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Beck Loses Advertisers for Calling Obama a Racist

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2009 8:43 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Glenn Beck's assertion that President Obama is a racist is rattling at least a few advertisers. Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, and Lawyers.com have stopped running ads on Beck's Fox show, reports the TV Newser blog on Mediabistro. The network itself isn't hurting, however: A spokesman says the companies have simply moved their ads to different shows. Groups such as ColorofChange.org are pressuring advertisers to punish Beck.

Glenn Beck, in 2003.
Glenn Beck, in 2003.   (AP Photo/Mike Mergen, file)
Glenn Beck, in May.
Glenn Beck, in May.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
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lindamae
Aug 8, 2009 7:47 AM CDT
I wish you had seen the original Saturday Night Live shows. Or Laugh In. Or do you ever watch MAD TV ? If so, you have to admit they are just the same as Beck in humor. Lots or Alinsky mud slinging. Beck must be doing something right since you can only attack him personally and not his comments. Why is it that liberals can dish it out but can't take it. Just like bullies. I have kept my membership in the Democratic party in hopes that someday it will return to what it was before George Soros bought it in 2004. It used to stand for something other than crooked politicians. Obama has filled his posse with the best examples of Chicago hoods imaginable. I pity the babies of today's world or having to pay for all of our expenses today. Where's the common sense?
Shannonals
Aug 8, 2009 3:29 AM CDT
Sounds like Beck is struggling with his substance abuse again, which would explain his strange behavior of late.
Netstorm2k10
Aug 7, 2009 12:17 PM CDT
If I were leading an oligarchy intent on controlling the populace, you know how I would keep the people under my thumb, distracted and dumb, while I advanced my own agenda? I would keep them divided with bi-polar partisanship, taking sides. It would be so easy, with pocket pundits, and morally bankrupt media companies, like dogs barking at each other. I'd play on the peoples emotions from both sides of each issue, letting their desires do my work for me. And while they were distracted, thinking they were fighting for something, I would quietly run their lives, deciding who lives, and who dies

 
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