Archive for January, 2010
Honda Confirms No More Ads On Glenn Beck Or Fox News
Jan 31st
On January 27, 2010 a Honda advertisement ran on Glenn Beck’s show in the UK. Shortly after, the Stop Beck – UK effort contacted Honda and urged them to stop sponsoring Glenn Beck. Honda advised that they will no longer be purchasing ads on Glenn Beck’s show or Fox News as a whole.
This brings the total number of dropped sponsors to 100.*
Honda’s original statement:
Thanks for taking the time to share your concerns with us. We are now at the end of our advertising schedule with that channel and have noted your comments.
Honda is politically neutral and strives to exceed ethical standards. More >
GlaxoSmithKline Drops Glenn Beck
Jan 27th
GlaxoSmithKline confirms that they have pulled ads from Glenn Beck’s show in the United States as well as internationally.
This brings the total number of dropped sponsors to 99.
GlaxoSmithKline’s statement (scan of this letter available here):
Thank you for your letter of 8 December 2009, regarding advertising around TV programming that includes the views of Glen [sic] Beck.
A few days prior to your letter, GSK expanded an existing ban on advertising around programming that included Glen [sic] Beck on the US Fox News Channel. This expansion removed GSK advertising from rebroadcast content including Glen [sic] Beck anywhere in the world.
Please let me know More >
Glenn Beck: “Women Are Psychos”
Jan 20th
In this clip from the January 20, 2010 Glenn Beck radio show, Beck puts his sexism on display:
Of note:
- “You don’t know the psychosis that is chickdom”
- “Women are psychos”
Alpro Soya Removes All Advertisements From Fox News
Jan 11th
Alpro Soya advises that they will not only be dropping Glenn Beck, but pulling all their advertisements from the Fox News channel. Their ads had been appearing on Glenn Beck’s show airing in the United Kingdom.
This brings the total number of dropped sponsors to 98.
Alpro Soya’s statement:
Thank you for your email.
We have spoken to our media buying agency who place all of our advertising and they are aware of the situation. In fact they are in the process of pulling all advertising out of this TV channel and that includes the Alpro soya advert.
I hope this reassures you of our More >
Virgin Atlantic Drops Glenn Beck
Jan 8th
We reached out to Virgin Atlantic after their advertisements began running during Glenn Beck’s show in the UK. This morning they confirmed that they will no longer advertise on the Glenn Beck program:
Our Media buying agency has assured Virgin Atlantic that no further advertising will appear around this show
This brings the total number of dropped sponsors to 97. Many thanks to Stop Beck – UK Effort and all those who tweeted and emailed Virgin Atlantic.
ING DIRECT Will No Longer Advertise On Or Around Glenn Beck’s show
Jan 7th
Advertisements for ING DIRECT have been running during Glenn Beck’s show in the UK. On December 16, 2009, I contacted ING DIRECT regarding their sponsorship of Glenn Beck’s vitriol and race-baiting. Since then, we’ve been applying pressure on Twitter.
This morning, ING DIRECT advised that their ads will no longer appear “in or around” Glenn Beck’s show.
This brings the total number of dropped sponsors to 96. Many thanks all for your efforts!
Statements:
Martin Rutland, head of corporate communications for ING DIRECT, offered this statement:
“ING Direct UK has confirmed they do not sponsor or endorse the Glenn Beck show. Additionally, no ING Direct More >
