Oakland (CA) group spearheading Glenn Beck boycott

Oakland group spearheading Glenn Beck boycott

Chip Johnson
Friday, August 28, 2009

Fox News commentator Glenn Beck acted stupidly when he went on a TV talk show last month and called President Obama a racist.

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So far, ColorOfChange.org, a political organization founded in Oakland to provide a political voice for African American Hurricane Katrina survivors, has racked up an impressive list of companies that have joined the boycott. Among the many giants on the list are AT&T, Campbell's Soup Co. and Procter & Gamble.

At least three dozen corporations have pulled advertisements from Beck's show since the group began its efforts within days of Beck's infamous statements about Obama made during a guest appearance on another Fox talk show July 28.

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ColorOfChange.org lists more than 600,000 supporters and expects to have as many as 42 companies participating in the boycott by the end of the week, said James Rucker, the group's co-founder and executive director.

Whether Beck's explosive comments, rants and on-air crying jags are done to boost ratings or because he actually believes what he's saying, the end result is that they're fueling the fires of racial division.

"He may not mean the things he says, but he's playing the role of a political operative," Rucker said. "He's misinforming people and what he's doing is really undemocratic, and there are hundreds of thousands of people who aren't black who see this the very same way."

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