Congressional Democrats Close Anti-Beck Petition After Back Fans Overhwlem the Site
After being swamped by Pro-Beck forces the DCCC has CLOSED their anti-Beck petition. Who closes a petition after they reach their initial goal? By our count about 98% of the last 250 comments on the site were pro-Beck. But let's see them try and spin this to their advtantage.
Btw, DCCC: We have recorded EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. So censorship won't work.
Update: It took the DCCC 6 weeks to get 10,000 signatures. It took us 12 days to get 10k on our Support Wall for Glenn.
NOVEMBER 4, 2009 9:25 am EST
Congressional Democrats Join Anti-Beck Brigade
DCCC Sends Out Mass Email to Petition Against FoxNews Host
Despite claiming 80 advertisers have dumped him
by way of their boycott, the anti-Glenn forces clearly still feel very threatened by Mr. Beck. Hence, in the middle of Election Night frenzy, the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) sent out a mass email calling on people to sign a petition to "Denounce Glenn Beck!".
Their goal is 10,000 signers...but they ARE NOT SCREENING THEM! So let's help the DCCC get to their magic 10k--with as many pro-Glenn entries as we can muster!
OCTOBER 6, 2009 2:25 pm EST
Color of Change Claims "19 More" Advertisers "Ditch" Beck
Despite Glenn's Stellar Ratings, Extremist Activist Group Keeps the Pressure On.
James Rucker, head of the Central Committee of the race-obsessed group Color of Change has released his usual press-release-cum-blog-post on Huffington Post announcing "Great news today in our campaign against Glenn Beck. We're announcing that nineteenmore of Beck's advertisers have stopped supporting his show."
Here is the list C of C claims now is "boycotting" the Glenn Beck program on FoxNews Channel...
Here's the full list of new companies ditching Beck: AmMed Direct, Citrix Online, Concord Music Group, Diageo, Eggland's Best, Equifax, Eulactol USA (producer of Flexitol), GetARoom.com, Hoffman La Roche (maker of BONIVA), Metropolitan Talent Management, ooVoo, Overture Films, Scarguard, Schiff Nutrition (maker of Tiger's Milk and Fi-Bar), Seoul Metropolitan Government, Subaru, Toyota-Lexus, Waitrose and Woodland Power Products, Inc. (full release here)
Are these claims true? Who the heck knows. Advertisers have engaged in double-talk all throughout this fiasco. Given the inconsistent corporate replies to past C of C claims (here, here and here), and the fact that Roche, Broadview Security, Bank of America and Nutrisystem were all named as boycotting and have since run ads one or more times on Beck, we will have to check each and every company in person to verify that what C of C claims is exactly in line with what the company's position actually is. When we have done this, we will report it here.
Oddly, since we have been monitoring C of C and the Beck program's ads, we cannot recall a single national Subaru or Lexus ad running on the show. We see frequent Audi ads, but none of the others. Also worth noting is that, aside from the 4 large companies, the other 15 are extremely minor advertisers--you know, the kind that Media Matters and DailyKos had ridiculed in the past as insignificant--yet now C of C trumpets them as if they are equivalent to WalMart or P&G.
In Whining Missive, Color of Change Czar Lashes Out at TIME for Not "Telling the Truth"
I guess we shouldn't be surprised given how TIME gave the BIG DISS to Color of Change last week by profiling the oh-so-awesome Glenn Beck phenomenon, and daring to omit the biggest story in the world (not)--Color of Change and their boycott of Beck's TV show.
Well they didn't mention either one, and C of C General Secretary and Minister of Determining Who Is and Is Not A Racist James Rucker is sure whining about it! Here's an excerpt....
Dear (someone who presumably cares about the C of C vendetta):
Glenn Beck was just on the cover of TIME magazine. Instead of telling the truth about Beck--that he repeatedly race-baits, lies and distorts the truth--TIME raises the question of whether Beck represents a legitimate voice in American politics.
It's absurd, and it's not just TIME. In article after article, reporters seem afraid to call out what Beck is actually doing, and they often neglect to mention the very real backlash against Beck, including the fact that more than 62 companies have stopped advertising on his show.
