Boycott Barnes and Noble.

[Snarkoleptic]

They have a banner ad on Hush Limbaugh's homepage.
I'm stunned that Barnes and Noble is supporting that turd by advertising on his website.
They hardly seem the sort of company that would support a dope-addled idiot who would mock Michael J. Fox's medical condition and write a song entitled "Barack the Magic Negro".
I sent a nasty-gram to them via the customer service section of their website and called them as well.

Contact them here...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/cs_cds2.asp?PID=7973&z=y
or call
1-800-THE-BOOK

[Buzz Clik]

1. No. They're a business doing business.

Having an ad on a site you don't like is no reason to boycott them.

How about we boycott you? There's ample justification considering that you've been spending time on Limbaugh's website. :eyes:

[terrya]

5. Exactly.

I've seen online ads HERE that might be considered questionable. But I'm sure as hell not going to boycott DU.

[deadmessengers]

7. Sponsoring hate is EVERY reason to boycott them

OxyRush isn't paying for his airtime out of his own pockets. His advertisers are. His advertisers are the ones handing him the microphone and saying "Here. Go ahead. Say whatever you like." If they're enabling that scumbag, I'm going to Borders.

[mcscajun]

11. Borders isn't Blue; B&N is.

They probably deal with third-party ad bundlers and don't make "here and there" decisions on their ad placements on the web. Write them and see what they have to say about it.

[deadmessengers]

15. They were last time I looked

Unfortunately, buyblue.org isn't around to check, but I remember being pretty happy that something like 98% of their corporate political donations went to Democrats.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

21. They advertize on Premiere radio network.

Which has a ton of programs, not just Limbaugh. They also do George Noory's Hour of Batshit Konspiracy Loonasy

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

25. EXACTLY. Geez. Anyone who signs up to DU to immediately demand "we" boycott

a company, bears a bit of scrutiny. MKJ

[I Have A Dream]

33. I'm pretty sure that Borders is in the apolitical area.

(i.e., either gave equal amounts to both parties or no money to either party.) I don't have a problem with a company being apolitical. In fact, it's my preference since I don't think that corporations should be trying to influence politicians. (Yes, I'm a hopeless idealist.)

[wtmusic]

8. Why not?

They're lining Rush's pockets and thus enabling his message. That's a great reason to boycott them.

[northzax]

14. of course, the reason people advertise there

is because people visit there. so the OP contributed to Rush's bottom line by visiting.

[wtmusic]

18. And we're contributing to pigboy's bottom line by discussing him,

making him a controversial figure, and encouraging other DUers to visit the website to see what OP is talking about.

Oh where does it end????

:cry:

[kimmerspixelated]

16. Hey let's be nice!

But, don't you think that when RL's followers finally learn to read, that they will be needing some good books to read?

[Sabriel]

2. Before you do, know that the owner is a big Dem contributor

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=New+York&st=NY&last=riggio&first=leonard

(I tried to restrain myself (unsuccessfully) from saying, "Don't Barnes & Noble know those people don't read books?")

[mcscajun]

3. As they're basically a Blue company, why not just Write to them first?

And I don't mean a "nastygram"; I mean a real paper letter with a stamp. Ask them Why they're advertising on that site. See what kind of response you get.

Boycott BN? No thanks. They don't give a Dime to Republicans. You want a bookseller to avoid? Amazon. Red right down the line.

[wtmusic]

4. Done, thanks, K&R. nt

[drm604]

6. Companies often have no idea what sites their banners are appearing on.

They buy advertising from third party advertising companies who sometimes show them across their network of affiliates. I don't know if this is the case with B&N but don't be so quick to jump on them without knowing the facts.

[wtmusic]

9. Well...

It may behoove B&N to find out where their ads are appearing. Especially if they get enough negative PR from this.

[drm604]

13. No argument.

I was just pointing out something that the OP seemed to be unaware of. Boycotting them over something they may not even be aware of is not a wise course of action.

[Cant trust em]

10. Oh! But the discounts.

[wtmusic]

12. Another inconvenient truth

Dayum!

[IndyOp]

17. No. When a company buys advertising they don't know where their ads will wind up -

You can contact them and ask them if they know that their ads are appearing on Limpball's site and tell them you want them to demand that their ads NOT appear on reich-wing hate sites.

