When do we boycott the RW advertisers/supporters?

[AzNick]

I am thinking more and more about starting a boycott campaign against the advertisers who sponsor such hate mongerers as Fox News and the right wing talk radios across the country.

Instead of helping to solve our nation's problems, the RW media want to make it even harder for Obama to do his job once he is elected.

They put the blame on him, on ACORN, on poor people, on the minorities and on the Democrats in general and they manage to convince a bunch of whackos on the right.

How can we expect a "new new deal" to be accepted by an overwhelming majority is these nutjobs keep on spreading their lies and misconceptions about our economic system?

One can only call their actions anti-American.

O'Reilly called for a boycott of everything French back in 2003, which means it would be only fair to start a large boycott campaign against their advertisers.

The large advertisers have, and it's a well known fact, specifically asked their marketing agencies to not advertise on the left wing media, especially Air America, which is why it basically failed: not by lack of auditors, but by lack of advertising money.

We need to starve them until they tune down their debilitating propaganda, or until the large advertisers agree to spend more on left leaning media. Goal #1: I don't see it happen soon, but who knows? Goal #2: totally reachable.

Even if there is a counter-boycott, in this economy, it will always hurt these big guys to lose customers to those who play fair and spend an equal amount on the LW media. We also need to hurt the MSMs who are unfair in their news treatment. Troopergate is not getting much press but the Ayers lunacy has been properly milked.

I do not think the fairness doctrine will work. It will make the RW media pass for victims and only make their point about the fact that (according to them) Obama will take away our freedoms.

This is just a suggestion. I do not offer to start anything. I guess I can help, I have some skills with Web and database design.

I am also terribly pissed at these guys.

I know we can do it. We can hurt them where it really hurts and NOW is the time to do it, because it will hurt even more.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

1. I say on Nov 5th...... I see hope in our future. Most people under 40 are on our side.

[YDogg]

2. all politics is local. start by refusing to do business with local mccain supporters.

I'm always on the lookout for businesses with political signs, and although I have limited purchasing power, I remember where I'd like to do business.

[grannylib]

4. Exactly. I've been taking names in my area - I won't do business with

any McSame supporters, and I think I'll just drop them all a line and tell them so too.

[TomInTib]

3. All the time.

I recall sitting at the bar of the Collonade Hotel, Boston, back when the "French thing" was such a hot issue. I struck up a conversation with these two librarians from the French Library at Harvard.

The Library was being vandalized, every night.

[ShortnFiery]

5. Excellent suggestion. eom

[elocs]

6. In order to be effective, a boycott really needs to be specific and focussed and usually local.

A scattergun boycott approach of all Fox advertisers or RW media advertisers may make you feel good, but it really will not be effective. Many here feel good about boycotting WalMart (which I like to call "ChinaMart"), but it has hardly brought that company to its knees. So unless a boycott is specific, focussed, and usually local, the object of the boycott will not really be hurt at all.

[Bluzmann57]

7. A lot of people have boycotted Wal Mart

including me, but the major problem with that is that a lot of poor people shop there because that's all they can afford. So why deny a lower income person or a person who has nowhere to shop a chance at some things they need, such as clothing? Local is the way to go and we need to tell the merchants why we are boycotting them. But be careful, an all out succesful boycott may drive a company out of business and make people jobless.

[elocs]

8. My point is that a WalMart boycott tends to simply make the boycotter feel good about their decision

and really does not hurt the company. I agree that it would be entirely possible to severely hurt a local business that depends upon people from its locality to patronize it and keep it in business. But all boycotts should focus on a specific issue that includes and impacts as many people as possible.

[Bluzmann57]

9. In the early 80's, there was a nationwide boycott

against a huge food processor. More or less every Labor Union in this country joined forces to boycott this giant in the industry mostly because of bad bargaining practices. The boycott worked. This company is now a recognized leader in labor/management relations and has never had a problem since then. Business is booming for them and the workers are paid well and treated like human beings. So boycotts can work, but there has to be massive organization. Piecemeal stuff will not work. Like you pointed out.

[elocs]

11. Plus, the example you provided was specific and focussed on one issue. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

10. You get me a complete list of businesses I'm allowed to work with...

as well as a list of substitute products for those cases where I can't get the same product, and I'll be right there.