to the message of Liberty. A lot of these folks are now realizing that they were wrong about Dr. Ron Paul last year and are coming around. Better late than never I say. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. In fact many of the local 9-12 people here are planning on voting for Rand!

Personally I love listening to Glenn!

My level of respect just went WAY up for Mr. Beck...

Mr. Beck just did more for our movement than many can and I want to give him respect for that. Great job Glenn, you have alot more respect for me now. I am going to have to challange you on Levin, Limbaugh and Hannity. They all dissed RP when they had the chance and NEVER ever disrespected Bush. That is shameful. I am a Constitutional-paleo Conservative and recovering Neo Con. But I call myself a classic conservative (economically a classic liberal as some would call Von Mises and Friedman) so I naturally enjoy listening to those neo cons more than Olberdouche, Matthews or whats her name (the one that looks like a man... seriously, forgot her name, not just being rude) on MSNBC, but they make me sick to my stomach how they have taken our philosophy and ruined it in the horrible Bush doctrine and then feel unapologetic about it! That pisses me off more than liberals, because at least you know where liberals stand, but in my eyes, neo cons are like wolves in sheep's clothing which is not only wrong, but decietful in my opinion. A neo con that has my respect is Mike Gallagher.. why? Listen to his interview with Ron Paul. Another neo con I used to hate, but now I respect is Anne Coulter... Why? Because she recognized her bad ways and gives respect to the only TRUE conservative and that is Dr. Paul. They get passes in my eyes. The nasty, vile things Levin has said will never let me forgive him until he apologizes or makes up for it by giving positive spin on our man, RP. Thats all i have to say.

Ron Paul 2012

Ron Paul 2012

No one should ever forget

No one should ever forget how shabally Beck treated Dr. Paul during the Presidential campaign or the conscienceless shillin he did for his fellow Mormon, Romney. As for Murdock, he was relentless in having Hannity O'Reilly constantly savage Dr. Paul so th

No one should ever forget how shabally Beck treated Dr. Paul during the Presidential campaign or the conscienceless shillin he did for his fellow Mormon, Romney. As for Murdock, he was relentless in having Hannity O'Reilly constantly savage Dr. Paul so th

Marilyn in Lake Jackson Rand

Marilyn in Lake Jackson

Rand Paul was just on Glenn Beck. I didn't know he would be on today, so that was a pleasant surprise. I hope someone posts a video. It was a good interview about health care.

MarilynInLakeJackson

hate to see this as the reason...

but would not mind seeing him go...He is a distraction from the truthful liberty message.

I disagree strongly

He JUST had Rand Paul on his tv show. That's a NATIONAL audience with over 2 million people just seeing Rand right now. You can't buy that kind of advertising if you are Rand. Maybe Beck isn't a true liberty person, but as long as he's giving schiff and ron and rand paul minutes on his show you can't hate him.

I actually think

a little more highly of him now that he drove off Proctor & Gamble: http://www.scripophily.net/prgaco1bo.html

Didn't I hear faux was going to start charging

for their web news? If so, this plays right into the hype. lol Brilliant, they will have people paying for propaganda because you can only get the truth there!

I've never trusted Glen Beck

It's impossible to look into someone else's head, but I think he's just an entertainer, nothing more, with no particular political agenda. It looks like he "mis-calibrated."

What is really happening with Glen Beck?

I recently woke up and started to pay attention to politics like many Americans.

I have learned new terms like glottalization, oligarchy, new world order, fiat money system, beast from Jeckle Island, but my favorite is GUIDED OPPOSITION.

Do you suppose that is what Glen Beck is? Or is he whipping the American People to a frenzy until someone does something stupid, violent; giving the government the excuse to put us under martial law?

We need real change. And by that I mean Congress. We need liberty minded constitutionally driven candidates! We need to change our congress with the exception of a few greats (Ron Paul being my favorite). I hope America wakes to the fact that BIG money rules the leaders, they back them financially so they are the true rulers of America.