Remember the campaign that got Disney Family Channel to demand that their ads not be played on a California hate radio program? Disney did not know their ad money was supporting hate radio & they took action to pull those spots.

Do the same with B&N -- document Limpball's hate speech and then demand B&N require Google keep their ads off of that type of site.

[deadmessengers]

23. I don't buy that for a second

Disney did not know their ad money was supporting hate radio

That is complete and utter BS. I remember talking to a friend of mine who is an advertising salesperson for a radio station about that incident. She knew damn well that ad buyers scrutinize every bit of demographic information related to the programs where their ads will appear. They do that to ensure they're getting their money's worth, but they also do it to make sure they don't step on any landmines like that one.

Disney's denial of any knowledge of where they were running their ad was nothing more than PR spin. The knew they were going to get kicked in the teeth in the media, and lied their way out of it.

[IndyOp]

29. General demographic information is not the same as knowing the content of a particular show...

I know that they certainly get information about the number of people who listen to their ads and/or the number of times the ad is played. They also get information about ages, gender, economic, and political demographics. There are "black lists" for both right and left wing talk radio -- advertisers who don't want their ads associated with anything controversial at all -- just sports and music, please. Still, knowing demographics of the stations that play the ads does not mean that they know the particular content of specific shows -- particularly local shows. IIRC, the specific hate radio show to which I am referring was a local, not a national show. Finally - if the company gets general descriptions of national shows, but does not listen to it themselves, then they don't necessarily know what is being said. I never listened to Imus so I had no idea how offensive he could be until the worst of his remarks were gathered together and posted online. I think radio personalities should be held accountable for the worst of their remarks and that we should tell companies when we are offended by their ads supporting certain shows.

This particular OP hit me the wrong way because Barnes & Noble is a blue company and because Google ads are notoriously "not-well-targeted" -- what about lefty ads that show up on Ann Coulter's site -- should I boycott those left organizations, books, websites?

On edit: My initial example in the last sentence made no sense...

[frustrated_lefty]

19. No.

[jgraz]

20. Here's a thought: buy from your local bookstore

or <gasp> go to the library. Blue or not, these mega-chains ain't good for us in the long run.

Remember when Walmart used to be patriotic?

[deadmessengers]

24. Local bookstore?

Oh, I don't shop there - they don't sell anything but Bibles at the only one I know of.

[The_Casual_Observer]

22. The place is a public library. All the books have been read/fingered/dog eared

by loafers who sit around & never buy anything. The coffee house part is filled with Asian students sharing their homework problems.

[KG]

26. um, no. there are real people working there just trying to make a living.

[wtmusic]

27. So are the people who work for Blackwater. nt

[KG]

28. that is ridiculous.

[sarge43]

30. OK, it's one thing to be free and loose with online ads. However,

when a company gives a long term customer the idiot treatment, that's something else.

About four months ago, I emailed B&N about the Limbaugh ad, saying that I didn't understand why a quality company would associate in any way with a racist and bigot who would publicly mock someone with a serious medical condition.

What I received in answer was a obviously canned message probably keyed to respond to the words racist and bigot informing while B&N understood my concerns, it believed in offering a wide ranged of opinions in its book selection.

I wrote back and said to the effect "Hello, I didn't say a word about your books. I said ... cut and paste.

I received exactly the same message again.

So, maybe I didn't hit the right button, but B&N no longer gets any of my money.

[MasonJar]

31. I had heard earlier that Barnes and Noble supported dems.

[MasonJar]

32. I had heard earlier that Barnes and Noble supported dems.

[Igel]

34. Then there's CheapBooks, who advertises on DU.

I doubt they know it.

Some, like "Elect Lee T Horne III" probably specify DU. Others, like Chroma Knife, probably not.

Then there's the spate of Bhutan ads. Probably triggered by Google's search engine tagging a recent post about Bhutan. Let's all support DU and go to Bhutan. :eyes:

[AlCzervik]

35. No.

[Jack Rabbit]

36. A book store supporting an appeal to illiteracy?

Strange indeed.

[DireStrike]

37. I'm sure B&N is unaware of this.

They definitely wouldn't want their advertisements being wasted on people who don't read.

[SmokingJacket]

38. Ideally, there'd be plenty of independent stores to go to instead.

Now they're like hens' teeth. :(