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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:32 PM Oct 2018

Is It Time For A Boycott Of All Fox News Advertisers? Yes, We Think It Is.

Is It Time For A Boycott Of All Fox News Advertisers? Yes, We Think It Is.


Fox News is not news. It is propaganda. They peddle conspiracy theories, hate speech and ignorance. It is time to hit them where it hurts - advertisers.




https://crooksandliars.com/2018/10/it-time-boycott-all-fox-news-advertisers

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Is It Time For A Boycott Of All Fox News Advertisers? Yes, We Think It Is. (Original Post) UCmeNdc Oct 2018 OP
Totally agree gopiscrap Oct 2018 #1
click the link for list and article Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #2
Here's the list - thought I'd just go ahead and post it. diva77 Oct 2018 #5
Expedia and Trivago are a part of the same company GeoWilliam750 Oct 2018 #11
interesting - would like to hear her thoughts on that company re its ads with fux diva77 Oct 2018 #17
Putting my confirmation bias aside. Hugin Oct 2018 #32
evil is as evil does NJCher Oct 2018 #18
YES!!! Time to Boycott Fux, Limburger, and all other hate media. Bring back Fairness Doctrine diva77 Oct 2018 #3
why Subaru or Honda? pstokely Oct 2018 #4
Because there are a heck of a lot of people who still watch Faux ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #7
+1 2naSalit Oct 2018 #27
I am 100% behind this. EndGOPPropaganda Oct 2018 #6
OTOH, I wish more people would support non-corporate media such as Pacifica Network diva77 Oct 2018 #8
Maybe there needs to be moondust Oct 2018 #9
I'm in. I use enough of these products and it's past time to do this. halobeam Oct 2018 #10
we really don't have any real news in this country elmac Oct 2018 #12
Oh yeah! At last- a positive thing we can all do? RainCaster Oct 2018 #13
Attempts have been made in the past. 2naSalit Oct 2018 #28
There goes donco Oct 2018 #14
Oh so totally agree! Thekaspervote Oct 2018 #15
Long past due. n/t Tobin S. Oct 2018 #16
I only use one item on that list. Sadly nt Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #19
Don't be sad, look at it this way 2naSalit Oct 2018 #29
Just wrote an email to Acura rufus dog Oct 2018 #20
I don't think that would work. The advertisers would probably Stonepounder Oct 2018 #21
here's some evidence that such boycotts work - diva77 Oct 2018 #22
I agree. Thank You! Duppers Oct 2018 #24
Name one GOP lying on Rachel or Lawrence. Duppers Oct 2018 #23
So then what do you propose we do about the state propaganda network AKA Fox News? ck4829 Oct 2018 #31
Thanks, and if I may I'd like to add to that..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #25
It's time to go after local AM Radio Stations maxrandb Oct 2018 #26
K&R ck4829 Oct 2018 #30
If you're on Twitter, follow @slpng_giants Qutzupalotl Oct 2018 #33

diva77

(7,659 posts)
5. Here's the list - thought I'd just go ahead and post it.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:51 PM
Oct 2018

but definitely worth going to the link in OP for more details...

Here is a link of Fox News Top Advertisers (from the Fox website) with their Twitter handles

Keurig Green Mountain --> @Keurig
Ford --> @Ford
Lincoln --> @LincolnMotorCo
Pfizer --> @pfizer
Liberty Mutual --> @libertymutual
Bayer AG & Monsanto --> @Bayer @BayerUS
Honda --> @Honda
Acura --> @Acura
Ace Hardware --> @acehardware
Procter & Gamble -->@ProcterGamble @Bounty @MyCascade @Charmin @Crest @DawnDish @Febreze_Fresh @downy @Gillette @GilletteVenus @OlaySkin @OralB @Pantene @Swiffer @Tide @Luvs @Pampers
Allstate --> @Allstate
Esurance --> @Esurance
Capital One -->@capitalone
Go RVing --> @GoRVing
Glaxo Smith Kline --> @GSK
Subaru -->@subaru_usa
Fiat Chrysler (Alfa Romeo, Dodge, Jeep) -->@FiatChrysler_NA – @alfa_romeo @AlfaRomeoUSA @Dodge @Jeep
Expedia -->@Expedia
Trivago --> @trivago
Lear Capital -->@LearCapital
Boehringer Ingelheim (Dulcolax, Jardiance, Zantac) -->@boehringerus @Boehringer
Tena --> @tena_us
Rakuten (Ebates) -->@RakutenToday @Ebates
Progressive --> @Progressive

GeoWilliam750

(2,522 posts)
11. Expedia and Trivago are a part of the same company
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:39 AM
Oct 2018

The Expedia Group.

Not sure whether it makes any difference, but Chelsea Clinton sits on the board.

Hugin

(33,207 posts)
32. Putting my confirmation bias aside.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 09:04 AM
Oct 2018

This list is revealing of some interesting corporate advertising strategies.

There's a couple of companies on there who are IMHO trying to be politically neutral by spending widely across the channels and/or networks. Their ads appear all over the spectrum and I don't think the average Fox News viewer is among their typical clientele.

The break down of the rest seems to be; Big Pharma, Big Money, Big Insurance, and Big Bullshit.

What is missing from this list is the ads I've seen on Fox News (I suffer regular involuntary exposure for short periods during the average day) which to my knowledge appear only on Fox News.

