Thursday, May 23, 2013

Major Advertisers Tell Premiere Networks "No More Hate"

Major Advertisers Tell Premiere Networks "No More Hate"


Now I know why Sean Hannity has been so hateful on Fox News all week. He's been caught in the maelstrom along with his buddies Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and the rest.

Via The Daily Beast:

Premiere Networks, which distributes Limbaugh as well as a host of other right-wing talkers, sent an email out to its affiliates early Friday listing 98 large corporations that have requested their ads appear only on programs free of content that you know are deemed to be offensive or controversial (for example, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Tom Leykis, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity).

It turns out brands aren't really very excited about being associated with bullies smearing private citizens. The list of brands insisting on this is pretty impressive. Ford, Toyota, GM,... [via Crooks And Liars]