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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 08:29 AM Oct 2018

Max Boot Calls for Advertisers to Boycott Fox News 'Until They Pull Back from the Hate'

by Colby Hall | Oct 29th, 2018, 8:10 am

Conservative columnist turned full-time cable news Trump critic Max Boot called for an advertiser boycott of Fox News “until they pull back from the hate.”

The panel discussion occurred on CNN’s New Day and was focused on what the panelists and hosts saw as a connection between the massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue this weekend, and the fear-mongering anti-illegal immigration rhetoric put forth by President Donald Trump and his conservative media promoters.

Alisyn Camerota noted the bifurcated nature of Trump’s rhetoric (prompter vs off-the-cuff language), NY Times columnist Charles Blow agreed that “Trump is reducing the importance of the words” through his inconsistent political rhetoric. But it was Boot who did the thing, by specifically calling out “a vast right-wing propaganda machine led by Fox News.”

“This is not how any President of the United States should behave and we should not be accepting as a way for President Trump to behave.” He added “but it’s not just Trump. There are a lot of Republicans doing exactly what he is doing and there’s a vast right-wing propaganda machine led by Fox News and needs to be doing soul-searching, and investors need to boycott Fox News until they pull back from the hate.”

In the wake of a week oh hate crimes, critics of Fox News have claimed the cable news network has fostered intolerance and fear that has indirectly led to the actions of mentally unstable people. #BocottFoxNews has trended on Twitter and a website listing Fox News advertisers has sprung up for progressive activists to put pressure on advertisers.

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Max Boot Calls for Advertisers to Boycott Fox News 'Until They Pull Back from the Hate' (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2018 OP

fake news (Murdoch) Iliyah Oct 2018 #1

Here's list. we can do it Oct 2018 #2

Is It Time For A Boycott Of All Fox News Advertisers? Yes, We Think It Is. Gothmog Oct 2018 #3

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #4

Take a screenshot of these advertisers SouthernIrish Oct 2018 #5

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. fake news (Murdoch)

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 08:34 AM

Oct 2018

thrives on hate. That's all they know.

we can do it

(12,196 posts)

2. Here's list.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 09:47 AM

Oct 2018

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

Gothmog

(145,567 posts)

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

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:07 AM

Oct 2018

Link to tweet

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

4. Thanks for posting

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 11:08 AM

Oct 2018

this will certainly generate some emails from me to the various advertisers.

SouthernIrish

(512 posts)

5. Take a screenshot of these advertisers

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:08 PM

Oct 2018

Keep it on your phone for future reference. Email these companies and tell them you are boycotting them. The only thing that makes a change with big companies is loss of revenue.

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