Of course C of C NEVER "race-baits", riiiiight? Of course not! Uh, well except for that little diddy about saying George W. Bush would have saved the victims of New Orleans had they been white.
Anyway, how hilarious it is that Rucker accuses of bias the same media that covered up for his pal Van Jones and ACORN for so long, and which has parroted his press releases for years.
Asks "Is Glenn Beck Bad For America?" But TIME Notably Fails to Mention...Color of Change
TIME Magazine's latest issue "features" someone quite familiar: Glenn Beck! In their feature story "Mad Man: Is Glen Beck Bad for America?" (I guess we shouldn't expect a better title considering the source). However, remarkably, the piece is full of ebullient praise for Beck, such as:
"He is the hottest thing in the political-rant racket, left or right. A gifted entrepreneur of angst in a white-hot market. A man with his ear uniquely tuned to the precise frequency at which anger, suspicion and the fear that no one's listening all converge."
Ok, so not that praiseworthy. But perhaps what is most notable about the long and well-researched story is who is left OUT. TIME does not mention either Color of Change or the so-called "boycott" even once in the entire article.
All that work, C of C. "60 companies pull ads!!!" Predictions of doom and personal destruction for the evil "racist" Glenn Beck. All for nothing. TIME does a full-featured piece not two months after your silly vendetta began, and could not even find space to mention it. Boo hoo!
Kos diarist, former ACORN staffer Joe Lyles trying to "Expose Teabaggers"--Just Say No
Joe Lyles, a DailyKos diarist, former ACORN staffer and filmmaker who goes by the handle "Conceptual Guerilla" is in D.C. already with miles of tape, planning to embarrass 9/12 Project participants.
In Echo of Rev. Wright, at Oakland Rally that Cheered the Pentagon Attack, on 9/12/2001, Jones blamed "the bombs we dropped in Iraq" for the "bombs that blew up in New York City"
On the very next day after the 9/11 attacks on the WTC and Pentagon, Van Jones attended an "opposition rally" in Snow Park in Oakland, CA. According to an account on the ultra-leftist website IndyBay.org, Jones made the following statement on the microphone to the crowd of approximately 2,000 anti-Israel, Socialist, Free Mumia and pro-Arab activists gathered there...
Van Jones joins maniacs like Code Pink's Benjamin in saying the U.S. planned the attacks
Obama "Green Jobs" Czar Van Jones, who would have the power to oversee the "Cap and Trade" Bill and $119 billion in Federal spending were it to become law, apparently believes the United States purposely carried out or permitted the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 of its own citizens so we could start a war.
Special White House "Green Jobs" Advisor Behind the Beck Boycott Speaks His Mind
From a tape obtained by DefendGlenn.com, from a February 11, 2009 "lecture" at the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) in Berkeley, CA. Remember, this is an White House OFFICIAL with power over the entire multi-billion dollar "Green Jobs" initiative. This is the same man who endorsed the statement that President Bush "gave troops permission to go down (to New Orleans) and shoot us (black people)" after Katrina. He is now at the highest levels of power, and is targeting Glenn Beck for exposing his true agenda.
General Mills Pulls Ads from Olbermann's "Countdown"
DefendGlenn exposes MSNBC host's history of sexism and misogyny on his vile program
Statement forthcoming on Wednesday. Stay tuned...
AUGUST 27, 2009 4:04 pm EST
Glenn's Wednesday Show with Limbaugh Sets a Record
Tops 3 million for the first time; Highest rated show on all cable among 25-54 demographic
Boycotting advertisers are sure missing a ton of eyeballs. And loyal folks such as GoToMeeting, Audi, Re-Bath and GOPTrust.com are repaing HUGE rewards from the best bargain on all of Cable TV. Meanwhile General Mills, NutriSystem and others are placing ads on "Hardball" which has ONE SIXTH of the audience. At some point perhaps the shareholders of these companies will have something to say about companies making business decisions based upon partisan politics rather than economics.
