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Powerful PR Firm Helps Campaign to Get Glenn Beck Off The Air
News Busters ^ | 8-13-09 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 08/13/2009 9:09:57 PM PDT by STARWISE

As NewsBuster Matthew Vadum reported Wednesday, a race-baiting group named Color Of Change -- co-founded by President Obama's "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones -- has launched a campaign to get companies to stop advertising on Glenn Beck's television program.

Recent press releases from COC concerning Beck have listed as the contact "Brandon Hatler -- Sunshine, Sachs & Associates."

As Variety reported in May 2007, SSA is a powerful New York-based public relations firm with quite an impressive list of clients:

Current clients include Ben Affleck, Jon Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Fallon, the Farrelly brothers, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Michael Moore, Tyler Perry, Barbra Streisand and Michelle Wie.

On Monday, COC published the following press release concerning Beck listing Hatler as contact: Story Continues Below Ad ↓

"We applaud GEICO and all of the other companies who have stepped forward to pull their ads from Glenn Beck," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. "Beck's rhetoric is dangerous to the fabric of our democracy, and we are heartened that so many big companies feel the same way. We won't stop here -- we're going to continue our fight to see that as many of Beck's advertisers pull their support as possible."

Two weeks ago, 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. More than 75,000 members responded to the call by signing a petition directed at advertisers.

As RBO uncovered last week, SSA also represents Van Jones's Green for All, "a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty."

When you add it all up, a current member of the Obama administration is co-founder of a group trying to get a conservative talker off the air, and is being assisted by a powerful New York PR firm.

And America's so-called journalists couldn't care less.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: agenda; bstreisand; colorofchange; commies; demdisinformation; fakedemsupport; fascists; glennbeck; greenjobczar; liberalfascism; obamascum; overlordobama; pinkos; removal; unions; vanjones
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To: STARWISE; kcvl; nutmeg; PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP

Color of change is another one of George $oreA$$’s hate America funded groups which work 24/7 to destroy what is right about America. They and Moveon are vile creations of the the $oreA$$ serial killers of America.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-hptb5&p=ColorOfChange%20%2b%20Soros&type=


161 posted on 08/14/2009 9:00:43 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: NordP

That’s a real good letter you wrote.


162 posted on 08/14/2009 9:27:44 AM PDT by Ros42
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To: GOPJ
...So - bye-bye Geico - don't let the door hit the lizard on the way out...

- - - - -

LOLOL!!!

163 posted on 08/14/2009 10:25:32 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: NordP
Hubby just called their office, and tried to get a number of some VIP in their marketing dept. The girl on the phone said she could not give out that info. Didn't know what to tell him beyond that, and could only (after a number of time of putting him on hold for LONG periods of time) give him a local office address to WRITE to. Niiiiicccce.

That's fine. They'll get a much-needed lesson in capitalism: what happens to companies that insult those who comprise their market and who believe customer service is optional.

164 posted on 08/14/2009 10:25:57 AM PDT by Still Thinking (If ignorance is bliss, liberals must be ecstatic!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Wish I did so I could cancel them. But I’m going to stop taking photos of geckos in protest. Well...maybe.


165 posted on 08/14/2009 10:33:20 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: mass55th

Thanks for posting that.

I think you handled that perfectly.

Well done! :)


166 posted on 08/14/2009 10:58:09 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: SUSSA

If I had em I would do such in a second...

That was what I was trying to suggest in my post.


167 posted on 08/14/2009 11:01:39 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Grampa Dave

Yeah, I always thought that was strange using the lizard
for an icon.

Not sure about Progressive ...


168 posted on 08/14/2009 11:03:59 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: Grampa Dave; STARWISE; kcvl; nutmeg; PhilDragoo

Unlike Kerry, Obama Covets Soros' Support (7-28-2004 Article)

Barack Hussein Obama is George Soros' Puppet / Foto Fun!


169 posted on 08/14/2009 11:06:19 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: All
Boycott Progessive Insurance! Facebook Group
170 posted on 08/14/2009 11:10:19 AM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: brytlea
Mr. Gecko sez:


Thank you!!

171 posted on 08/14/2009 11:24:39 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: 09Patriot; abigail2; Baron OBeef Dip; BellStar; b4its2late; Blue Turtle; BootsOfEscaping; ...

PINGING THE COMRADES AND THE INFIDELS!


172 posted on 08/14/2009 11:26:49 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: MeekOneGOP
I think this one is far better looking!

Gecko

173 posted on 08/14/2009 11:29:14 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: STARWISE

I went to a website (can’t remember which one, but a liberal site) that was calling for a protest and listed the advertisers to boycott. I used that list to personally send an email to each one of them and thank them for sponsoring Glenn Becks show, and because of it, I would take care to use their products as they were sponsoring a show that I liked and I appreciated that. I also reminded them of the ratings that Glenn has verses the other liberal channels calling for the boycott and if the 7 people who still watched those channels actually did boycott and their sales went down, to let me know and I would step up my purchases and urge others to do the same. I got nothing but good responses back from several of them. I urge you all to do the same.....


174 posted on 08/14/2009 11:36:54 AM PDT by wombtotomb
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To: reformedliberal

Yes, I saw UPS on his show, but it was BOR UPS was alleged to have dropped as an advertiser.


175 posted on 08/14/2009 11:59:49 AM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: brytlea

The RARE Albino Gecko!! :)


176 posted on 08/14/2009 12:01:53 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (2008: The year the Media died. --Sean Hannity, regarding Barack HUSSEIN ObaMao's treatment ...)
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To: STARWISE

bump


177 posted on 08/14/2009 12:02:17 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Fishy rumors posters" Check 'em out:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311664/posts)
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To: oyez
No kidding. They must have a strategery. This is all out war.

I'm not a huge fan of Beck's but this may get me to like him more.

178 posted on 08/14/2009 12:07:13 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma (Al Franken--the face of the third-party voters)
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To: NordP
MY RESPONSE TO THE E-MAIL I RECEIVED FROM GEICO...BELOW:

If you really ARE trying to save people money....support those that are opposed to a Healthcare bill that would bankrupt this country with monumental debt!!!!

Don't you see, by pulling out your advertising....you ARE making a statement. You made a change - that shows a side being taken.

____________________________

GEICO's RESPONSE TO ME:

> From: onlinebill@geicomail.com > To: > Subject: GEICO Website Feedback: Other > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009

> > > Dear ---:

> > If the inflammatory nature of the comments on a program overshadows our message and causes GEICO to be drawn into a national debate, we are likely to reconsider where we place our marketing messages, which is what we did.

> > GEICO delivers very important messages through its major marketing campaigns: we’re saving customers’ dollars, we’re easy to do business with, we’re looking out for our policyholders. That’s what we hope the public hears and sees and focuses on.

> > As a company, we do not take positions on controversial issues.

> > As an advertiser, while a national debate on issues can be healthy and appropriate, we don’t see ourselves in the role of taking part in those debates.

> > Our business is auto insurance. We want to bring people value and we attempt to reach large audiences with that message.

> > It is of little benefit to us if a program gets so much attention that our message is drowned out.

> > GEICO Corporate Communications

179 posted on 08/14/2009 12:36:31 PM PDT by NordP ("....He pulls a knife, U pull a gun. He sends 1 of urs 2 hosp U send his 2 morgue = Chicago Way")
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To: Rembrandt

Nothing to do with GE. It started out as GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ Insurance COmpany. And their MAIN thrust to this day is military folks and (un)Civil Service.


180 posted on 08/14/2009 1:16:58 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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