Attack On Obama Riles Beck Advertisers

[Johnny Bravo]

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer David Bauder, Ap Television Writer – 1 hr 52 mins ago
NEW YORK – Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel on Monday after a vacation with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist.

A total of 33 Fox advertisers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint, directed that their commercials not air on Beck's show, according to the companies and ColorofChange.org, a group that promotes political action among blacks and launched a campaign to get advertisers to abandon him. That's more than a dozen more than were identified a week ago.

While it's unclear what effect, if any, this will ultimately have on Fox and Beck, it is already making advertisers skittish about hawking their wares within the most opinionated cable TV shows.

The Clorox Co., a former Beck advertiser, now says that "we do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts." The maker of bleach and household cleaners said in a statement that it has decided not to advertise on political talk shows.

The shows present a dilemma for advertisers, who usually like a "safe" environment for their messages. The Olbermanns, Hannitys, O'Reillys, Maddows and Becks of the TV world are more likely to say something that will anger a viewer, who might take it out on sponsors.

They also host the most-watched programs on their networks.

"This is a good illustration of that conundrum," said Rich Hallabran, spokesman for UPS Stores, which he said has temporarily halted buying ads on Fox News Channel as a whole.

Beck can bring the eyeballs. With the health care debate raising political temperatures, his show had its biggest week ever right before his vacation, averaging 2.4 million viewers each day, according to Nielsen Media Research.

He was actually on another Fox show July 28 when he referred to Obama as a racist with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." The network immediately distanced itself from Beck's statement, but Beck didn't. He used his radio show the next day to explain why he believed that. He would not comment for this article, spokesman Matthew Hiltzik said.

[tombogan03884]

He's right, Obama hates honkey's, Whether it's his "typical white" Grand mother who raised him, who's death bed visit he postponed for 3 days of sympathy vote campaigning, or those "gun and Bible clingers who have "antipathy for those who are different" that he has been attempting to demonize ever since he entered the campaign.
He may not be so much a "racist" as a half breed with severe issues of self loathing.

[rojawe]

Glen should get a medal he is one of the few that will say what needs to be said. Great Job Glen

[alfack]

Let's not forget the "I don't know what happened, but the police acted stupidly" comment when his buddy, Gates, was questioned by the police.

His appointment of a racist "wise latina woman" to the supreme court.

The firing of the inspector general for investigating his buddy, Kevin Johnson, for mis-using federal funds.

His countless hours of attending racially charged sermons from the hate monger reverend Wright.

[tt11758]

Let's not forget the "I don't know what happened, but the police acted stupidly" comment when his buddy, Gates, was questioned by the police.

His appointment of a racist "wise latina woman" to the supreme court.

The firing of the inspector general for investigating his buddy, Kevin Johnson, for mis-using federal funds.

His countless hours of attending racially charged sermons from the hate monger reverend Wright.

et, etc, etc........................



And the (racist) beat goes on from the racist-in-chief

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[tombogan03884]

Let's not forget the "I don't know what happened, but the police acted stupidly" comment when his buddy, Gates, was questioned by the police.
Of a department he owed several hundred dollars worth of parking fines that were not paid until he ran for President

His appointment of a racist "wise latina woman" to the supreme court.

The firing of the inspector general for investigating his buddy, Kevin Johnson, for mis-using federal funds.
Because ge was doing the exact same thing with Axelrods healthcare E mails
His countless hours of attending racially charged sermons from the hate monger reverend Wright.

[Kid Shelleen]

Who, me a racist? No way.  

[tombogan03884]

All it needs is a mustache and it could be Waxman with a tan 
Need a wider picture for the TRUE Pinocchio effect 

[Pathfinder]

Time to take it to the advertisers, folks, nationally through letters and emails, and locally through the store managers where you won't go spend your money.

[Walkeraviator]

What really gets me, is if a black man called W racist, not one of these companies would have even flinched...