Beck’s UK broadcast runs without ads; over 100 companies have ditched Beck

Jack & Jill Politics ^ | February 16, 2010 | James Rucker

[justlittleoleme]

Yesterday, for the fifth day in a row, the UK broadcast of Glenn Beck’s TV show was forced to run without any advertisements. This is thanks to efforts by StopBeck.com to pressure companies advertising on Beck’s UK broadcast.

While Beck’s UK broadcast has been forced to run without ads, his US broadcast has been reduced to running promos for other shows on Fox, ads from direct marketers (think exercise equipment and gold coins) and a handful of private companies headed by right-wingers.

[justlittleoleme]

The left is attacking Beck by attacking and bullying his advertisers. We need to fight back and send letters of support to all his current advertisers and ones who have been forced to remove ads. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. The left only stands for freedom of speech when it is their speech and their viewpoints.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I am guessing that the fact that they pulled ads means most were left leaning to begin with...

[GeronL]

Socialists know that corporations are frightened of them and their pressure tactics.

[Yorlik803]

We do the same, so whats the big deal?
I would love to see Beck with break, maybe even send in a little cash to do so.

[TaxRelief]

Give us a list.

[patriot08]

[Raycpa]

The UK has ads?

[max americana]

So jack and jill is a leftard site? At least give us a warning so I wont give em a webcount.

[ohioWfan]

We dropped GEICO because of this.

They didn't care. They made excuses. They fudged the truth.

We ALL need to speak up here. This is inexcusable.

[justlittleoleme]

To date (02/16/10), here is the full list of sponsors that have pulled ads from the Glenn Beck Program:

* Aegon (added 9/14/09)
* Airmiles.co.uk (added 10/20/09)
* Allergan (added 8/17/09)
* Allstate Insurance (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Ally Bank/GMAC Financial Services (added 8/17/09)
* Alpro Soya (added 01/11/10) (statement)
* AmMed Direct (added 10/6/09)
* Ancestry.com (added 8/24/09)
* Anheuser-Busch (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Applebee’s (added 8/27/09)
* Ashley Furniture (added 8/28/09)
* AT&T (added 8/24/09)
* Bank of America (added 8/25/09)
* Bell & Howell (added 8/27/09)
* Best Buy (added 8/17/09)
* Best Western (added 2/5/10) (statement)
* Binder & Binder (added 9/2/09)
* Blaine Labs (anti-fungal & scar treatments) (added 8/24/09)
* Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Brez (anti-snoring strips) by Airware Inc. (added 8/21/09)
* British Airways (added 12/14/09)
* Broadview Security (added 8/17/09)
* Brother International Corp. (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Campbell’s Soup Co. (added 8/24/09)
* Capital One (added 9/2/09)
* Celsius (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Citrix Online (added 10/6/09)
* Clorox (added 8/23/09)
* Closing.com (Closing Corp.) (added 8/28/09) (read statement here)
* Concord Music Group (Hear Music) (added 10/6/09)
* CVS (added 8/17/09)
* Dannon Co. (added 9/2/09)
* Diageo (Guinness, Cuervo, Baileys’, etc) (added 10/5/09)
* DirecTV (added 8/27/09)
* Discover (added 9/2/09)
* DITECH (added 8/24/09)
* EggLands Best (added 9/21/09)
* Elations Co. (added 8/24/09)
* Equifax (added 10/6/09)
* Eulactol USA (maker of Flexitol) (added 10/6/09)
* Farmers Insurance Group
* FreeCreditReport.com/Experian (added 8/24/09)
* GEICO
* General Mills (added 8/27/09)
* GetARoom.com (added 10/6/09)
* GlaxoSmithKline (added 1/12/10) (statement)
* Healthy Choice (owned by CongAgra)
* History Channel (added 11/11/09)
* Hoffman La Roche (maker of Boniva) (added 10/6/09)
* Honda (added 1/31/10) (statement)
* HSBC (added 9/2/09)
* Humana (added 9/14/09)
* ICAN Benefit Group Insurance (added 9/2/09)
* Idaho Potato Commission (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Infiniti (added 9/2/09)
* Intersections Inc. (added 2/16/10)
* ING DIRECT (added 01/07/09) (statement)
* Jack Daniels (added 12/28/09)
* Jelmar (CLR cleaner manufacturer) (added 9/2/09)
* Johnson & Johnson (added 8/24/09)
* Jordan McKenna Debt Counseling Network (added 9/2/09)
* KRAFT Foods (added 8/20/09) (read statement here)
* KRAFT Foods (UK) (added 11/13/09)
* Lawyers.com (owned by LexisNexis)
* Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Lowe’s (added 8/24/09)
* Luxottica Retail (parent company of Pearle & LensCrafters) (added 9/14/09)
* Mars (maker of Snickers, M&Ms, Pedigree, etc..) (added 10/20/09) (read statement here)
* Marriott International (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Men’s Wearhouse
* Mercedes-Benz (added 9/2/09)
* Metropolitan Talent Management (added 10/6/09)***
* Natwest (UK) (added 12/11/09)
* Nestle (added 11/23/09)
* NutriSystem (added 8/24/09)
* ooVoo (added 10/6/09)
* Overture Films (added 10/6/09)
* Premier Foods (UK) (added 11/18/09)
* Premier Inn (UK) (added 12/20/09)
* Procter & Gamble
* Progressive Insurance
* PUIG Beauty (added 12/14/09)
* Radio Shack
* Re-Bath (added 8/17/09)
* Reckitt Benckiser (UK) (added 12/04/09)
* Regions Financial Corporation (added 8/27/09)
* Republic of Macedonia (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Roche *
* S.C. Johnson
* SAM (Store and Move) (added 8/27/09)
* Sanofi-Aventis
* Sargento Cheese
* Scarguard (added 10/6/09)
* Schiff Nutrition (maker of Tiger’s Milk & Fi-Bar) (added 10/6/09)
* Seoul Metropolitan Government (added 10/6/09)
* Simplex Healthcare (Diabetes Care Club) (added 9/2/09)
* Sprint (added 8/23/09)
* StarKist (tuna) (added 2/8/10) (statement)
* State Farm Insurance
* Subaru (added 10/6/09)
* Tesco (added 12/19/09)
* Toyota-Lexus USA (added 10/6/09) / Toyota (GB) (added 2/3/10) (statement)
* Travelers Insurance (added 8/27/09)
* Travelocity
* UPS (added 8/23/09)
* United Healthcare (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* United States Postal Service (added 9/14/09)
* US Fidelis (added 2/16/10) (statement)
* Verizon Wireless (added 8/21/09)
* Virgin Atlantic (added 01/08/10)
* Vonage (added 8/24/09)
* Volkswagen (added 2/16/10)
* Waitrose (added 10/4/09) **
* Walmart (added 8/17/09)
* Western Union (added 2/16/10)
* Woodland Power Products (added 10/6/09)
* Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (added 9/14/09)