For example, Koch Industries (We're so great, work for us, you will be assimilated) ads, other Murdoch owned company ads, and yes, believe-it-or-not Citizen's United sponsored hit pieces on various Democratic and Liberal initiatives and potential candidates. These ads are mixed in with the other annoying, but, relatively mundane ads in such a way as to make these IMHO radical ads seem mainstream and normalized.

diva77

(7,659 posts)
3. YES!!! Time to Boycott Fux, Limburger, and all other hate media. Bring back Fairness Doctrine
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:45 PM
Oct 2018

and update it so it covers all forms of media.

pstokely

(10,530 posts)
4. why Subaru or Honda?
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:49 PM
Oct 2018

aren't drivers of those left leaning and Subaru markets heavily to the LGBT community?call your local Honda or Suburu dealers

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. Because there are a heck of a lot of people who still watch Faux
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:10 AM
Oct 2018

And companies like Subaru and Honda are looking to expand their consumer base. However, I will just continue to happily drive my Toyota, thank you very much!

diva77

(7,659 posts)
8. OTOH, I wish more people would support non-corporate media such as Pacifica Network
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:12 AM
Oct 2018

Local, independent radio stations are hanging by a thread. We really need them!!!! KPFK in Los Angeles came up $160K short in their last fund drive. Chump change for some people.

moondust

(20,006 posts)
9. Maybe there needs to be
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:13 AM
Oct 2018

a rating system for media outlets and websites similar to the MPAA's CARA that does movie ratings?

halobeam

(4,873 posts)
10. I'm in. I use enough of these products and it's past time to do this.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:32 AM
Oct 2018

They only understand one thing, and that's the mighty buck.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
12. we really don't have any real news in this country
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:50 AM
Oct 2018

even msnbc as their refusal to bring up topics that might hurt comcast like net neutrality. We cannot depend on for profit news networks anymore than for profit healthcare.

2naSalit

(86,798 posts)
28. Attempts have been made in the past.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 07:40 AM
Oct 2018

It's hard to get enough of the distracted populous to commit to something that requires such determination. Perhaps we're ready. I use a couple things on the list and I won't buy them if I can do that. I live in a place where selections of some items are few, like household stuff. The other large group of commodities are the koch industries. By the time we boycott both of those, we'll be revamping our entire consumer behavior profile, if we actually succeed in such deliberate change. That's what we need anyway, hope we can get it to happen.

2naSalit

(86,798 posts)
29. Don't be sad, look at it this way
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 07:42 AM
Oct 2018

You have been appropriately selective already and have not been supporting them in the first place! I only use a couple things on that list and I may have to scramble a bit to replace one thing but I'll find a way.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
20. Just wrote an email to Acura
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 01:42 AM
Oct 2018

Told them I currently own an Acura and Honda, going back twenty years, the wife and I have bought three Honda's and three Acura's.

Took the humorous approach, basically said most companies on the list suck, tRump sucks, Fox News sucks, it isn't that hard not to suck.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
21. I don't think that would work. The advertisers would probably
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 01:57 AM
Oct 2018

gain more tRumpians than the Libs they would lose. At least in the short term. Remember that big Corps never look further ahead then the end of the quarter.

And should we also boycott CNN and MSNBC for running GOP Political ads? Yeah, I know that most of the GOP ads I see are local, but still, it really gripes me to have to watch GOP lying crap in the Middle of one of MTP or The 11th Hour or Rachael.

diva77

(7,659 posts)
22. here's some evidence that such boycotts work -
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:20 AM
Oct 2018
https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-advertisers-respond-david-hogg-boycott-2018-3

A Parkland shooting survivor is reigniting his war against Laura Ingraham. Here are all of the advertisers that cut ties with her show during their last battle.

Mary Hanbury
Jun. 19, 2018

SNIP

In March, David Hogg, a student who survived the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, called for a boycott of companies that advertise on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show in response to a tweet that mocked Hogg by saying he "whines" about college rejections.

"Soooo @IngrahamAngle what are your biggest advertisers ... Asking for a friend," Hogg responded, adding the hashtag #BoycottIngramAdverts.

He later tweeted a list of companies he said were advertisers on Ingraham's show and urged his followers to contact them. It appears to have worked, as several brands dropped the show in the following few days, and Ingraham later apologized to Hogg on Twitter.
SNIP
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Companies such as Nutrish, Wayfair, and Tripadvisor pulled their ads

Duppers

(28,127 posts)
23. Name one GOP lying on Rachel or Lawrence.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:27 AM
Oct 2018

If ever one was on, they would've been called on their fucking lies.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
25. Thanks, and if I may I'd like to add to that.....
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:39 AM
Oct 2018
Companies Owned by Koch Brothers and the Products they Sell
(a little dated but still mostly valid)

See: https://progressivenetwork.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/companies-owned-by-koch-brothers-and-the-products-they-sell/

Very difficult to avoid products supplied by Repug-supporting corporations. After all, the Republican Party is and always has been the party of big business and banking.....

However, I do feel if a substantial number of Americans boycott carefully targeted products, it would get the attention of Wall Street and thereby perhaps trickle down to this greed-driven administration.

Could we just get Ben & Jerrys to buy out News Corp?.....

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
26. It's time to go after local AM Radio Stations
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 06:34 AM
Oct 2018

That provide nothing but hatred, bigotry, racism and bullying bullshit 24/7.

They really should not have a moment of peace.

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