JFK was in the process of shutting down the Federal Reserve to give us constitutional money system again, then was shot. Do the math.

AUDIT THE FED!

Your woke up with a bang!

Good for you.

Media people are bought and

paid for. They're entertainers we shouldn't take seriously.
If someone expresses his views minus the big money, then I might be impressed.

...

This is what happens when you put tabloid arguments before rational ones. You make yourself a target and polarize the opposition.

He's just doing his job

..

Becklash -- I like the title -- However it's all a joke isn't it

Murdoch owns Fox News -- pulling Berkshire Hathaway and not firing Beck is a ploy -- drive ratings through the roof.

Beck is a tool.

Murdoch supported this War

ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL problems rest on two things: 1) Military Colonialism and 2) Zero Competition in Currency.

If you had those two in their proper place 98% of RPers would go sit down -- meaning people didn't "wake up" until it affected their pocket book.

Beck supported this War (and still does) -- He still disagrees (as a footnote) with Ron Paul on the War on Terror almost everytime he discusses RP.

It's shameful the way he uses our movement.

If 90% of our financial problems come from this war and the nearly 800 military bases (supply chain - logistics - wages spent in foreign lands) -AND- Beck is in favor of that -- then BECK is the problem!! Not the solution.

He can never be a solution until he outs his own corrupt agenda and he can never do that.

Octobox

Astute observations

Beck is surely a plant ... I think we should all jump on the bandwagon and demand his head roll.

I agree with your estimation

I agree with your estimation of the importance of the war issue. The war issue and police state issues are the two issues that are absolutely NOT to be compromised on, and I'm one of those who would gladly compromise with socialists Nader and McKinney.

Ventura 2012

Long time reader 1st time poster.

I'm no GB fan, I got disgusted with him over Dr. Paul's treatment during the election. But even though he shouldn't have said what he did, I think the more alarming issue is the trails of who was behind this decision to pull adverts from his show. as in this article.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33135

This is very reflective of manipulation as it was done back in Germany. Let me know if you concur.

I thought John Mayer

liked Ron Paul?

lot's of people love ron

lot's of people love ron paul.

and hate glen beck.

this isn't news to you is it?

Not me.

Glenn had his chance and decided to go for ratings. He proved his shrillness along time ago.

TY for the link!

People should check out the comments there.. it is starting to look like a little boycotting going on all around now....

Just finished canceling all of the hundreds if not thousands of dollars we spend on charmin, bounty, dawn, tide, and lots of other house hold products that we purchased with the p&g label at our restaurant, bed and breakfast, catering company, hunter's cabins and personal home. Sent an email to the ladies of our church who in turn are sending it to all thier lady friends to let them know and talked to our local grocery store manager who will let us post the problems with p&g. Our neighbor who insured his trucking fleet just canceled his policy with progressive. So get out there and let these idiots know when you support a traitor/socialist(o, george soros, etc) you don't get our business.

Interesting,

thanks.

Interesting,

thanks.

good article

thank you.

When You look at it like he is a mouthpiece of the system

They want to start a race war. Start the martial law etc.

Then it all falls into place.

Obama and his harvard friend who screamed race.
The plants at townhall meetings that tear Rosa Parks pictures (WTF?).
Beck who talks race.

Economy tanking, Dollar inflating.

Do they really want the American people go be divided by race? And fight each other?

Possible.

-------------------------------------------------------
"I think it would be a good idea"

Mahatma Gandhi,
when asked what he thought of Western civilization

Yup, no suprise about Buffet leaving Beck....

