[SolidWood]

Because there was a flood of threads on Letterman's slurs in the last two days, which were already pinged to and generated already over 15,000 hits (!), I won't link them again.

So far Todd and Sarah have responded by calling out Letterman on his perverted, disgusting "humor" and pedophile suggestions, while Letterman has given a lame non-apology which even furthered the smears against Willow and Bristol.

CBS and it's sponsors need to feel the heat. Our messages are creating first reactions. Keep up the pressure. Several hundred Freepers plus thousands of other folks from TeamSarah, C4P and other Conservative venues can make an effect.

[SolidWood]

Palin PING! - No.23 - June 11, 2009

Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.

[bmwcyle]

You might want to get back to LifeLock and tell them to pull all ads with CBS locals.

[AlexW]

Bever, with the CBS station in Alaska, seems to think it would have been OK if it had been Sarah or the older daughter.

[Chief Engineer]

Networks sell advertising using several categories. The most expensive is fixed position, that is they buy time in a specific show.

Another category is by daypart. The commercial can run anytime between specific times.

The least expensive is what is called “run of schedule. The network can place the commercial anywhere it wants.

Only in the first instance can the advertiser be considered to sponsor a given show. Advertisers can, in some instances, if the network is cooperative, specify a program which they do not want their advertisement to appear.

We have to be careful in assigning blame.

[Texas Fossil]

I phoned Best Western yesterday afternoon and spent a long time on the phone with a series of “Supervisors”. Went through Customers Service and they transferred me to “someone appropriate”.

They told me that they do not “directly” sponsor Letterman, as was stated.

The reason I chose to phone them was I was a long term customer. Traveled the Mid-West and West for 30 years in outside sales and sales management. Stayed often at Best Westerns.

I complemented them on the type of company they are and that this is damaging to their brand image if they are associated with Letterman. And that if I can identify them as a Letterman sponsor (directly or indirectly) then others can also.

The “marketing” types is where this will be resolved, and they will never tell you that they are afraid or displeased with the association with such a vile cretin.

I think my call content was pushed up the line, but am not totally sure. I do not believe any of the people I spoke with had a clue about what happened before I spoke with them.

[miele man]

Thank you very, very much for posting this information!

[Thrownatbirth]

This sponsor is in my wheelhouse. Fire away!

Mars, Incorporated
6885 Elm St.
McLean, VA 22101
VA Tel. 703-821-4900
Fax 703-448-9678

[ZULU]

Correct.

If anyone slurred the Chosen One and his family like this, there would be rioting in the street.

See-BS needs to understnad there are limits to its advocacy for leftism in America and Letterman crossed those limits.

He should be fired.

[FreedomPoster]

I want tickets to a Todd Palin - David Letterman cage match.

[Toadman]

"While I understand from CBS and David Letterman that there has been some confusion regarding which daughter he was referring to, the responsibility rests with them to make this clear."

Yes, because a joke about raping a woman's daughter is unacceptable if the daughter is a minor, otherwise...(/s)

This boggles my mind. People who watch Letterman must be desensitized to have become so obtuse. I wonder if they tell jokes about raping each others family members, rolling around with deep belly laughs. Dave must think so.

I loved Dave Letterman when I was young. As I grew older, I matured while his sophomoric humor only changed by becoming politicized and agenda driven.

I will attempt to avoid purchasing any product or service that's advertised on CBS.

KR

[Former MSM Viewer]

Just went to http://www.cbs.com/ Thursday morning

they have Lettermans ‘Top Ten’, which includes the stewardess crap still on their home page

[DHC-2]

The Best Western email address keeps coming back at me ... could someone private reply me with a good email on them?

Thank you

[Guenevere]

I won't even repeat Alan Colmes (on O'Reilly) sorry excuse as to why Dave said this.

Also, notice Willow's cross necklace in the pictures.

She wears this sincerely....and I'm sure this offends the Palin enemies greatly!

[narses]

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Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.

Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

[TurtleUp]

I deleted CBS from the list of stations my TV receives and notified CBS. Not only will I no longer watch Letterman, but I will no longer watch anything on CBS. This pair of seuxal “jokes” about a 14 y/o girl was way too far over the line, and Letterman and CBS have made it clear that their response will not satisfy basic human decency. [Posting on multiple threads in the hopes of reaching as many Freepers as possible and encouraging them to delete CBS too.]

[SolidWood]

Update!

More sponsors recorded from last show by curth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269418/posts):

Paramount Pictures

Lincoln-Mercury

Met-Life

AT&T

Actonel

AAA

McDonalds

HBO

Mazda

Direct TV

Olive Garden

Listerine

MyCricket.com

Toyota

Geico

Best Buy

Icy Hot

Chase Bank (credit card)

Touchstone Pictures

Verizon Wireless

Kelloggs

Pepcid

[Faith Presses On]

At some point, boycotting the whole liberal media during the Nielson sweeps would really send a message. Right now they seem to feel completely free to distort at will.

[mad_as_he$$]

Dear Mr. Fox;

I understand that my not watching KTVN has no effect on CBS.

I do expect however, that you will inform CBS in the strongest possible manner that Mr. Letterman is costing KTVN viewers.

Sincerely,

Mad_as_he$$

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From: Lawson Fox [mailto:LFox@KTVN.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 16:40
To: Mad_as_he$$
Subject: FW: Complaint

Dear Mr. He$$,

Thank you for writing. I share viewer comments with CBS so that they are aware of viewer response to their programming. I am truly sorry to hear that you have decided not to watch KTVN Channel 2 News due to comments made on the David Letterman program. Our local news and David Letterman have no connection and in fact your not watching Channel 2 News has no negative impact on CBS or David Letterman.

I hope you will reconsider your decision.

Again, I am forwarding your comments to CBS so that they are aware of your thoughts.

Lawson Fox

General Manager

KTVN

From: Mad_as_he$$
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:22 PM
To: Linda Pickrell
Subject: Complaint

This applies to KTVN. I used to watch the morning news. Now I will watching to Channel 8.

I am writing to complain about Mr. Letterman’s disgusting comments regarding the Palin Family.

Does he have to stoop so low as to attack a 14 year old child with disgusting sex jokes to get a laugh?

I was a big fan of several of your programs. Especially NCIS. I have programmed my CBS affiliate out of the program lineup on my cable box and will be boycotting your sponsors.

Sincerely,

Mad_as_he$$

[EdReform]

Ping

[DHC-2]

The response I got from Best Western:

Thank you for your email concerning Best Western advertising on television. We apologize for your dissatisfaction. We appreciate you taking the time to write and thank you for your comments.

Best Western International is not affiliated with any network channel, or programs shown. Advertising time is purchased through a media agency, not the actual network.

We at Best Western are aware that every traveler has many choices available when selecting accommodations. We are honored you chose Best Western, and we will continue to do our best to be worthy of your selection.

Thank you, Chad Customer Care Best Western International

... and this after I said I would not be staying at a Best Western until I saw an apology or a change in their support of letterman. "Chad" is probably just a kid responding with the "computerized" email. "Hey, its not our fault."