In any case, the NUMBERS. And they were indeed HUGE. #2 on all of Fox (beat Hannity by a half million viewers...at FIVE p.m.!), beat MSNBC by 6x, MSNBC + CNN combined by 3x. Beck wiped the floor in every category. And Friday's show should be a chart topper as well. Stay tuned.
AUGUST 26, 2009 4:54 pm EST
Rush Limbaugh on Glenn tonight--Sarah Palin says WATCH!
Former AK Gov. Tells her 800,000 Facebook Fans to tune in tonight at 5PM EST
This should break records. Tune in and watch what should be a fantastic show!
UPDATE: It was indeed remarkable. Awaiting first ratings data...
FoxNews Channel Show with Glenn Reruns Beats Blitzer+Hardball Combined TIMES TWO!
I know advertisers are scared of being called racists by the racist hate group "Color of Change". I know they are wracked with fear over a handful of Democratic activists
who called President Bush a "racist" feigning outrage that Glenn Beck called President Obama a racist.
AP Reporter Quotes Color of Change Claims as Facts
Bauder Says "33 advertisers" Pulled Ads off Beck, based on claims already disputed
I suppose we shouldn't be surprised given the source, but it was still shocking to see so many easily provable falsehoods thrown into a "news" piece, which then got massive internet play from Yahoo's Front Page News to Breitbart, and everywhere in between.
Network Edits Clips of a Black Man with Guns at an Obama Rally to Support Race Narrative
In their statement yesterday explaining why they were removing their ads from ALL "political talk shows" on cable, Clorox said per their standards, they do not advertise on programs which "present facts inaccurately or distort them to blatantly partisan advantage".
Well I commend the executives at Clorox and indeed all other advertisers revising their ad placement standards to see what MSNBC did during their morning show on August 18th. As the newsblogs Newsbusters and HotAir have already documented, MSNBC ran a tightly cropped video clip of an African-American protester with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle slung over his shoulder (legal to do so in AZ) near an Obama town hall in Phoenix. Host Contessa Brewer then said this raised "questions about whether (the protests) had racial overtones....white people showing up with guns". A spirited discussion follows, focusing blame on supposed white "hate groups" and their
"anger about a black person being president". Meanwhile, the MSNBC footage is cropped so closely as to not permit the viewer to see that the actual protester they are discussing is not white at all.
Cites shows which "distort" facts to "blatantly partisan advantage"; Scope remains unclear
Clorox Inc. appears to be following in the footsteps of WalMart, by announcing it would be no longer "advertise on political talk shows". Clorox said they "do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts". the scope of this new policy remains unclear. WalMart itself told DefendGlenn.com on August 19th that it was removing "all advertising" from cable news talk, which we were led to undnerstand meant EVENING shows, including MSNBC and some CNN shows. Clorox has not yet elaborated to us WHICH shows would face this new policy, but the company is sure to catch hell if they show ANY commericals on one of those shows from here on out. Here it is...
Color of Change's "Boycott" Gains vs. Beck Questioned
WalMart Pulls Its Ads from ALL Talk Shows; Sargentos Too; P&G Denies Pulling Ads
Following on the heels of yesterday's denial by Best Buy of claims by Color of Change that they pulled their ads from the Glenn Beck program, today 2 more major advertisers denied CoC's take on events.
Well-Hyped Release Claims They Pulled, So Why Now Does Best Buy Deny So Strongly?
Even though our community of Glenn Beck fans have contacted Best Buy to protest their well-hyped boycott of Beck's #2-rated show at Fox News Channel, we demurred from adding ANY of these new advertisers to our "turncoat" list. Simply because we can't believe anything CoC prints until we speak with advertisers themselves.
Whether it is their petitions, which always seem to have gargantuan numbers beyond what web traffic would suggest (see Alexa), or whether it is company after company we actually SPEAK to who deny their claims that they ever placed ads on Beck, or even continue to place ads with Beck when they were, such as Roche's AccuChek, placing ads on Beck on every show since their supposed "boycott", and denying it to us as well by email.
Even though thousands of emails were likely being sent to them today, we took the time to clear all this with Best Buy before adding them to the boycotting list. At last, around 3:00, they got back to us...