Look, ill be honest, just like Ive been honest in the past about the fact that I am a recovering neo con since September 11th, 2001, until 2006, when I met Paul. However, I cannot give Paul ALL of the credit because I, believe it or not, started believing in the Constitution from hearing Glenn Beck on CNN in early 2006. He is what I called "half enlightened". So, therefore I was half enlightened. So, because of Glenn Beck, I had a thirst for this type of thing, so I may be able to say that I looked at Dr. Paul more seriously because I was already on the Beck train. I always thought that Beck would be a huge supporter of Paul, because in my untrained eye, I thought they were compatible. I started turning on Beck (trust me, it was hard, I was a HUGE Beck fan) as soon as I noticed him disrespect RP and then in turn, support the bastard Mitt Romney (I HATE ROMNEY, WITH A PASSION)....

Beck has made up for his past mistakes and he said he took back what he said about RP back in the day. I forgive him and think hes not a bad guy. Hes kind of a dummy sometimes and a cry baby, but I feel his heart was in the right place and all I have to say is F*** you Obama. I do believe Obama is a racist and you can see it. Market Watch is uber liberal. Read the column about Lou Dobbs as well. Anybody who criticizes is a bad in their eyes. All hail my Fuhrer, Obama!!!!

Ron Paul 2012

Ron Paul 2012

I'm having the same reaction to Keith Olbermann

I used to love his rants when he went after the Corrupt Bush Administration, but now he's starting to attack Ron Paul and the Freedom Movement so now I'm gonna have to turn against him in the same sense that some of us are turning against Glen Beck.

In the end, they're all mouthpieces who's messages are delivered through a corporate filter.

I went through a similar

I went through a similar love/hate relationship with Michael Savage(although I was never for the War, but I did learn to hate him).

Pretending that Obama hates white people is an insane/inane diversion from what we should be focusing on. These people could care less about race. They are all about power. It is only the malleable sheeple that are hung up on outward appearances like race and party affiliation.

Ventura 2012

Obama hates white people

HA, HA, HA, what a joke!!

He has been groomed by "white people" since at least the early 80's. He is a puppet of the same old elite families who have run the world for at least 50 years and maybe hundreds.

They will do anything to divide us. Stay together whatever they come up with - and they will come up with a lot worse than this.

Focus on the head of the beast - everything else is a distraction.

I see what you mean....

But how do you not sit with his radical pastor for so many years, admit to liking Black Liberation Theology (which also is a reason for his HUGE support for the wellfare state... ie reperations) among other things. But, this is not a point I will argue too deeply.

Michael Savage... Hahaha, I loved Michael too! The Savage nation is a very entertaining show, but thats it.. Its ENTERTAINING.... But, its a fun show. Used to listen ALL the time. Funny you mention it. Thanks brother.

Ron Paul 2012

Ron Paul 2012

When I argue with liberals

I never attack Obama for being black. I go after his white half. I call him Bush's Third Term. That really throws a curveball in the face of someone who expects to be arguing with a stupid gun-toting redneck racist. Makes them think.

Bring up how Obama reappointed Gates as Secretary of Defense and you'll have their ear.

He probably stayed in that

He probably stayed in that church to get elected to that district. Power-worshipping politicians in politically advantageous churches is hardly a new thing. The guy has already proven that he is not a leftist in the slightest with his support of wars and the police state.

Savage is STILL hilarious lol, but I was just too disgusted when he turned coat and told ppl to vote for McCain after years of Bush, McCain, and GOP bashing. I cant say that I was too surprised that he never endorsed Ron Paul because he is as close to an open fascist as you can get these days. What really makes me sick is that he KNOWS about the CFR/NWO and refuses to do anything.

Ventura 2012

You have a strange litmus test for Leftists

Just because there are some anti-war leftists does not mean anti-war is a leftist cause. Mostly, they're a bunch of confused, irrational people.

The real leftists are ALWAYS revolutionaries. All the so-called neo-cons that surrounded Bush ... if you check their pedigrees ... were far left Democrats who migrated to take over Republican party politics. They had the Fed backing them. The all have dual US-Israeli citizenship, too.

I'm talking about the

I'm talking about the voters. Obviously the war party consumes 95% of politicians.

Ventura 2012