Here are his February 10 sponsors, in the order they appeared:

* Nutramax Laboratories (Cosamin ASU)
* Wholesale Direct Metals
* American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
* Vermont Teddy Beat Company (Pajamagram)
* News Corp. (Hannity)
* Ad Council
* National Geographic Channel
* Goldline Inc.
* American Petroleum Institute
* Imperial Structured Settlements
* FTD
* Vermont Teddy Bear Company
* News Corp. (The Wall Street Journal)
* News Corp. (The O’Reilly Factor)
* LifeLock
* Rosland Capital
* George Foreman Cooking
* News Corp. (America’s Newsroom)
* Tax Masters
* Pro Flowers
* News Corp. (On the Record)
* Merit Financial
* Nutramax Laboratories (Cosamin ASU)
* Law Offices of Pulaski & Middleman
* Lear Capital
* Lifestyle Lift
* Dish Network

[Dallas59]

Lol....Anybody who watches TV for the commercials is short a few crayons in the box.

[Bryanw92]

Everytime someone tells me that Beck is a fringe nutcase, I just point to all the Beck-haters on the Left. They truly fear him and the format of his show that explains things in detail. To be successful, the Left needs a world full of idiots that only need a soundbite to make a decision.

[Steely Tom]

I decided to try listening to Glenn Beck this last week. I had to turn him off both days I tried; finally I decided to give up on him. Too apocalyptic. I don't know how to take his constant exhortations of doom. OK. I get it. The future is going to be horrible. There's going to be a financial meltdown of unprecidented scope and scale. Everything's going to grind to a halt. I can't imagine, my wife can't imagine, my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can never possibly imagine the vast, titanic enormity of the pan-societal crack-up that is waiting to engulf us in the very near future. This is pretty much what the two Glenn Beck programs I happened to tune in to this last week were all about. Only Glenn Beck knows, only Glenn Beck appreciates the doom that awaits us.

All right, already. After a certain point it becomes repetitive and boring. Even the doomed can get bored.

[dawn53]

Fox, in the US anyway, has already said they don’t really care. The sponsors didn’t completely withdraw from advertising on Fox, just asked their ads be run during other programming, so Fox didn’t lose any $$$ and I don’t think they’ll can Beck who’s up 125% in ratings in the demo of 25-54.

[Blennos]

I wouldn’t take this too seriously. Consider the source for this report. With beck’s ratings, he will not have a shortage of sponsors.

[freemike]

ping

[eclecticEel]

Beck would be off the air if any of this was true - he’s not NPR or the BBC, he has no guaranteed source of income. I suspect these fascists are exaggerating their success.

[WashingtonSource]

The companies selling gold keep advertising. They love the doom and gloom.

[TigerBait]

Are sponsors going to drop out from FAMILY GUY because of the tasteless content there?

Libs support free speech for themselves.

Conservatives need to equal the playing field by targeting a few liberal shows for boycott. Eventually all the companies will realize they can’t pull out of every show and ignore all the complainers.

[justlittleoleme]

I couldn’t find a source for this that wasn’t on the left. They are proud of this, and we need to be aware. Sorry to everyone for linking to a leftist site.