OAKLAND, Calif.--Three companies who run ads during Glenn Beck -- NexisLexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance -- today distanced themselves from Beck. LexisNexis has pulled its advertising from Beck and says it has no plans to advertise on the program in the future. Both Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance called the Beck advertising placements an error that they would correct.
The decision by the three companies comes as over 45,000 ColorOfChange.org members call on advertisers to pull their ads from Glenn Beck after the controversial news host called President Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" on "Fox & Friends" last week.
"Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention," said John Michaels, Senior Communications Manager at LexisNexis in an email to ColorOfChange.org. "We have suspended further advertising during Mr. Beck's program."
"We have no plans to continue advertising on Mr. Beck's show," Michaels continued in another email.
When executives at Procter & Gamble were contacted by ColorOfChange.org, they said that any ads run during Glenn Beck were run by mistake, and that they would correct the problem going forward.
"No P&G ads should have appeared on this program in the first place," said Martha Depenbrock, Brand Building Stakeholder Relations for Procter & Gamble in an email. "To be clear, if any of our advertising appeared on the Glenn Beck show, it was in error and we appreciate you bringing this matter to our attention. We will do what we can to see that it doesn't happen again."
Progressive Insurance said any ads running during Glenn Beck were a mistake by Fox News Channel -- a mistake they have asked the network to fix immediately.
"Our (advertising) order specifies no Glenn Beck," said Linda J. Harris, Media Director at Progressive Insurance in an email to ColorOfChange.org. "We have confirmed with the network that our spots should not be running there," Harris said in a later email.
Lawyers that don't like a guy that mocks them? Who would have known?
"Progressive" insurance?
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The reclusive Lewis does not grant interviews to the press and is rarely photographed. According to a Jane Mayer article in the New Yorker, Lewis "spent much of 2004 discreetly directing millions of dollars to liberal groups allied with the Democratic Party ... while cruising the Mediterranean Sea on his two-hundred-and-fifty foot yacht, Lone Ranger."
During the 2004 election cycle, Lewis was the second leading donor to the non-party organizations known as "527s" -- named after a section of the U.S. tax code that permitted unlimited "soft money" donations to groups pledging to use the funds not for the "express advocacy" of any particular political candidate, but rather for "voter education," "issue-oriented" political advertising, and other nebulous enterprises. Lewis donated nearly $23 million to such organizations in 2004, including $16 million to the Joint Victory Campaign, $2.9 million to America Coming Together, and $2.5 million to Move On.Org.
In 2004 Lewis estimated that he had thus far given away some $250 million during his lifetime, nearly half of it ($117 million) to his alma mater, Princeton University.
Along with George Soros, Lewis is a key financial supporter of Democracy Alliance and Media Matters for America.
Lewis retired as the CEO of Progressive Insurance in 2000, but he remains the company's Chairman of the Board.
In February 2008, Lewis contributed money to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. He is also a close friend of Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy.
Lewis is second only to George Soros in donating money to the Donks. Would you wonder why "Progressive" insurance wouldn't like Beck?
UNLIKE the failed Franken experiment with Air Amerika, Glenn Beck has advertisers that PAY HIM to advertise on his show.
Libbie--YOU should be so hard up as Beck is!
-------------- "If you want to anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. If you want to anger a LIBERAL, tell him the TRUTH!"
So does BEck--that's what all those antics are for.
Liberal is usually pretty good about checking his sources before posting, but the lawyers, Lewis from Progressive, and Beck's ratings got by him. Hope he's feeling OK, that was almost TOO easy!
-------------- "If you want to anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. If you want to anger a LIBERAL, tell him the TRUTH!"
The presidents half black side is racist against his half white side!
Didn't I see this in a star trek episode once with Frank Gershwin.
I much preferred him as the Riddler although he did look good in Star Trek.
Say, you're pretty good at trek trivia.
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-------------- Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
I wish I would have read this before posting on the other topic. I think it's more appropriate here and demonstrates my point better. (see "cash for clunkers" topic)
-------------- Merely to try is to prepare for failure.
Diaper- If I'm going get a legitimate take out you that I can believe, it had better be a review of "Baby Einstein" you watched while getting stoned with a buddy in your underwear in a basement on a plaid couch that smells like cat piss.
-------------- Merely to try is to prepare for failure.