Bizarre and insulting emails fuel Beck fans' contempt (and a rush to buy Kraft and Cabot)
A recent email from Sargento, sounding like it was crafted by K.O. himself...
Dear Ms. Sorensen -- We appreciate your sharing your concerns about our advertising. Our organization remains true to its mid-western roots and values. Some would say that means we're conservative. In the end, we hold true to our nation's heritage that values free expression of varying political opinions. We advertise on Fox News, however, we felt Glenn Beck went too far when he suggested poisoning someone with whom he disagrees. Rhetoric that reflects action that would result in the death of someone is never acceptable to us. Therefore, we have advised our advertising agency that they should reallocate our Fox News buy among other Fox News programs.
Our wish overall is to move beyond the conversation about politics and focus on our primary mission to bring consumers great cheese products. We don't want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts. Again, thank you for taking the time to share your views with us.
Pat Lombardo
Sargento Consumer Affairs Department
Glenn Beck suggested poisoning someone? That's horrible! What "rhetoric" did Beck issue that is so dangerous it might result in the "death of someone"? Here it is...
Also Claims Roche Has Pulled Ads, but company has not confirmed
"Black nationalist" bloggers, founded by Obama advisor Van Jones, "Color of Change" have released a statement claiming that Sanofi-Aventis, maker of Plavix, ConAgra, makers of Healthy Choice (and many other brands), RadioShack and Roche, makers of AccuCheck Aviva, have all withdrawn their advertising from the Glenn Beck Program on Fox News Channel.
In a media release, Color of Change quotes the advertisers as follows...
Despite Wild Claims from Boycotters, Few Companies Confirm They've Cancelled Ads
Several in our community have received the following email from SC Johnson...
Patricia,
Thank you for sharing your concerns as there is some potentially misleading information on the web about this topic.
SC Johnson has not pulled or cancelled advertising for the Glenn Beck show, as we never directed our advertising to this particular program. In general, our goal is to provide good, informative ads and we select those programs and/or networks that make the most sense given our consumer base.
Regards,
Denise
Consumer Relationship Center
SC Johnson, A Family Company
Toll Free Number: 1-800-558-5252 www.scjbrands.com
Clearly advertisers who had previously said they were withdrawing ads from Glenn's show are now feeling the pressure of thousands of loyal Beck fans expressing their anger and threatening to go to their competitors for business. It's becoming clear that a handful of 40-something bloggers living in their Mom's basement managed to put an initial scare into these companies, and many of them made a BIG mistake in cancelling their ads.
Now they will find out how big an economic force is 2.4 million viewers who actually work for a living.
UPDATE: Several Beck fans feel that SC Johnson is BS-ing us with their double talk in different emails. So we have officially returned them to "Turncoat" status--LET 'ER RIP! (08-15-09 21:20)
AUGUST 14, 2009 3:42 pm EST
Stand Up Against the Attempt to Censor Glenn
Left-Wing Hate Mongers and Racists Threaten Beck's Advertisers to Drop His TV Show
Radical groups with strong ties to Obama, such as the "black nationalist" political group Color of Change and the left-wing blog DailyKos have targeted Glenn Beck for his perceived "racist" views about Barack Obama. The truth behind the boycott is that this is NOT about race alone. Beck is being specifically targeted for exposing the web of left-wing organizations that Obama is bringing into power. Obama and his allies know they can never push through their agenda if the American people are aware of it, so they are constructing their web behind the scenes--using extra-constitutional "czars", with the
goal of moving America towards Socialism. One of these Czars is the founder of Color of Change. The mainsteam Obama-centric media will never report these activities. Some conservatives don't even report them, Glenn Beck is the only one who does, and thus is a clear and present threat to the considerable policial, union and economic entities he threatens to expose.
Suppporters of liberty and freedom of speech must stand with Glenn Beck in his hour of need. Contact his advertisers that are listed on this site. Tell all your friends. In the words of Beck, "We surround them"...we are far larger than the puny group of radical agitators being paid to send form emails to scare advertisers into abandoning Glenn's TV show. Let us break their attempted boycott.
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JONES LIES AGAIN: 
