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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's thank the following advertisers for pulling their ads from Limbaugh:
I use Proflowers and asked them to pull their ads and will be following up to thank them and continue to use their service.
Service Magic home contractor
Hadeed Carpets
Accuquote Life Insurance
Vitacost vitamin supplier
Bonobos clothing company
Sensa weight- loss program
Thompson Creek Windows
AOL
Tax Resolution Services
ProFlowers
Legal Zoom online document creator
Carbonite web security firm
Citrix software maker
Sleep Train Mattresses
Sleep Number mattresses
Quicken Loans
Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Cascades Dental
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services
Constant Contact email marketing firm
Philadelphia Orchestra
Reputation Rhino online reputation consulting firm
St. Vincents Medical Center
Cunningham Security
Regal Assets precious medal investment group
Freedom Debt Relief
Norway Savings Bank
Portland Ovations performing arts center
Stamps.com
KansDem
(28,498 posts)"It has come to our attention that a handful of local radio stations may have played jcpenney radio spots adjacent to or during The Rush Limbaugh Show," the company posted on its Facebook page. "To be clear, jcpenney is not a national advertiser of this show. We have a strict No Run policy in place specifically regarding The Rush Limbaugh Show. After jcpenney confirms the facts, we will contact any local radio station that is in violation of our radio advertising parameters to ensure that our No Run policy is adhered to regarding this program."
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/obama-slams-rush-limbaughs-slut-talk-jc-penney-220717987.html
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)to let these advertisers know that you feel they did the right thing.
However, I don't buy the advertisers' sudden awareness that Limbaugh's show was "not consistent with their values", any more than I buy Rush's apology.
Limbaugh's hate-fest of a radio show has more than crossed the line of what is "consistent" with decent values long before this most recent incident. And yet they bought ads anyway.
These companies, IMHO, couldn't care less about "values" - what they care about is being boycotted, or having their brand tainted, and the resulting loss of revenue.
They are now aware that due to sites like FaceBook, a call for a boycott can go viral in a very short time - which is a good thing for consumers.
But the question remains: Was "Barack the Magic Negro" or making fun of Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease "consistent" with the so-called values of these companies?
One would have to assume they were, because those advertisers never spoke up before they were staring a boycott of their goods/services straight in the eye.
"Values of convenience" are pretty much the same thing as no values at all.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)R.Blue
(35 posts)I will definitely be thanking them.